Recent sports media news, including the release of the 2011 NASCAR schedule and the site of College Gameday‘s season opener.
- NASCAR released its revamped 2011 schedule on Wednesday, featuring several changes. Kentucky Speedway will host its first Sprint Cup race ever (July 9), Kansas has added a second race (June 5), and Atlanta and Fontana, CA, will both lose one race each. Meanwhile, the spring Texas race will now air on a Saturday night and the spring Phoenix race has moved from April to February. (SceneDaily)
- ABC will air Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks this Sunday at 4:30 PM ET, replacing a previously scheduled telecast of the AVP Manhattan Beach Open. One week later, the network will air a half-hour E:60 special and Training Days: Rolling with the Alabama Crimson Tide, replacing another AVP telecast. The AVP canceled the remainder of its 2010 season on Friday. (ESPN)
- ESPN’s College Gameday will make its season debut from Atlanta for the September 4 LSU/North Carolina game. This marks the fourth time in five years that the college football traveling studio show has made its season debut from Atlanta. (Fang’s Bites)
