WNBA New York Liberty

MSG Networks to Telecast 13 Liberty Games this Summer

Published on May 15, 2012 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
New York Liberty News Release


New York, NY (May 15, 2012) - MSG Networks, which includes MSG and MSG+, announced today that it will telecast a total of 13 New York Liberty home games this summer starting Saturday, May 19 at 4:00 p.m. on MSG+ when the Liberty host the Connecticut Sun in their season opener.

MSG Networks' broadcast team will feature veteran play-by-play announcer Mike Crispino along with two analysts, Liberty legend Kym Hampton, who returns courtside for her second season, and former Stanford University star Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, who will be making her MSG debut.

The Liberty's opening game against the Connecticut Sun will take place at Madison Square Garden and, to jumpstart the season, will include an Opening Day Fan Fest, which is open to the public, outside of The World's Most Famous Arena at 31st St. and 7th Ave. from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Following the season opener, the Liberty will call the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ home for the second of three seasons while Madison Square Garden continues its historic, top-to-bottom Transformation. The team will also continue to work with the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that works with all areas of The Madison Square Garden Company to help make dreams come true for children facing obstacles in the tri-state area.

Below is the regular season television schedule for the New York Liberty on MSG Networks.

MSG Networks 2012 New York Liberty Television Schedule

Month Date Time Opponent Network

May Saturday 19 4:00 p.m. Connecticut Sun MSG+

June Sunday 3 6:00 p.m. Indiana Fever MSG

Sunday 10 4:00 p.m. Chicago Sky MSG

Sunday 24 4:00 p.m. Atlanta Dream MSG

July Sunday 8 4:00 p.m. San Antonio Silver Stars MSG

August Thursday 16 7:00 p.m. Connecticut Sun MSG

Thursday 30 7:00 p.m. Indiana Fever MSG

September Saturday 1 4:00 p.m. Washington Mystics MSG

Wednesday 5 7:00 p.m. Phoenix Mercury MSG

Friday 7 7:30 p.m. Chicago Sky MSG

Sunday 9 4:00 p.m. Los Angeles Sparks MSG

Wednesday 12 7:00 p.m. Washington Mystics MSG

Saturday 22 2:00 p.m. Tulsa Shock MSG

As the exclusive local television home of the New York Liberty, New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres and New York Red Bulls, MSG Networks telecasts nearly 700 live professional games per year. MSG Networks also telecasts 150 live college basketball games and 50 live college football games from top national conferences (SEC, Pac 12, Big 12), as well as other award-winning original programming. MSG Networks recently earned 16 New York Emmy Awards, including 14 for MSG - tops in the New York region for the third year in a row - and two for MSG+. Over the past five years, MSG Networks has totaled 77 New York Emmy Awards, including 69 for MSG - also the most of any New York station or network in that time - and eight for MSG+.

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