Swarm "Inside Scoop" To Air For Second Season

Published on February 9, 2006 under National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Minnesota Swarm News Release


SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The National Lacrosse League's (NLL) Minnesota Swarm, in conjunction with Comcast, announced today that Minnesota Swarm "Inside Scoop" will return for a second season and will air locally, beginning on Saturday, February 25 at 10:30 AM on ESPN2. A total of four episodes will air on ESPN2 and Comcast throughout the Swarm's 2006 season. Comcast customers can view the show on ESPN2 on Saturdays at 10:30 AM.

Produced by Comcast in association with the Swarm, the half-hour magazine style show will be hosted by Howard Green and feature Swarm player interviews and community appearances, game highlights, lacrosse "101" segments, NLL news and notes and information about upcoming events at Xcel Energy Center.

With its unique on-air presence, "Inside Scoop" will reach over 673,500 homes, multiple cable zones and fourteen counties on a weekly basis. Comcast will broadcast the show each week throughout its Twin Cities/Western Wisconsin network on channel 13 at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and at 10:30 AM on Sunday. The program can also be seen Saturday's on ESPN2 at 10:30 AM on portions of the following cable systems: Charter, Time Warner and US Cable.

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.4 million cable customers, 8.1 million high-speed Internet customers, and 1.2 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content. The Company's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, OLN, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets. Comcast serves more than 345,000 customers in 87 communities in the Twin Cities and Western Wisconsin. With local headquarters in St. Paul, Comcast employs more than 1,200 people in the Twin Cities area.

For more information on the program, please contact the Swarm's Maggie Kukar at (651) 602-5720. Contact your local cable provider for specific distribution information in your area.

The Minnesota Swarm, in the midst of their second NLL season, hosts Philadelphia at 7:00 PM Friday at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota Swarm single-game tickets are on sale now at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. For more information on becoming a Swarm season ticket holder please call (888) MN-SWARM.

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