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Thanks to an enterprising fan who looked at the WatchESPN schedule for June, he discovered that ESPN2 will be airing a handful of CFL games this summer. Beginning June 29 and going into July, ESPN2 will have a slate of games, most will air on Saturdays.

Now what about last year’s CFL US rightsholder, NBC Sports Network? It appears NBCSN will continue carrying games as it did in 2012. According to Friend of Fang’s Bites Steve Lepore of SBNation, NBCSN’s first CFL game of 2013 will be on June 27, the league’s season opener. So this means that in some cases, CFL fans in the US can see as many as two games a week during the summer.

As it has since 2008, ESPN3 will stream CFL games online through the WatchESPN website or through its mobile/tablet app.

The CFL has not made an official announcement as of yet and neither has ESPN nor NBC Sports Group.

Based on information posted on the WatchESPN site and through ESPN’s public relations website, I can piece together the following preliminary ESPN2 schedule.

All times listed are Eastern.

Saturday, June 29 — Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 4 — Winnipeg at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 13 — British Columbia at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 20 — Montreal at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 25 — Edmonton at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

There is nothing for August as of yet.

For NBC Sports Network, we have one game confirmed thus far:

Thursday, June 27 — Montreal at Winnipeg, 9 p.m.

UPDATE, June 17, 5:25 p.m.: Hearing that the ESPN2 deal with the CFL is not final as of yet, but a spokesman tells Fang’s Bites that it’s hoped that it will be made official later this week.

http://fangsbites.com/2013/06/canadi...Fang%27s+Bites

In addition to the five games on ESPN2, the CFL will be returning to ESPN3.com where 58 other regular season games will be streamed live.

Last season, the NBC Sports Network picked up nine regular season games in addition to the entire 2012 CFL Playoffs.

In 2013, the CFL will return to the network as they will broadcast 14 regular season games, including the season opener next Thursday, June 29th when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Montreal Alouettes.

Both Division Finals as well as the 101st Grey Cup Game in Regina will also be broadcasted as well.

http://cfldaily.ca/2013/06/19/espn2-...ast-cfl-games/