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Beth Mowins And
Anson Dorrance
To Call National Pax TV Games
- Broadcast Veteran and Former
U.S. National Team Coach to Serve as WUSA Broadcast Team -
 ATLANTA
GA (April 9, 2002) The Women's United Soccer Association
announced today that Beth Mowins and Anson Dorrance will serve
as the PAX TV national broadcast team for the 2002 WUSA season.
Mowins and Dorrance will call 21 WUSA games on Saturday
afternoons from 4-6 p.m. (ET), including both playoff games and
Founders Cup II.
Mowins enters her first season as lead play-by-play announcer
for the WUSA national television package. A sports broadcasting
veteran with more than 10 years of experience, Mowins called
Atlanta Beat regional games on FOX Sports Net during the 2001
WUSA season. In addition, she was the sideline reporter for
Founders Cup I, the inaugural WUSA championship game. The
Lafayette College graduate is known for her reporting on FOX,
TNT, CBS, and ESPN and has called numerous sporting events
including the NCAA Women's College Cup, NCAA men's basketball
tournament, WNBA, ACC basketball, NCAA Women's College World
Series, USA Softball, USA women's hockey and most recently the
NCAA women's college basketball tournament. Mowins holds a
master's degree from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of
Broadcasting.
One of the winningest coaches in history of women's soccer,
former U.S. women's national team and current University of
North Carolina women's Head Coach Anson Dorrance joins Mowins in
the booth as the color analyst for WUSA games on PAX. Dorrance
partnered with Mowins for Atlanta Beat regional television
broadcasts in 2001 and also was the analyst for the Carolina
Courage regional television package last season. Dorrance has a
lengthy soccer resume that includes an eight-year reign as the
U.S. women's national team head coach from 1986-1994 where his
squad won the 1991 Women's World Cup. Since 1979, Dorrance has
been the head coach of the University of North Carolina women's
soccer program where his teams have won 17 collegiate national
championships. The 2002 season marked the Tar Heels 19th trip to
the NCAA final while Dorrance also notched his 500th career win
and directed UNC to its 13th ACC title in a row.
In addition to calling Atlanta
Beat regional television games in 2001, Mowins and Dorrance
handled broadcast duties for the New York Power at Bay Area
CyberRays (now San Jose) playoff match last season.
The WUSA's 2002 national
television schedule will feature games live on Saturday
afternoons from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. (ET) for a total of 21 matches,
providing world-class women's soccer to PAX TV's 90 million
homes. The WUSA on PAX TV schedule begins April 13 and ends with
Founders Cup II on August 24, featuring 20 consecutive weekends
of live WUSA matches.
About Paxson Communications
Corporation
Paxson Communications Corporation owns and operates the nation's
largest broadcast television station group and PAX TV, the
family friendly broadcast television network that launched in
August of 1998. PAX TV reaches 85% of U.S. television households
via nationwide broadcast television, cable and satellite
distribution systems. Paxson owns and operates 65 stations
(including three stations operated under time brokerage
agreements). PAX airs its own original programming including
"It's A Miracle," "Mysterious Ways,"
"Encounters with the Unexplained" and "Doc,"
starring recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus. PAX TV's new season
lineup includes the original series "The Ponderosa,"
"Ed McMahon's Next Big Star" and "Candid
Camera." For more information, visit PAX TV's website at
www.pax.tv.
About the WUSA
Featuring the best women's soccer players in the world, WUSA
athletes include Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Tiffeny Milbrett,
Briana Scurry, Julie Foudy and dozens of international stars.
The eight WUSA teams are the Atlanta Beat, Boston Breakers,
Carolina Courage, New York Power, Philadelphia Charge, San Diego
Spirit, San Jose CyberRays and the Washington Freedom. The 2002
season kicks off April 13 with four games in action, including
Boston at San Jose in a nationally televised match on PAX at
4:00 p.m. ET.
WUSA ON PAX TV 2002
SCHEDULE
Sat. April 13 Boston vs. San
Jose @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. April 20 New York vs. San Diego @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. April 27 Washington vs. Atlanta @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. May 4 Atlanta vs. Carolina @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. May 11 Washington vs. Philadelphia @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. May 18 Atlanta vs. San Jose @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. May 25 San Diego vs. New York @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. June 1 Washington vs. Boston @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. June 8 Washington vs. Philadelphia @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. June 15 New York vs. San Jose @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. June 22 Carolina vs. Washington @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. June 29 San Jose vs. Boston @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. July 6 Boston vs. San Diego @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. July 13 Atlanta vs. New York @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. July 20 Carolina vs. Philadelphia @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. July 27 San Diego vs. Washington @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. Aug. 3 San Jose vs. Carolina @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. Aug. 10 Philadelphia vs. Atlanta @ 4:00 p.m.
Sat. Aug. 17 WUSA Semifinal Playoffs* TBD
Sat. Aug. 24 WUSA FOUNDERS CUP II @ 4:00 p.m.
* The WUSA Semifinal Playoffs
will feature two games on PAX TV
** All times are EST
[Source: Dan Courtemanche - (404) 269-8269, w ww.WUSA.com,
WUSA Communications, Nancy Udell - (561) 682-4419, Paxson
Communications Corporation]
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