ESPN expanding coverage on the Dallas Cowboys
ESPN will present SportsCenter Special: Cowboys Training Camp in prime time on Aug. 4 at 6 p.m.
The two-hour special will feature live on-field coverage of the Dallas Cowboys in Oxnard, Calif.
A year ago, ESPN hosted a similar show spotlighting the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks.
SportsCenter anchor Kenny Mayne will again host this year’s special along with Monday Night Football’s Jon Gruden and studio analyst Darren Woodson.
The trio will also appear in SportsCenter segments from Oxnard earlier in the day.
“The Cowboys are one of the signature franchises in all of sports, and there’s always so much interest in the team, especially going into a new season,” said Jay Rothman, ESPN’s Monday Night Football producer who will also produce the special.
“We had great success with our training camp special last year, and we thank Jerry Jones, Jason Garrett and the Cowboys for this unique opportunity to take fans inside one of their practices live in prime time on ESPN.”
The SportsCenter Special featuring the Cowboys is part of ESPN’s three weeks of on-site NFL training camp coverage.
CBS 11/KTXA plans
CBS 11 (KTVT) will broadcast four Cowboys preseason games and three regular-season games this season.
In addition, KTXA/21 will air the Blue/White scrimmage, as well as an encore of each preseason game.
Each preseason game broadcast will be preceded by a series of four original specials called Deep Blue — an hour-long look at the stories behind the team — and. Deep Blue will be followed by the one-hour pregame show, Countdown to Kickoff.
Here’s a look at the CBS/KTXA schedule:
Preseason
Aug. 9, 5 p.m. Blue/White Scrimmage (KTXA 21)
*Aug. 13, 9 p.m. Cowboys at San Diego Chargers (KTVT/11)
-- Encore broadcast Aug. 16, 3 p.m. (KTXA/21)
*Aug. 23, 7 p.m. Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers (KTVT/11)
--Encore broadcast Aug. 29, 11 a.m. (KTXA/21)
*Aug. 29, 6 p.m. Cowboys vs. Minnesota Vikings (KTVT/11)
--Encore broadcast Aug. 30, 3 p.m. (KTXA/21)
*Sept. 3, 7 p.m. Cowboys vs. Houston Texans (KTVT/11)
--Encore broadcast Sun., Sept. 6, 3:00 p.m. (KTXA/21)
*CBS Television Network programming will air on KTXA/21 at its regularly-scheduled time.
Regular season
Oct. 11, 3:25 p.m. Cowboys vs. New England Patriots (KTVT/11)
Nov. 26, 3:30 p.m. Cowboys vs. Carolina Panthers (KTVT/11)
Dec. 19, 7:25 p.m. Cowboys vs. New York Jets (KTVT/11)
Fox updates
FOX Sports Southwest will broadcast nightly training camp shows from Oxnard.
Inside Cowboys Training Camp will be shown at 10:30 p.m. — or after Texas Rangers post-game shows — starting Wednesday. The 15-minute updates will air weekdays and Saturdays, with 30-minute shows scheduled for Sundays at 10 p.m.
FOX Sports Southwest will also carry replays of all the Cowboys’ preseason games:
▪ Aug. 14, 1 p.m. Cowboys at San Diego Chargers (replay from Aug. 13)
▪ Aug. 24, 6 p.m. Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers (replay from Aug. 23)
▪ Aug. 31, 5 p.m. Minnesota Vikings at Cowboys (replay from Aug. 29)
▪ Sept. 4, 1 p.m. Houston Texans at Cowboys (replay from Sept. 3)
This story was originally published July 27, 2015 at 2:37 PM with the headline "ESPN expanding coverage on the Dallas Cowboys."