ESPN's 35th Season of PBA Television Coverage Begins December 14

ESPN will begin its 35th season of PBA coverage with the PBA Cheetah Championship on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. ET. The 2014-15 schedule will feature seven consecutive events from the PBA World Series of Bowling VI and the return of the PBA League, now in its third year.

Other highlights include:

· Live coverage of the USBC Masters on Sunday, Feb. 8;

· The live presentation of the Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions on Sunday, Feb. 15.

· Three Major tournament telecasts: PBA World Championship, USBC Masters and Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions;

· Four PBA League telecasts, culminating with the Elias Cup Finals on Sunday, Apr. 19;

· The sixth annual CP3 PBA Celebrity Invitational charity event from Lucky Strike-L.A. LIVE, airing Sunday, Feb. 1 (last year's Invitational was cancelled due to a Chris Paul injury);

· The PBA Challenge presented by the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, featuring PBA50 Tour, PBA Regional, PBA Women's Regional and Teen Masters finalists Sunday, Jan. 18;

Mike Jakubowski will again serve as ESPN's PBA play-by-play voice. He has previously worked the PBA Summer Series on ESPN and for six years has been the "voice of the PBA" on its Xtra Frame streaming platform. Jakubowski will pair with longtime ESPN bowling analyst and PBA Hall of Famer Randy Pedersen, now in his 14th season. Former Miss USA Kimberly Pressler will serve as the sideline reporter, marking her fifth World Series of Bowling tour.

Date Time (ET) Event Network
Sun, Dec 14 1 p.m. PBA Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Bowling Challenge Mobile Game ^^ ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Dec 21 1 p.m. PBA Viper Championship ^^ ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Dec 28 1 p.m. PBA Chameleon Championship^^ ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Jan 4 1 p.m. PBA Scorpion Championship ^^ ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Jan 11 1 p.m. PBA World Championship ^^ ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Jan 18 3 p.m. PBA Challenge presented by International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame ^^ ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Jan 25 1 p.m. World Bowling Tour Finals presented by PBA ^^ ESPN2 / WatchESPN
Sun, Feb 1 4:30 p.m. CP3 PBA Celebrity Invitational presented by AMF ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Feb 8 1 p.m. USBC Masters ** ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Feb 15 1 p.m. Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions ** ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Feb 22 1 p.m. PBA Players Championship ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Mar 1 1 p.m. Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Mar 29 4:30 p.m. PBA League Quarterfinals ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Apr 5 3:30 p.m. PBA League Quarterfinals ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Apr 12 2 p.m. PBA League Semifinals ESPN / WatchESPN
Sun, Apr 19 1 p.m. PBA League Elias Cup Finals ESPN / WatchESPN

** Live show

^^ GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI event