The National High School Cheerleading Championship (NHSCC) will be held this year at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
More than 400 teams from 32 states are competing in the event hosted by the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA).
It is estimated that 12,000 spectators will attend the event – which will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the Josten’s Center and the Indiana Jones Theater at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
The event will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2 in February and March.
Are any of you competing?
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The reality sports series “Winter Next X” is the result of a collaboration of ESPN and Disney XD. The show will feature action sports athletes mentoring young, amateur competitors.
The first episode will premiere today, Monday, February 8th, on Disney XD at 5PM EST / 2PM PST. Fans of the show can expect new episodes daily through Saturday, February 13th.
The show was shot on location at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado and is produced by Kemp Curley and Bruno Musso of Transition Productions.
Some of the pro athletes that appear include:
- Andreas Wiig
- Simon Dumont
- Chas Guldemond
- Sammy Carlson
The amateurs include:
- Bridger Gile – A ten year old skier from Colorado. Three-time National NASTAR champion and the J-5 winner of the 43rd Annual Loveland Derby.
- Cody Warble – A ten year old snowboarder from Colorado who placed first overall in the 2009 USASA National Championship at Copper Mountain.
- Ty Walker – A 12 year old snowboarder from Vermont. Ty is a three-time USASA NAtionals Menehune Freestyle Gold Medalist on slope and pipe. She is the only female to ride the Red Bull Skyscrapers Ramp in NEw York City for the Future of Snowboarding Invitational.
- Colby Stevenson – a 12 year old skier from Utah who placed first in the 2009 US Open Junior Division Halfpipe, fourth place in Aerials, and placed first overall in the USSA White Pine Skier Cross event.
Will you be tuning in?
All next week, fans can get a preview of the upcoming Disney film “Alice In Wonderland” on the following television networks:
- ABC
- ABC Family
- ESPN
You can learn more in the commercial above.
“Alice In Wonderland” hits theaters on March 5th – are you excited?
Word is that Microsoft and the Walt Disney Company are in talks to have ESPN stream live sporting events on the Xbox Live console.
Individuals would have to subscribe to view the streams – but no word yet on what subscription fees would cost.
The deal would also allow for Microsoft to make video games to go with the ESPN sports coverage.
Do you hope this deal works out?
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The ESPN Channel along with the Discovery Channel will be introducing new 3D channels for viewers. ESPN’s channel will hit your TV set this summer, while the Discover Channel’s will not be available until 2011.
Disney-owned sports channel, ESPN 3D will feature 85 live sporting events the first year it airs.
Bryan Burns, VP of Strategic Business Planning and Development at ESP said that the 3D channel “feels like very familiar territory to us. We hope ESPN 3D will be a stimulus for the biz to move forward [with the technology].”
In order to view the programming, viewers must own a 3D-ready TV set as well as 3D glasses. Sounds like the price of watching television in 3D could be pricy for viewers!
Does it sound worth it to you?
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