NEW YORK, N.Y. – “World Tennis with Harry Cicma” will return for a fourth season nationally on New England Sports Network (NESN) with 12 high definition shows starting June 6.
This season’s series of shows includes interviews and features on tennis stars such as Serena Williams, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier among others.
Infiniti of Norwood (www.InfinitiofNorwood.com) returns as the presenting sponsor of “World Tennis with Harry Cicma” for a second season. Other sponsors for 2012 include the Boston Lobsters World Team Tennis franchise, ARP Wave of New England, Dr. Andrew Edelstein and “The Bud Collins History of Tennis” book, published by New Chapter Press (www.NewChapterMedia.com).
Excerpts from the show will also be available at www.WorldTennisMagazine.com and on the World Tennis Magazine YouTube channel following its airing on NESN.
The New England Sports Network (NESN) is the flagship station for both the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins and is available on New England cable systems and nationally – in both standard definition and high definition through satellite TV providers DirectTV (Channel 628) and Dish Network (Channel 434). The Red Sox are a co-founder and majority owner (80 percent) of NESN with the Bruins owning the remaining 20 percent. NESN is delivered to over four million homes throughout New England and consistently receives higher ratings of any other national or regional sports channels in the region combined.
Cicma is an on-air correspondent for NBC Sports, the former sports producer and anchor at NBC in Providence, R.I. and CBS in Springfield, Mass., and ABC in Sioux City, Iowa. He is the co-founder and host of “World Tennis with Harry Cicma” and also served as a commentator for other networks including Fox Sports Net and Tennis Channel and the U.S. Open tennis championship’s world feed. He is the TV voice of World Team Tennis, also host & producer of FOX Sports’ Ping Pong coverage, along with other productions on SNY, FOX, NESN and Comcast SportsNet. A former world-ranked doubles player, he is a graduate of Rutgers University.