I almost don't even need to post about this as every baseball fan already has their dial pointing to XM channels 176 through 190. But in case you missed it, XM is broadcasting LIVE, play-by-play MLB opening day game broadcasts. Couldn't have had a better opener with Sox vs Yankees on Sunday (though I'm sure West Coasters are just sick of all that).

Anyway, check out the schedule here.

College basketball heats up this week as XM Satellite Radio broadcasts men's college basketball tournaments live from coast to coast.

Tournament action begins Thursday, March 10, at 12 noon ET with the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament live from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. XM, the official satellite radio partner of the ACC, will air the tournament games on a suite of ACC Sports channels 191, 192, and 193.
[View all ACC Scheduled Games]

XM's line-up of tournament openers on Thursday continues with the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center in Chicago. The first round begins Thursday at 12 noon ET; XM will carry tournament games on Big Ten Sports channels 197, 198, and 199.
[View all Big Ten Scheduled Games]

Finally, XM brings the Pacific Life Pac-10 Men's Basketball Tournament to its millions of subscribers live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Pac-10 tournament on XM, another satellite radio exclusive, tips off Thursday at 3:00 pm ET. The tournament games will air on XM's Pac-10 Sports channels 194, 195, and 196.
[View All Scheduled PAC-10 Games]

Yep, XM and IRL rumors were true (though it wasn't hard to figure out), but today XM Satellite Radio and the Indy Racing League (IRL) announced a multi-year agreement to broadcast the IndyCar Series races live and nationwide on XM, beginning with the Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway this Sunday, March 6, at 2:00 pm ET on the Extreme XM channel (XM Channel 152).

Under the broadcast and marketing agreement:

* XM will broadcast the IMS Radio Network's live race coverage, pre-race programming, and additional segments on the Extreme XM channel, plus IRL updates on a variety of XM talk channels.

* XM will be an associate sponsor of the IndyCar Fan Experience, an interactive mobile entertainment experience at IRL events. The Experience's live performance stage will be known as the "XM Satellite Radio Live" stage, offering live entertainment by top talent at various events, including the Grammy-winning hard-rock band Velvet Revolver in concert at the XM Satellite Radio Indy 200 in Phoenix.

XM Satellite Radio, will launch live coverage of Major League Baseball Spring Training games this week with dozens of Cactus League and Grapefruit League games.

Click to see a schedule of this week's MLB Spring Training games on XM. An in-depth schedule of Spring Training broadcasts is also available on XM's website. XM will air the games of every MLB team during the regular season and postseason, including the World Series. XM offers a suite
of 15 channels devoted to live MLB play-by-play coverage, plus the MLB Home Plate channel, the first and only 24-hour radio channel devoted to Major League Baseball. Several MLB Home Plate programs will broadcast live from Spring Training venues this month.