XM Satellite Radio begins their coverage of the 2006 MLB season this Sunday, April 2nd, with Opening Night in Chicago, as the defending World Series champions Chicago White Sox go against the Cleveland Indians at 8:05 pm ET on XM Channel 180.

Veteran radio announcer and former All-Star pitcher Ed Farmer will deliver play-by-play, with former White sox outfielder Chris Singleton providing commentary. And of course, XM's MLB Home Plate (XM 175) will also be on site at U.S. Cellular Field with pre and post-game coverage.

A full slate of Opening Day games follows on April 3rd, starting with the New York Mets hosting the Washington Nationals at Shea Stadium at 1:10 pm ET (XM 183). MLB games are carried live on XM channels 176 through 189, with Spanish play-by-play and call-in shows on MLB En Espanol (XM channel 190). Get the lineup of XM's MLB game broadcasts on XM's website.

The newest member of XM's broadcast family is Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz. "Big Papi" will make regular, weekly appearances on both MLB Home Plate and MLB En Espanol on XM starting the week of April 2nd.

XM Satellite Radio is kicking off the second year of their partnership with the IndyCar Series this Sunday (March 26th) with the 2006 season opener for Indy - the Toyota Indy 300 Presented by XM Satellite Radio at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Not only will you hear the whine of 3-liter engines hitting blistering RPMs, but this weekend will also feature the high-energy sounds of Shinedown, performing for free for race fans at 1:30pm on Sunday. On April 2nd, XM Satellite Radio will present Hoobastank following the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Catch the entire 2006 IndyCar season (including the 90th Indy 500 on May 28th) on XM Channel 145.

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XM Satellite Radio's PGA TOUR Network will air live coverage of The Players Championship, starting this Thursday through Sunday (March 23rd-26th) from 12pm to 8pm ET. Coverage of the event will keep the listener up-to-date on the latest leaderboard and on-course action, and will give a behind-the-scenes look into the PGA TOUR, tournaments and players through compelling interviews and features.

The Players Championship will feature 49 of the top 50 players in the world (who's the one-guy missing?) including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, and defending champion Fred Funk, among others.

MyFis will be made available at the golf course for rent or purchase so fans can hear live coverage throughout the course of the The Players Championship.

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XM Satellite Radio will launch a dedicated World Cup Soccer channel - FIFA World Cup 2006 (XM 148) - and a new XM show "World Cup This Week" as part of it's FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Soccer coverage, starting on March 24th.

Featuring big names in soccer from the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and El Salvador. Jeff Agoos, Thomas Dooley, Carlos Hermosillo, Bora Milutinovic, Phil Schoen, Carlos Valderrama, Luis Alves "Zague" and others will provide commentary, analysis and play-by-play coverage live from Germany on XM channel 148 and XM's 24-hour Spanish-language sports channel: XM Deportivo (XM 147).

And coming on June 5th, Andres Cantor, will be joined on XM Deportivo by Carlos Hermosillo, Bora Milutinovic, Carlos Valderrama and Luis Alves "Zague," among others, with commentary, play-by-play coverage and the latest World Cup Soccer News from around the world through July 10.

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President Bill Clinton is appearing on XM Satellite Radio’s new sports talk show “60/20,” hosted by James Carville and Luke Russert, which debuts today (March 17) at 8am - 9am ET on XM Live (XM channel 200). President Clinton, an ardent college basketball fan, talks college basketball with Carville and Russert for the XM debut.

When asked which teams he thought had the best chance of making the Final Four, Clinton predicted Connecticut (go UCONN!) and Villanova, “assuming their injured players are in good shape,” he said.  As for the remaining slots, he said it was a tossup between Duke and Memphis or Texas and Kansas.

Russert asked Clinton if Arkansas and his alma mater Georgetown wound up playing against each other for the national championship, which team would he cheer for.

“If that happened, I’d cheer for Arkansas,” he said. “I owe Georgetown a lot, but you know, I spent a lifetime cheering for Arkansas. We only won [the championship] once, so I hope we have another chance.”

Be sure to catch today's show, which airs weekly on XM Satellite Radio on Fridays at 8:00 am, with replays at 9:00 am and 10:00 am and Saturdays at 9:00 am, 10:00 am and 11:00 am (all times ET).

XM Satellite Radio will broadcast every Major League Baseball game for every team, all season long when the season begins with Opening Day (April 2nd) as the World Series champion Chicago White Sox host the Cleveland Indians. Baseball fans across the country can listen to their favorite teams all season long on XM, which airs.

Listen to live play-by-play coverage of games for every MLB team throughout the season on XM channels 176 through 189, with Spanish play-by-play on MLB En Espanol (XM 190) plus MLB coverage on MLB Home Plate (XM 175).

Also, Orestes Destrade will co-host MLB Home Plate's morning program "Baseball This Morning" with Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez. Destrade debuted on XM Satellite Radio in 2005 as an on-air host for MLB En Espanol. Destrade recently joined ESPN as an analyst for "Baseball Tonight."