NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Jr. was at XM studios in Washington, DC on Wednesday to host a concert with Vancouver singer/songwriter Matthew Good. Matthew Good is one of Dale Jr's favorite artists.

The concert will air later on XM. Dates and deets will be announced soon.

Dale also was making the rounds at XM. First he dropped by XM Sports Nation (ch 144) studio to do a quick interview with the beloved Claire B. Lang, host of "Dialed In." Dale also met up with David Barker, who was lucky enough to buy an XM radio at Circuit City and won an all-expense paid trip to The Eck and the opportunity to meet Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Pictured above is a photo of Dale Jr with Matthew Good (note that he only hosted the concert, sadly, he didn't perform). After the jump, check out photos of Dale in the XMSN studio and with a very happy David Barker.

XM Satellite Radio's baseball talk radio channel MLB Home Plate (ch 175) will be live from Cooperstown, NY, for three days of coverage starting this Friday, July 27th. Tune in for the induction ceremonies on Sunday from 1:30pm to 4pm ET - uninterrupted and totally commercial-free.

Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this Sunday, July 29th.

Ripken, who co-hosts the XM radio show "Ripken Baseball" with his brother and fellow major league veteran Billy Ripken, will interview current Hall of Famers Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer, Ryne Sandberg, and Fergie Jenkins on a two-hour edition of the program this Saturday.  This special edition of "Ripken Baseball" premieres on MLB Home Plate on Saturday morning at 8am ET - and if you miss it, an encore broadcast will air on Sunday at 8am ET.

XM will also premiere a special, one-hour interview with Tony Gwynn on the program "Baseball Confidential" this Saturday at 7am ET with an encore on Sunday at 10am ET. The Gwynn interview was taped in front of an audience at the MLB All-Star Week FanFest in San Francisco on July 10th.

The MLB Home Plate call-in show "Baseball This Morning" will be live from Doubleday Field in Cooperstown on Friday, and will broadcast from Cooper Park next to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday and Sunday.

The afternoon call-in program "The Show" will air from Cooper Park on Friday and Saturday. Their broadcast team will be live from the local festivities in Cooperstown throughout the weekend, culminating with a post-induction show on Sunday afternoon.

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This week, XM has had a huge presence in the City by the Bay (that would be San Francisco), the host city for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week.

The 78th annual MLB All-Star Week has evolved into a five-day baseball jubilee, and the XM brand is pretty much everywhere. Fans can shop at XM kiosks, check out the XM listening stations, hear XM "music moments" between innings, and much more. Of course, is all part of XM's coverage of  the All-Star Week event.

It's all part of promoting "every game, every team" on XM. Check out a ton of photos of XM's presence in Fog City after the jump...

All University of Georgia football games, and most of their men's and women's basketball games, will be carried on XM Satellite Radio as part of a 5-year agreement.

The UGA Athletic Association made the announcement yesterday, which is expected to give Georgia an average of $150,000 per year as part of the deal. Georgia also said that while all of its regular-season football games will air on XM this fall, at least eight will feature the call of the UGA broadcast crew of Larry Munson, Scott Howard and Loran Smith.

It's unclear whether this deal is part of, or in addition to, XM's 5-year deal with the SEC. But seeing as it was announced several months after the SEC deal, I'm willing to guess that this is a separate deal. XM also has a Georgia Bulldogs promotion running ($99 for radio + 6 months of service).

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Thanks Josh!

UPDATE: After some research, it looks like this is just a duplicate, UGA-specific, announcement in advance of the football season. Blah.

Tiger Woods is in XM's hometown of Washington, DC this week to host his first golf tournament: the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club.

Woods, who became a new daddy just 2-weeks ago, will be joined by a field that includes five of the world's top six players including Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Adam Scott and Vijay Singh.

As part of the Fourth of July celebration, a total of 30,000 tickets to the event are available for military personnel.

XM is on the green to broadcast the event live, from today through July 8th on the PGA Tour Network (ch 146). Woods himself is teeing off at the No. 1 hole at 1:15pm ET.

But the burning question is... will XM's lovely (and talented) Fan Enhancement Program team be there? God bless America, yes, they'll be there handing out XM radios for the first 1,000 spectators each morning to enjoy for the day.

XM Satellite Radio will be airing comprehensive coverage of Major League Baseball's 2007 All-Star Week from July 7th to July 10th.

XM will cover All-Star Week from every possible angle: on the field, in the stands - even on the water. During the Home Run Derby, MLB Home Plate host Holden Kushner will broadcast from a kayak floating in McCovey Cove outside AT&T Park, keeping a watchful eye on baseballs raining down from the stadium.

The XM All-Star Futures Game will air July 8th, and the Home Run Derby will air July 9th. XM will carry the 78th All-Star Game live from AT&T Park in San Francisco on July 10th. The play-by-play coverage will be broadcast on XM channel 176.

XM's baseball talk radio channel - MLB Home Plate (ch 175) - will be live from the DHL All-Star FanFest for four days starting July 7th. MLB Home Plate will have a broadcast center at FanFest which will also feature XM listening stations and an XM store.

In addition to the live broadcasts during All-Star Week, XM will tape an episode of the show "Baseball Confidential" with Hall of Fame inductee Tony Gwynn in front of an audience at the CHW Stage at FanFest on July 10th. MLB En Espanol (ch 174) will carry Spanish play-by-play of the All-Star Game, and the call-in show "Solamente Pelota" will be live from AT&T Park.

But the baseball madness isn't just on their MLB channels. XM's alternative rock channel Ethel, country hits channel Highway 16, and children's channel XM KiDS will also broadcast from the XM booth at FanFest.

[All-Star Week on XM]