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ESPN commentator Jon Champion on the Premier League

Jon Champion

City set for period of domination, is this the end of Kenny Dalglish?

ESPN’s man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend’s Premier League action. Watch ESPN’s exclusive action from the final day of Serie A on Sunday with Juventus v Atalanta at 1.30pm and Catania...
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City must prove they have ditched old habit of letting glory slip through their fingers

ESPN’s man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend’s Premier League action. Watch exclusive all-day coverage of the FA Cup Final on Saturday from 8am FIXTURES Sat 5th May Arsenal v Norwich...
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Forget Torres, Drogba is the man to fire Chelsea to a cup final win

ESPN’s man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to this weekend's Wembley showpiece. Watch ESPN's exclusive all-day coverage of the FA Cup Final on Saturday from 8am FA Cup final day is still...
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United won't be afraid to attack City on Manchester's big night

ESPN’s man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend’s Premier League action. Watch exclusive coverage of Norwich City v Liverpool on Saturday from 4.30pm on ESPN. FIXTURES Sat 28 April Everton...
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Chelsea face another 'Grade A' fixture, but can they maintain their swagger?

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch exclusive coverage of QPR v Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday from 4.30pm on ESPN FIXTURES Sat 21 April...
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Everton and Spurs look to shift balance of power and reach Cup Final

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's FA Cup action. Watch exclusive coverage of Saturday's FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Everton from 11am on ESPN This...
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Ignore Mancini's 'mind games', City still have hope in the title race

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch exclusive coverage of the FA Cup Semi Final between Liverpool and Everton from 11am on ESPN Looking...
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Togetherness and experience giving United the edge over City in the title race

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch exclusive coverage of Stoke City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers live on ESPN from 4.30pm on Saturday....
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Champions League a bridge too far for Toon, but London trio all fallible

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action... FIXTURES Sat 31 Mar Aston Villa vs Chelsea, Everton vs West Brom, Fulham vs Norwich, Man City vs Sunderland...
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Rovers' resolve, Swansea surge, but Tottenham tumbling

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch exclusive coverage of Stoke City vs Manchester United live on ESPN from 4.30pm on Saturday... I’ve...
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Liverpool the team for the big occasion as FA Cup takes centre stage

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's FA Cup sixth round action. Watch ESPN's FA Cup sixth round coverage with Tottenham Hotspur vs Bolton Wanderers on Saturday...
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Things heating up at the bottom, can Arsenal narrow the gap on Spurs at the top?

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch exclusive coverage of Everton vs Tottenham Hotspur live on ESPN from 4.30pm on Saturday... With things...
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Magpies have the edge over Black Cats, Arsenal's commitment put to the test

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch exclusive coverage of Newcastle United vs Sunderland live on ESPN from 11am on Sunday... FIXTURES...
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Man City welcome Toure return as title race reaches 'squeaky bum time'

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action... FIXTURES Sat 25 Feb Chelsea v Bolton, Newcastle v Wolves, QPR v Fulham, West Brom v Sunderland, Wigan...
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Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal set to face FA Cup trouble

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's FA Cup action. Watch ESPN’s live and exclusive coverage of three FA Cup matches this weekend. It's the last 16 of the FA Cup...
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Harry Redknapp's England switch not a forgone conclusion

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch exclusive coverage of Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United live on ESPN from 4:30pm on Saturday....
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Element of doubt creeps in at City as chasing pack prepare for battle

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. ESPN's live and exclusive coverage of Manchester City vs Fulham is entirely free this weekend from 4...
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Another clash of the titans offers Spurs and Newcastle cup hope

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's FA Cup fourth round action. Watch ESPN's FA Cup fourth round coverage with Watford vs Tottenham Hotspur on Friday at 7pm, Brighton...
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Spurs and Arsenal out for revenge as title race reaches pivotal stage

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch live and exclusive coverage of Bolton Wanderers vs Liverpool live on ESPN from 4:30pm on Saturday...
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Henry's sense of drama could save Arsenal's season, but are Spurs title contenders?

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action... Whatever happens across the weekend in the Barclays Premier League, it will struggle to make quite the...
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Tamworth and Fleetwood look to make cup history as an old hero makes a return

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's FA Cup action. Watch ESPN’s live and exclusive coverage of three FA Cup matches this weekend. As everybody with any passion for...
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Liverpool face bleak Suarez-less winter as Everton go binary

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action It may a festive time of year when many people look forward to their football, but there’s something of a...
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Man City looking to bounce straight back as United prepare for life without Vidic

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's football action. Watch live and exclusive coverage of Wigan v Chelsea live on ESPN from 4:30pm on Saturday Perhaps the most interesting...
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AVB gets ruthless, Wolves fearing Man Utd backlash, Everton set for mundanity

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action At the end of a very interesting week – one that has seen the two top sides in the country crash out of the...
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AVB & Co. left fearing copycat axings, Arsenal seek to banish bad memory

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's football action. Watch live and exclusive coverage of Arsenal v Fulham live on ESPN from 4:30pm on Saturday It took until the last...
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Liverpool need to get their home in order, Man Utd go back to basics

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch live and exclusive coverage of Arsenal v Fulham live on ESPN from 4:30pm on Saturday We’re now one...
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Unbeaten Premier pair face-off, United head to Swansea's impenetrable fortress

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch live and exclusive coverage of Swansea City versus Manchester United live on ESPN from 4:30pm on Saturday...
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Prem Preview: Miserly Magpies, lackadaisical Liverpool and tremendous Tottenham

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch live and exclusive coverage of QPR vs Manchester City live on ESPN from 4:30pm on Saturday You’d have...
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Mancini sheds his straitjacket, but AVB still needs to be kept under control

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch live and exclusive coverage of West Bromwich Albion versus Liverpool live on ESPN from 4:45pm on Saturday...
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Previews: City look to buck Old Trafford trend by winning Manchester's biggest derby

Sir Alex Ferguson has described Sunday’s Manchester derby as the biggest he can remember. There have been a few big ones in the last few seasons, but I would agree with him, especially as the current league...
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Premier Preview: Beef, steak and puffed chests

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch ESPN’s live and exclusive coverage of Chelsea versus Everton live on ESPN from 4:30pm on Saturday...
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Spurs and Everton hope to swing balance as Prem welcomes 'quiet' derby

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action, as a few old rivals prepare to go head-to-head... It’s derby weekend in the Premier League. We’ve got three...
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Fergie's biggest task, Lamps' new role & Arsenal's glass defence

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch ESPN’s live and exclusive coverage of Stoke City versus Manchester United live from 4:45pm on Saturday...
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Tetchiness, tactics and dry-docked flagships

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. This round of fixtures throws up two matches which could have significant bearing on matters at the top...
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Wenger's panic, Redknapp's inferno & Barton's immediate reunion

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action. Watch ESPN’s live and exclusive coverage of Bolton versus Manchester United live on ESPN from 4:45pm on...
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United's evolution and City's revolution helping Manchester set early pace

ESPN's man with the mic Jon Champion looks ahead to the weekend's Premier League action, as Week Three throws up a Mancester vs North London double header. Watch ESPN’s live and exclusive coverage...
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The under-rated classic and the inevitable disaster

ESPN commentator Jon Champion is back to preview the Premier League's weekend games... I said last week that the shape of many squads could be very different come the end of August, but in fact precious...
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Same old problems for Arsenal and Newcastle as new season looms large

ESPN commentator Jon Champion kicks off a season of Premier League preview blogs, starting with the intriguing clash at St James’ Park, where he’ll be on the mic on Saturday evening… Newcastle United vs...
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