EASTON, Pa. -- The Lafayette Sports Network begins its 22^nd season as the home of Lafayette football. The action begins on Sept. 8. as LSN's broadcast of the Leopards' week two game will be available on ESPN3.

LSN will produce live coverage of seven games on the 2018 Lafayette football ledger, capped by the 154^th meeting of Lafayette-Lehigh, college football's most-played rivalry. LSN, which is available in HD on all outlets, can be seen worldwide via the Patriot League Network (PatriotLeague.tv). In addition, LSN is continuing its long-standing television distribution partnerships with RCN, WBPH-60, MASN and ESPN (ESPN3, ESPN College Extra).

Gary Laubach will handle all of the Leopards' play-by-play duties for the 22nd season and will be joined by analyst Mike Joseph '88 for his ninth year in the television booth. In his 21st season as a member of the broadcast team, John Leone will report on the Leopards from the sidelines.

LSN's telecasts of home games from Fisher Stadium will again feature a game day set as former All-American Phil Ng '88 returns as an analyst on LSN's pre-game, halftime and post-game shows.

LSN's traditional live distribution to more than 10 million viewers on RCN-TV and WBPH-60 covering all of Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey will be enhanced again this season by live coverage on all of RCN's cable systems in major markets along the East Coast. RCN subscribers in Boston (226,000), New York City (250,000), Philadelphia (382,000) and Washington, D.C. (131,000) will be able to watch Lafayette games live on the RCN-TV network. In addition to standard definition dial positions (4 in the Lehigh Valley and 8 elsewhere), RCN-TV can be seen on the HD tier (1004 in the Lehigh Valley and 608 elsewhere).

Nationally, LSN telecasts will be picked up for the 18th straight year by DirecTV and Dish Network outlets, with all telecasts on WBPH-60 and select ones on the Mid Atlantic Sports Network (MASN). All televised games will be available live on WBPH-60 HD, located on channel 60 on DirecTV and 8169 on Dish Network in the Philadelphia market.

MASN, which is available regionally and nationally on DirecTV channel 640 and Dish Network channel 432, is the television home of the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals and Baltimore Ravens and reaches nearly six million homes in a seven-state region from Harrisburg, Pa. to Charlotte, N.C. Many LSN football telecast will air tape-delay on MASN or MASN2.

Eight of Lafayette's 11 games will be streamed live on the Patriot League Network, including two (at Colgate on Sept. 22 and at Fordham on Oct. 27) which will be available exclusively on watchStadium.com. The Patriot League Network is premium, web-based programming produced by the member institutions of the Patriot League and select television production partners. Viewers can watch streaming video of Lafayette contests and other exclusive content online for free on smart TVs, computers, tablets or mobile devices. There are no per-game, monthly or annual subscriptions fees to access content on PLN.

Select games air live on ESPN3 and WatchESPN, as a part of LSN's continuing partnership with ESPN. Many LSN telecasts are also distributed on ESPN College Sports Extra, ESPN's pay-per-view service available through DirecTV, Dish Network and cable systems nationally.