The Arena Football League on ESPN

The Arena Football League (AFL) begins Friday June 27 with the first of four Wild Card match-ups. ESPN plans to broadcast the matches on ESPN and ESPN2. ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will broadcast 11 games of the years Football League playoffs. ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV will broadcast Divisional and Conference Championship games in high-definition. ABC and ABC HD will broadcast ArenaBowl XXII in New Orleans on Sunday, July 27, at 3 p.m. ET. The playoffs commentator on ESPN will include former NFL players and analysts Ray Bentley, Shaun King and Marcellus Wiley, along with play-by-play commentators Bob Wischusen, Dave Pasch and Ari Wolfe.