ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike launched its “Mike & Mike on the Road to the College Football Playoff” Presented by AutoZone, today, encouraging listeners around the country to tune in for a daily “winning word or phrase” for an opportunity to be a part of the biggest day of the college football season, the College Football Playoff National Championship, on January 9.  Today through November 15, the “winning word” will be revealed live twice daily during Mike & Mike (Mondays – Fridays, 6 – 10 a.m. ET). Listeners can enter to win by texting 777000 or visiting www.MikesRoadtotheCFP.com and registering by 1 p.m. with the daily winning word announced during that day’s broadcast.

One Grand Prize Winner Each Day

Each day during the 15-day campaign, one Grand Prize Winner will be chosen for a total of 15 Grand Prize winners.

The Grand Prize Winners and one guest each will receive a custom “Mike & Mike On The Road to the College Football Playoff” Presented by AutoZone experience to include: airfare, transportation to and from the stadium, lodging and all meals; a welcome reception with hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic; VIP seating for a live Mike & Mike show from Tampa, Fla.; custom team gear and gifts; and game tickets to sit with Greenberg and Golic at the College Football Playoff National Championship. For more information, visit www.MikesRoadtotheCFP.com.

Mike & Mike airs 6 – 10 a.m., Monday – Friday, on ESPN Radio and ESPN2 and can be heard via ESPNRadio.com, the ESPN app, SiriusXM Channel 80, Apple iTunes, Slacker Radio and TuneIn.

About ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio, the country’s largest sports radio network, ESPN Deportes Radio,ESPNRadio.com, and ESPN Podcasts comprise ESPN Audio.

ESPN Radio, which launched January 1, 1992, provides more than 9,000 hours of talk and event content annually, reaching 20 million listeners a week on 500 nationwide stations, including more than 375 full-time affiliates and clearance in the top 25 markets.  ESPN owns and/or operates stations in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.  ESPN Radio programming is also available on SiriusXM and via digital distributors Apple Music, Slacker Radio and TuneIn.

ESPN Audio listeners logged more than 9.4 billion total listening minutes in 2015, up 20 percent from the previous year, and 242 million session starts, with an average time spent listening of more than 38 minutes. ESPN Audio launched its first podcast in 2005, and in 2015 ESPN Audio podcasts were downloaded 366 million times, an increase of 16 percent compared to the previous year.

About AutoZone

As of August 27, 2016, AutoZone sells auto and light truck parts, chemicals and accessories through 5,297 AutoZone stores in 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico in the U.S., and 483 stores in Mexico, 26 IMC branches and eight stores in Brazil for a total count of 5,814.

AutoZone is the leading retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. Each AutoZone store carries an extensive product line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, and non-automotive products.  Many stores also have a commercial sales program that provides commercial credit and prompt delivery of parts and other products to local, regional and national repair garages, dealers, service stations, and public sector accounts.  IMC branches carry an extensive line of original equipment quality import replacement parts.  AutoZone also sells the ALLDATA brand diagnostic and repair software through www.alldata.com. Additionally, we sell automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, and non-automotive products through www.autozone.com, and accessories, performance and replacement parts through www.autoanything.com, and our commercial customers can make purchases through www.autozonepro.com and www.imcparts.net.  AutoZone does not derive revenue from automotive repair or installation.

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