{"id":858391,"date":"2026-09-24T01:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858391\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T01:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:08:13","slug":"ms-now-host-peter-alexander-makes-golf-channel-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858391\/","title":{"rendered":"MS NOW host Peter Alexander makes Golf Channel debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Alexander will go from covering the president to the Presidents Cup this week.<\/p>\n<p>The MS NOW commentator, who served as NBC News\u2019 White House correspondent from December 2012 to March 2026, made his Golf Channel debut on Wednesday afternoon on\u00a0Live From the Presidents Cup. Alexander was introduced by Golf Channel\u2019s Rich Lerner before teeing up a package on the ties between American presidents the sport of golf, and the Presidents Cup, detailing how presidents often use golf as a \u201crefuge from their public responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MS NOW commentator Peter Alexander makes his Golf Channel debut on Live From the Presidents Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vVUQl6fk21\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vVUQl6fk21<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/2102865077653164370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alexander hosts the show\u00a0State of Play on MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) at 11 a.m. ET every weekday. When the network formally separated from NBC News during the Versant spinoff in late 2025, Alexander became part of MS NOW full-time. Versant also owns Golf Channel, USA Network, and CNBC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/09\/23\/ms-nows-alexander-making-golf-channel-debut-for-presidents-cup-coverage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking with Sports Business Journal<\/a> about his crossover appearances on Golf Channel, Alexander said there\u2019s likely more overlap among the news audience and the golf obsessives watching Golf Channel than people think.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of similarities between audience for Golf Channel and CNBC,\u201d he said. \u201cMS NOW, maybe not as much yet. (But) for guys like me, it\u2019s, \u2018Hey, this is the audience I\u2019m familiar with and here\u2019s something that I\u2019m passionate about. So let me just tell you a story on a different topic.\u2019 And I hope to bring some of that audience with me. That\u2019s what I\u2019m excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not Alexander\u2019s first foray into sports broadcasting. <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/nbc\/sportsdesk-reporters-winter-olympics.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He has covered five Olympics for NBC Sports<\/a> throughout his time at the company, including this year\u2019s games in Milan-Cortina.<\/p>\n<p>Per SBJ, Alexander has penned two pieces for\u00a0Live From, the first about presidents and golf and the other about Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ, whose father was a former agronomist for the USGA (this year\u2019s Presidents Cup is being played in Chicago).<\/p>\n<p>Alexander, the report says, plans to \u201cchip in\u201d on more of Versant\u2019s sports offerings in the future. The company has a solid portfolio of live rights spanning golf, Premier League, WNBA, NASCAR, Bundesliga, and college football.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Alexander will go from covering the president to the Presidents Cup this week. 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