What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted May 16th, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Jesse Squire

Section: What To Watch

Track and Running on TV Here are the running and track & field events coming your way on TV and/or through online webcasts. All times EDT. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section. Check your local listings and enjoy!

Adidias Track Classic
ESPN, 4-6 p.m. Sunday (live!)
The first major U.S. professional invitational of the year will take place in Carson, CA. The highlight event of the day will be the women’s 100 meters, where seven of the world’s top ten are slated to compete.
Meet website

NJCAA Track & Field Championships
Flocasts.org, time TBA
Flotrack’s Chase Wade will be covering the junior college national championships at South Plains College, Levelland, TX from May 15-17, 2008.
Meet website

Bay to Breakers
KRON, 7:30-10 a.m. (PDT) Sunday
Local TV coverage of both the professional and less-than-professional sides of the world’s largest 12k race. Flotrack may also have some coverage.

Sydney 2000 Olympics: Bud Greenspan’s Gold From Down Under
Showtime Extreme, 11 a.m. and 6:25 p.m. Tuesday
Award-winning filmmaker Bud Greenspan’s documentary portrait of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia delves into the true stories behind Tommy Lasorda’s unexpected gold medal in baseball, the race between several struggling decathletes, the pulse-pounding dangers of the equestrians, and profiles of competitors in cycling, swimming and track & field.

Bud Greenspan’s Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory
Showtime Extreme, 7:55 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. Wednesday
Highlights from the 2004 Summer Olympics from Emmy and Peabody Award-winning sports documentarian Bud Greenspan. Included are behind-the-scenes stories of fencing gold medalist Mariel Zagunis, Women’s Softball star Lisa Fernandez, Moroccan track runner Hicham El Guerrouj, Greek weightlifter Pyrros Dimas, twin Austrilian cyclers Anna and Kerrie Meares, and Polish swimmer Otylia Jedrzejczak, who auctions off her gold medal to benefit children with leukemia.

Without Limits
HDNet Movies, 9:30 a.m. Saturday
Put that expensive HD set to good use and watch one of the great pump-up films of all time.

Running
YES Network, 1:30 p.m. Friday, Noon Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
Tune in to SportFilm’s monthly half-hour road race highlight show.

Cheap Seats: 1973 Superstars
ESPN Classic, 1:30-2 p.m. Wednesday
This first-ever Superstars competition was won by former Olympic pole vault champion Bob Seagren.

Illinois Twilight Invitational replay
Big Ten Network, 3-5 a.m. Friday and 1-3 a.m. Monday
Available in HD format.

Iowa Musco Twilight Invitational replay
Big Ten Network, 10 a.m.-noon Friday, 10 p.m.-midnight Sunday
Available in HD format.

USC at UCLA replay
Fox College Sports Pacific, 9 a.m. Friday, 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. Sunday, 3 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. Tuesday, 3 a.m. and 9 a.m. Wednesday

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