What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted May 21st, 2008 at 2:45 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Columns, Olympics, What To Watch, College, Road Racing
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!
Big Ten Track & Field Championships
Big Ten Network, 7-10 p.m. Thursday
replays at 11 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. Friday, 3 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday
If you don’t already know who won, I’m not telling you. Let’s just say it’s not a rerun of the indoor meet. Available in HD format.
Meet Website
Big XII Track & Field Championships
Fox Sports Net, 1-3 p.m. Saturday (may vary by region!)
Fox College Sports Central, 1 p.m. Friday, 6:30 a.m. Saturday, 6 a.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Monday
Fox College Sports Pacific, 3 a.m. Monday
Meet Website
Pacific 10 Track & Field Championships
Fox Sports Net, 3-5 p.m. Saturday (may vary by region!)
Fox College Sports Pacific, 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. Thursday, 2 a.m., 9 a.m. and midnight Sunday, 8:30 a.m., 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tuesday, 3 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday
Some great distance races were part of the championships.
Meet Website
Southeastern Conference Track & Field Championships
Fox College Sports Atlantic, 6-8 a.m. Sunday
This was legendary Arkansas coach John McDonnell’s final SEC championship meet.
Meet Website
Fanny Blankers-Koen Games
WCSN.com, Saturday (time TBA)
WCSN is scheduled to carry the IAAF Grand Prix meet live from Hengelo, Holland.
Meet Website
ITU Triathlon World Cup
CBC, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday
Those of us within range of Canadian TV get twice the running coverage!
Bud Greenspan’s Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory
Showtime Extreme, 6:45 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday
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.
Bud Greenspan Remembers the 1984 Olympics
Showtime Extreme, 6:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Thursday, 9:15 a.m. Tuesday
Olympic documentarian Bud Greenspan takes a look back at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where athletes such as Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton became household names.
Sydney 2000 Olympics: Bud Greenspan’s Gold From Down Under
Showtime Family Zone, 2:35 and 10:45 p.m. Thursday
Showtime Extreme, 6:35 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Friday, 4:45 a.m. Saturday, 6:20 a.m. and 4:25 p.m. Wednesday
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.
Without Limits
HDNet Movies, 11:15 a.m. Sunday
Put that expensive HD set to good use and watch one of the great pump-up movies of all time.
Running
YES Network, 7:30 a.m Thursday, 12:30 a.m. Sunday, 1:30 a.m. Tuesday
Tune in to SportFilm’s monthly half-hour road race highlight show.
Adidas Track Classic replay
ESPNU, 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday
USC at UCLA replay
Fox College Sports Pacific, 1 p.m. Thursday
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