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Lead Stories: Friday, August 29, 2008

Universal Sports to Broadcast U.S. Olympic Track Trials, Present Encore Presentations

Posted June 28th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

Coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials, the pressure-packed competition held every four years to select the U.S. Olympic Team, continue on the networks of NBC Universal with nearly 20 hours of swimming and track & field trials over the next two weeks including 10 straight nights of live primetime coverage on NBC and USA. Additionally Universal Sports will present encore presentations of the trials.

Tyson Gay, Allyson Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Bernard Lagat, Reese Hoffa, Sanya Richards and Lauryn Williams are among the top competitors at the historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon looking to earn a trip to Beijing to represent the U.S. at the Olympic Games. Tom Hammond, Carol Lewis, Lewis Johnson, Ato Boldon, Dwight Stones, Ed Eyestone and Bob Neumeier report from Eugene, Ore.

Fri., June 27
Midnight-1a.m.ET/PT (USA)
Featured events:
Women’s 10,000m Final
Women’s 100m Quarterfinal
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Programming Note: IAAF Grand Prix in Ostrava on WCSN at 1:00 p.m. EDT

Posted June 12th, 2008 at 10:13 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

You can watch today’s IAAF Grand Prix. meeting in Ostrava on WCSN.com at 1:00 p.m. EDT in the United States.

The direct access link is extremely long, so I recommend using this shortened link: http://tinyurl.com/6dwdw4

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LIVE at the Boston Marathon: TV Broadcast, Streaming Video and Live Coverage

Posted April 21st, 2008 at 8:02 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Running fans: Today you are in luck as there will be unprecedented coverage of today’s Boston Marathon!

Please visit boston.thefinalsprint.com for TheFinalSprint.com’s LIVE, textual updates, analysis, recaps, results, athletes interviews, and press conference videos.

Viewers in the United States are able to watch the television broadcast of the Boston Marathon on the Versus channel.

In addition, you can watch the race live via an Internet webcast in the U.S. and from anywhere in the world for no charge. Just navigate to http://www.wcsn.com and follow the appropriate link. Coverage begins at 9:25 a.m. EDT.

The free coverage on WCSN is made possible by financial support from adidas and MarathonGuide.com.
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adidas, MarathonGuide.com Join Forces with WCSN to Provide Free Boston Marathon Webcast

Posted April 17th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons

bostonmarathon_webcast_marathonguide_adidas_wcsn World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), the premier destination of Olympic and lifestyle sports, announced today it is joining forces with adidas and MarathonGuide.com to provide a free, first-ever global webcast of the 112th Boston Marathon. Through this partnership, fans worldwide can log-on to WCSN.com to watch the live and on-demand webcast on April 21, beginning at 9:25 a.m. EST.

“We’re excited to partner with adidas and MarathonGuide.com in offering this free webcast and to help foster worldwide awareness for this major race,” said Carlos Silva, president and COO of WCSN. “Now, for the first time global road racing fans will have unprecedented coverage to see the top marathoners square off in one of the world’s most prestigious sporting events.”

On WCSN.com, running fans can also access Marathon Madness, a special editorial package that features original content, articles from road racing experts, interactive maps, results, highlights and more. Furthermore, WCSN.com will be offering special commentary from running legend and four-time Boston Marathon winner Bill Rodgers.
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted April 16th, 2008 at 5:30 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Columns, What To Watch

Track and Running on TV There’s a lot of track and road running available to watch this weekend, both on TV or the web:

Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, ACCSelect.com
(subscription needed)
Florida State is favored to win the men’s title, even without ailing star Walter Dix. Miami and Virginia Tech look to battle it out for the women’s crown.

Big South Conference Championships
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, BigSouthSports.com (subscription needed)
NCAA XC champ Josh McDougal and his Liberty University teammates are clear favorites to win the men’s title, while the women’s is up for grabs.
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Note on the News: Watch “USA vs. the World” on the Web

Posted January 21st, 2008 at 4:39 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Today’s USA vs. The World - Run For The Dream meeting, the first event of the 2008 USATF Visa Indoor Championship Series, will be broadcast on the web today at the following link:

http://usatf.sportnet.com/

The invitational tier of the meet, which will be held at the Save Mart Center at Fresno State University, will begin at 10:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. PST) and will feature the following events:
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NCAA Cross Country Championships to Be Broadcast on the Web

Posted November 15th, 2007 at 2:20 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

Monday’s NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships will be broadcast on the internet, according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The meet, one of the most exciting and competitive foot races held in the United States, will be contested at Indiana State University on Monday afternoon. The men’s 10 km race goes off at 12:08 p.m. eastern time followed by the women’s 6 km race at 12:58 p.m.

The broadcast will be produced by CSTV and will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET. A link for the broadcast will be available at http://www.ustfccca.org.

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NYRR Announces Top-Rate Broadcast and Web Coverage for U.S. Olympic Team Trials & ING New York City Marathon

Posted October 29th, 2007 at 10:03 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics

New York Road Runners today announced an unprecedented level of broadcast and webstreaming coverage for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon on November 3 and the ING New York City Marathon 2007 on November 4. The two events will be broadcast and streamed around the world via NBC, WNBC-4HD, NBCSports.com, NBCOlympics.com and WCSN.com.

“We are pleased to have such extensive coverage of this unprecedented weekend of marathon running,” said Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York Road Runners and race director of both events. “By providing local, national and international options on both television and broadband of each race, we are better serving our sport’s fan base worldwide. Expanding broadcast options is a continued priority for New York Road Runners.”

On Saturday, November 3, the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon will be streamed worldwide for free on NBCsports.com, the first time an Olympic Trials event has been streamed live online. NBC’s “TODAY” will cut in live to broadcast the start of the race nationally at 7:35 a.m. EDT, and NBC will air a national half-hour highlights show from 2:00 to 2:30 p.m.
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NBC Announces 3,600 Hours of Olympic Coverage

Posted August 9th, 2007 at 10:40 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Olympics

NBC Universal Sports & Olympics chairman Dick Ebersol announced today that NBC plans on broadcasting more than 3,600 hours of coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games from Beijing, China. However, the majority of that coverage will be on the internet with live streaming video on NBCOlympics.com.

This is the first time the Olympic Games will be broadcast on the internet. According to the NBC website, the 2008 Olympic Games will feature “302 medal events across 34 sports.”

According to Yahoo! news:

“The 3,600 broadcast hours that are planned by NBC are more than the combined total of every previous Summer Games televised in the U.S.”

For more information, please visit: [Yahoo! News]

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SportNet.com to Broadcast Three More Golden League Events on the Web

Posted July 30th, 2007 at 10:00 AM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

USA Track & Field announced last week that Sportnet.com would broadcast four more track meets live in 2007, including the final three meets of the IAAF Golden League series. Sportnet will also broadcast the the 2007 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships from Orono, Me. There is no charge to view the meets.