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Lead Stories: Saturday, March 20, 2010

Watch the 2009 Boston Marathon LIVE on TV, Internet

Posted April 20th, 2009 at 9:15 AM by Adam Jacobs

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

If you can’t make it in person, you can still follow all of the action of the 2009 Boston Marathon right here at TheFinalSprint.com. We will be providing constant textual updates throughout the race, coverage of the post-race press conferences, and exclusive video interviews with the events biggest stars.

In addition, you have a unique opportunity to watch today’s historic race live on TV and via the Web:

TELEVISION

The Boston Athletic Association has once again partnered with WBZ-TV (CBS owned-and-operated, Channel 4) in Boston to help provide viewers in the local market with the most comprehensive coverage of the American road race. To offer national and global fans a complete viewing of this year’s Marathon, the B.A.A. has partnered with Universal Sports. WBZ-TV will begin live coverage at 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. and Universal Sports’ will begin at 9:00 a.m. until 12:30.

INTERNET STREAMING

Universal Sports will provide a global stream of the race on its website, www.universalsports.com, with Emmy Award winning broadcasters Al Trautwig and Larry Rawson providing the commentary. Universal Sports also has the national broadcast rights this year, and will air the race live.
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Chris Derrick: NON and Return to Running
(Elite Athlete Blog Entry 4)

Posted July 9th, 2008 at 10:52 AM by Chris Derrick

Section: Elite Athlete Blogs, Chris Derrick

Welcome to the official blog of Chris Derrick; the 2007 Gatorade High School Cross Country Runner of the Year and 5k record holder! Make sure to bookmark chrisderrick.thefinalsprint.com and check back every other Tuesday for Chris’ latest entries as he completes his senior year of high school running and begins his NCAA career at Stanford!

So after a couple downer weeks I had a pretty good stretch for these last two. It began with me going to NON to do some reporting for dyestat.com. It was a pretty cool experience even though I wasn’t running. I got to hang out with some of the friends I’ve made throughout the year at National meets and meet some pretty cool people. I also discovered that asking good interview questions is a lot tougher than it looks. In pretty much every interview there was a point where the athlete was talking and I was just like, “Crap, what do I ask next?”. Despite putting the microphone in the wrong place a few times, asking some dopey questions, and getting Jordan Carlson’s name wrong I think I managed to avoid looking like a complete fool. Although it was a little weird and disappointing to be at the meet but not able to race I think that being there and being able to take part in it in small way made it less depressing. And on the plus side I got to meet Pascal Dobert, John Dye, Larry Rawson, and Carl Lewis.

The best news of the past two weeks, however, was that after weeks of sitting around my house in my underwear playing pokemon and 26 days off, I could finally return to running. I’ve always had the great fortune of being able bounce back quickly from lay-offs and the bad habit of not being able to run truly easy by myself.
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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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