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Watch the ING New York City Marathon LIVE on TV, Internet
Posted November 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, What To Watch
If you can’t make it in person, you can still catch all the action of the 2008 ING New York City Marathon live on TV and via the Web. Set for Sunday morning, November 2nd, the world’s most famous marathon will be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary.
TELEVISION
- New York: The race will be broadcast live exclusively on WNBC 4 New York for five hours. Telemundo Channel 47 will have live cut-ins during the race as well as segments leading up to the marathon. The WNBC 4 New York broadcast will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the pre-race warm-up and will follow the race through the five boroughs, across the bridges, and over the finish line until 2:00 p.m.
- United States:NBC Sports will broadcast a one-hour highlights show nationwide beginning at 3:00 p.m. EST on November 2; check your local listings for details. In the metro New York area, it will be on WNBC 4 New York. If your cable provider carries it, the race can also be viewed on the Universal Sports network.
- Around the World: A one-hour highlights show will be broadcast in nearly 125 countries worldwide. Check your local listings for details.
INTERNET STREAMING
- United States: On Sunday, November 2, it’s the world’s race — the ING New York City Marathon. Catch all the action LIVE, only on NBC’s UniversalSports.com! Coverage for the ING New York City Marathon begins at 9:00 a.m. The ING New York City Marathon will be available on demand after the live broadcast.
How to Watch Today’s Chicago Marathon on TV, via Internet
Posted October 12th, 2008 at 8:45 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, What To Watch
Catch all the action of the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon live on TV, radio and the Web:
NBC 5 Chicago
NBC 5 News coverage begins at 6 a.m. followed by live on-air and on-line coverage of the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon from 7 to 11 a.m.
The Score Sportsradio 670 AM
On race day, The Score Sportsradio 670 AM will bring you all the race action live. Tune into 670 AM to catch the live broadcast from 7 to 11 a.m.
Universal Sports
Watch the Bank of America Chicago Marathon live webcast from 7 to 11 a.m. and on-demand at universalsports.com. This online broadcast and on-demand video coverage of the Chicago Marathon is brought to you by MarathonGuide.com. MarathonGuide.com also sponsored the 2008 Boston and Berlin Marathon webcasts, and will sponsor similar coverage for the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 2, 2008.
SoundOFF: NBC, Track & Beijing
Posted August 7th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, SoundOFF, Columns, Olympics, Drugs In Sports
The Associated Press published an article a few weeks ago headlined No longer exalted, track slouches toward Beijing:
Track and field is slouching toward Beijing. To climb back on its pedestal, the sport needs the world to pay attention to the compelling story lines at these Summer Games, highlighted by what could be the greatest men’s 100-meter race in history and a Chinese megastar named Liu Xiang.
The story touches on a number of issues that have been discussed recently. Most telling is NBC’s treatment of track compared to other sports.
With the recent U.S. track trials and the swimming trials running concurrently, NBC chose to place Bob Costas, the face of its Olympics coverage, by the pool in Omaha, Neb., rather than trackside in Eugene, Ore.
That pecking order will be evident in China, too. During the Aug. 8-24 Olympics, swimming and gymnastics will be broadcast as they happen in prime time in the United States, even though that meant switching the start times to morning in Beijing. Track and field will be shown in the evening, but on tape — the suspense of the results gone in this wired world.
The trials in those three sports were illustrative. The overnight ratings on NBC averaged 3.9 for swimming, 3.3 for gymnastics and 3.2 for track and field.
It is a major reworking of priorities on US television that swimming and gymnastics are being made the top draw over track & field. NBC is of course tight-lipped about their reasons, leaving the rest of us to speculate, and inevitably the reason most often cited is the abundance of doping scandals in track. I’m not sure I buy it.
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Note on the News: Masback Added to NBC Announcing Team
Posted July 16th, 2008 at 9:01 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Announcements, Marathons, Olympics
According to Michael Hiestand’s column in today’s USA TODAY, former USATF CEO Craig Masback has been added to NBC’s announcing team for the Beijing Olympics.
“Craig Masback, who left TV to head USA Track & Field and is now a Nike ‘global’ marketer, will be a marathon analyst — perhaps noting key footwear,” wrote Hiestand.
You can read the full story here:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2008-07-15-mike_N.htm
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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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted June 26th, 2008 at 8:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Columns, Olympics, What To Watch
This week is the Superbowl of domestic track & field, the US Olympic Trials. All times EDT; as always, check your local listings.
US Olympic Trials, Day 1
USA, midnight-1 a.m. Saturday
replays at 7 p.m. on Universal HD and 11:05 p.m. on USA
Event finals are the women’s 10,000 meters and the first day of the women’s heptathlon. Available in HD fomat.
US Olympic Trials, Day 2
NBC, 8-9 p.m. Saturday (live)
replays at 3 a.m. Sunday on Universal HD
Event finals are the second day of the women’s heptathlon, the men’s shot put, and the women’s 100 meters. Available in HD format.
US Olympic Trials, Day 3
NBC, 8-9 p.m. Sunday (live)
replays at 1 a.m. Monday on Universal HD
Event finals are the first day of the decathlon, the women’s triple jump, discus and 400 hurdles, and the men’s pole vault, long jump, 400 hurdles and 100 meters. Available in HD format.
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted June 20th, 2008 at 4:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Columns, Olympics, What To Watch, College
There’s not much on this week. It’s a calm before the storm, as next week the Olympic Trials begin.
We do have an interesting piece of information to pass along: WCSN.com is now partnering with NBC Sports and will be renamed as Universal Sports, with both a website and a cable TV channel.
The week’s listings (as usual, all times EDT):
Running
YES Network, 7:30 a.m. Thursday, 11:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday, 6:30 a.m. Saturday, 1:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Monday
Bud Greenspan’s Favorite Stories of Olympic Glory
Showtime Extreme, 6:35 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday
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NBC Sports & WCSN Partner to Launch Universal Sports
Posted June 17th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics
Press Release: NBC Sports, a division of NBC Universal, and World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) have joined forces to create Universal Sports. Universal Sports will combine NBCU’s programming and production expertise and promotional power with WCSN’s leading online destination for Olympic sports plus its growing television network to create the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic sports programming.
The announcement was made today by Dick Ebersol, Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics and Leo Hindery, Jr., Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners, the controlling shareholder of WCSN. Universal Sports will include both a television network and a robust online platform UniversalSports.com.
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SoundOFF: Images, Media, and the State of Our Sport
Posted June 9th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Motivation, Success Stories, Track & Field, SoundOFF, Columns, High School
This past weekend I went the Ohio High School Track & Field Championships, a meet I’ve missed only once since I first attended as a high school sophomore in 1987. I like it for a number of reasons; the competition is fierce, the meet is well-organized, the athletes cannot hide their love of the sport, and I get to see a lot of old friends. This year’s meet wasn’t much different from all the rest–some great marks, kids having the time of their life, battles that go right to the finish line. But I took away something from this meet I’ve never experienced before.
I love to run and compete, but I’ve always thought my only talent is hard-headedness. I suppose all distance runners downplay their inherent physical abilities, but I can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever beaten another male runner of a similar age who takes running more seriously than I do. My best high school 1600-meter time was 4:56, and that after several years of very hard work. I simply have always believed that I had few if any physical abilities, mostly because I see my body is all wrong for distance running.
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Prefontaine Classic Preview: Special Distance Races
Posted June 6th, 2008 at 8:03 AM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
This weekend’s Prefontaine Classic promises to be a great meet as always. This year we’ll get something extra: a morning session has been added featuring a women’s 5k and a men’s 10k, and each race has the world record holder who will be trying to break it again. Today I will preview these races, with the remainder of the meet to come over the next few days.
TV coverage will be live on NBC from 4 to 6 p.m. EDT (1 to 3 p.m. local). For more information go to the Prefontaine Classic home page.
Note: In these previews I refer to the “Superfan World Rankings”. These are objective rankings based on meet results from the current year. Complete event-by-event rankings will be posted next week.
To the nitty-gritty: an event-by-event preview…
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