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NBC Announces Broadcast Talent For 2010 Winter Olympics

By Ryan NBC has announced its roster of broadcast talent for its coverage of the Winter Olympics Feb. 12-28. Here’s the rundown of their announcers, analysts and commentators from NBC: NBC ANNOUNCES TALENT ROSTER FOR VANCOUVER OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES – 53 COMMENTATORS IN ALL Costas Returns for 9th Olympics, 8th as Primetime Host Michaels Returns to Olympics After 22 Years, 30 Years After ‘Miracle on Ice’; Carillo Again Anchors Late Night Show Button and Collinsworth Serve As Olympic Correspondents NBC Talent Roster Has Won 16 Olympic Medals Including 7 Gold NEW YORK – Feb. 9, 2010 – Bob Costas leads […]

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NFL Network’s schedule for “The Longest Pregame Show in History” for Super Bowl XLIV

By Ryan NFL Network announced today the details of its Super Bowl XLIV pregame coverage, consisting of a whopping eight and a half hours of programming. Just about every major storyline is getting some attention. And then, they’ll trot out the cast of the movie Grown Ups. From NFL Network: NFL NETWORK AT SUPER BOWL XLIV: WHAT’S ON “THE LONGEST PREGAME SHOW IN HISTORY” NFL GAMEDAY MORNING—Sunday, February 7 at 9:00 AM On Super Bowl Sunday, NFL Network’s pregame show, NFL GameDay Morning will provide a record 8 ½ hours of live coverage starting at 9:00 AM ET with 18 […]

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ESPN’s coverage of Super Bowl XLIV

By Ryan ESPN’s many media outlets are all over Super Bowl week, with content across 18 platforms. From ESPN: ESPN AT SUPER BOWL XLIV Super Bowl XLIV week in South Florida will kick off Sunday, Jan. 31, with the 2010 Pro Bowl on ESPN, ESPN HD and ESPN Deportes at 7:20 p.m. ET from Sun Life Stadium. ESPN’s week-long comprehensive coverage of the Indianapolis Colts-New Orleans Saints matchup will continue across its multimedia platforms through Sunday, Feb. 7. Highlights: ·         Super Bowl-related content across 18 ESPN platforms: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Classic, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, ESPNEWS […]

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Super Bowl XLIV schedule on CBS

By Ryan CBS has announced its coverage plans for Super Bowl XLIV from South Florida, including all of its pregame coverage: the Road to the Super Bowl special, the Phil Simms All-Iron Team presentation and The Super Bowl Today show. Also included are details on the premiere of Undercover Boss, airing after the game. From CBS: CBS SPORTS TO BROADCAST SUPER BOWL XLIV LIVE ON FEBRUARY 7 Jim Nantz and Phil Simms Call Super Bowl XLIV CBS News’ Katie Couric to Contribute to THE SUPER BOWL TODAY PHIL SIMMS ALL-IRON TEAM: SUPER BOWL EDITION Highlights All-Time Super Bowl Team by […]

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NFL Network’s wall-to-wall coverage of Super Bowl XLIV

By Ryan NFL Network announced its “everything but the game itself” coverage of Super Bowl XLIV from South Florida. Highlights include 8.5 hours of pregame coverage on Sunday, along with 65 hours of original programming from South Florida. From NFL Network: THE LONGEST PREGAME SHOW IN HISTORY – A RECORD 8.5 HOURS OF SUPER BOWL SUNDAY COVERAGE ON NFL NETWORK SUPER COVERAGE INCLUDES MORE THAN 50 HOURS OF LIVE PROGRAMMING OF SUPER BOWL XLIV FROM SOUTH FLORIDA PROVIDING VIEWERS ALL-ACCESS PASS Unmatched Super Bowl-Winning Analyst Line-Up Includes Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp, Rod Woodson and Joe Theismann […]

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CBS debuts 40th anniversary “Road to the Super Bowl” special

By Ryan CBS announced it will air the annual Road to the Super Bowl special as part of its Super Bowl XLIV pregame shows Feb. 7 at 12pm ET. From CBS: NFL FILMS’ “ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL” DEBUTS ON CBS AT 12:00 NOON ET ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY 40TH Anniversary of Most-Honored Annual Sports Special One-Hour Special Culled From 1.7 Million Feet of Game Film & 400 Hours of Game Audio from 133 Coaches & Players How did the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts advance to Super Bowl XLIV in South Florida?  Re-live the journey as only NFL […]

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Women ski jumpers are denied an Olympic event

At an age when some kids are mastering their first 10-speed, American ski jumper Lindsey Van was traveling internationally and winning junior ski jump competitions. Interviewed after a winning jump, a then 11-year-old Van said her goal was to make the women’s Olympic team in 2002. Now it is 2010, and though more than nine nations have women jumpers registered with the International Ski Federation (FIS), and women jumpers’ enrollment in the organization is nearly equal to that of men, there still isn’t a women’s ski jumping event at the Olympics. “When you watch men and women, you wouldn’t be […]

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What if these Winter Olympics events had stuck?

The Winter Olympics don’t always get the same level of respect as their summertime cousins. Some argue that the Winter Olympics aren’t Olympics at all, as they’re not at all connected with the Games of ancient Greece. But it’s harder to argue that they’re any less exciting or drama-filled, and they’re certainly far more dangerous. Events like the super-G have people hurtling themselves down iced-over mountainsides, and from the way those luge competitors try to keep themselves perfectly aerodynamic, it sure doesn’t look like they can even see where they’re going. But the Winter Olympics does have its share of […]

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Where are they now? A look at past Winter Olympics stars

We’re gearing up for the 2010 Winter Olympics Feb. 12-28 in Vancouver! First up in a series of features is a look at a few of the big names from past Games, and what they’ve been up to lately: Oksana Baiul While the 1994 Lillehammer figure-skating competition — and let’s not kid ourselves, the entire Olympics fortnight — was overwhelmed with the Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding scandal, neither of them took home the gold. That distinction went to the 16-year-old Ukrainian, whose moves on the ice bumped Kerrigan down to silver. Baiul faced her own scandal in 1997 after being arrested […]

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Inside the Games: A look at the 15 Winter Olympic sports

Don’t know your biathlon from your Nordic combined? In preparation for the Vancouver Winter Olympics Feb. 12-28, we take a quick glance at each of the Games’ sports disciplines: Alpine Skiing Skiers compete in five disciplines: downhill, the fastest, steepest, longest course; slalom, the shortest course with the quickest turns; giant slalom, with wider and smoother turns than slalom; super-G, combining the speed of downhill with the precision of giant slalom; and combined, one downhill run and two slalom runs. Biathlon Biathlon combines the aerobic demands of cross-country skiing with the marksmanship of rifle shooting in five events: individual, sprint, […]