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Pointers for choosing the correct ski equipment for you

Are you interested in skiing or snowboarding? For beginners as well as experts alike all you need is to do is invest in professional grade equipment. As a beginner, you need to get hold of a super knowledgeable staff expert guide to help you with choosing the perfect equipment. Are you interested to know more […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 21, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. ET Men’s Track & Field – Marathon (LIVE) 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET Rhythmic Gymnastics – Group Gold Medal Final 12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. ET Men’s Volleyball Gold Medal Final – Italy vs. Brazil (LIVE) 2:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET Men’s Basketball Gold […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 20, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Women’s Triathlon – Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 12:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Women’s Volleyball Bronze Medal – United States. vs. Netherlands (LIVE) Canoeing – Sprint Gold Medal Finals 2:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Women’s Basketball Gold Medal Final – United States vs. Spain (LIVE) 4:45 p.m. – […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 19, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Equestrian – Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final, Round 1 (LIVE) Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Semifinals Synchronized Swimming – Team Gold Medal Final (LIVE) 12:10 p.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – United States vs. Italy (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Cycling – BMX Gold Medal Finals […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 18, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s 400m Hurdles – Gold Medal Final Canoe/Kayak – Sprint Gold Medal Finals Noon – 2 p.m. Women’s Volleyball –United States vs. Serbia (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Women’s Diving – Platform Semifinal Men’s Cycling – BMX Quarterfinals 3:15 […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 17, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final Decathlon Shot Put Canoeing – Sprint Qualifying Heats and Semifinals Equestrian – Team Jumping Gold Medal Final 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – United States vs. Poland (LIVE) 3 p.m. […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 16, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s Triple Jump – Gold Medal Final Women’s Discus – Gold Medal Final Noon – 1 p.m. Equestrian – Team Jumping Qualifying (LIVE) Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Volleyball – United States vs. Japan (LIVE) […]

Olympics Viewing Picks for August 16, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Track & Field (LIVE) Women’s 200m – Round 1 Women’s Hammer Throw – Gold Medal Final Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase – Gold Medal Final Men’s 400m Hurdles – Round 1 Men’s Volleyball – United States vs. Mexico (LIVE) 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Women’s Water Polo – United […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 13-14, 2016

All Times Eastern Schedule subject to change Saturday, August 13 NBC 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s Discus – Gold Medal Final Rowing — Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – United States vs. Hungary (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Forrer/Verge-Depre (Switzerland) vs. […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 12, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Women’s 10,000m – Gold Medal Final Men’s Water Polo – United States vs. Montenegro (LIVE) Noon – 2 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Rowing – Gold Medal Finals Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Swimming […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 11, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Rowing – Semifinals and Gold Medal Finals Women’s Water Polo – United States vs. Communist China (LIVE) Noon – 2:30 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Beach Volleyball – Fendrick/Sweat (United States) vs. Uklova/Birlova (Russia) (LIVE) Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (United […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 10, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (United States) vs. Herrera/Gavira (Spain) (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – United States vs. France (LIVE) Noon – 2 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Serbia (LIVE) 3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Women’s Cycling […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 9, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – Noon Men’s Beach Volleyball – Dalhausser/Lucena (United States) vs. Virgen/Ontiveros (Mexico) (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – United States. vs. Spain (LIVE) Noon – 2 p.m. Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Rowing – Semifinals and Quarterfinals 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – United States. vs. Italy (LIVE) […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 8, 2016

All Times Eastern NBC 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE) Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Canoe/Kayak – Whitewater Qualifying (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Netherlands (LIVE) 3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Patterson (U.S.) […]

Olympic Viewing Picks for August 6-7, 2016

All Times Eastern Saturday, August 6 NBC 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Rowing – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE) Men’s Water Polo – United States vs. Croatia (LIVE) 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Men’s Cycling – Road Race (LIVE) Swimming – Qualifying Heats (LIVE) 2:30 p.m. -4:15 p.m. Rowing – Qualifying Heats […]

Mike Tirico’s First Assignments for NBC are Open Championship, Olympics and NFL

Yesterday when NBC announced its record 170 commentators for next month’s Rio Olympics, one name that was noticeably absent was Mike Tirico who officially joined the Peacock at the beginning of this month. Well, NBC has released his first three assignments for its Sports Group and one will be a familiar setting, next week’s Open […]

NBC to use a record 170 announcers for 2016 Rio Olympics

The announcement is out. With a month to go until the Opening Ceremony, NBC has released the list of the record 170 combined play-by-play and color commentators for the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some of the usual suspects are back, Bob Costas as NBC Primetime host, Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines on […]

The Big Dozen Sports Media Stories of 2015

2015 was not your ordinary sports media year. We did have some upheaval in sports properties, record viewership for a new event, record viewership once again for the Super Bowl and some upheaval at ESPN. Overall, it made for an interesting year in covering the sports media beat in 2015. As is our tradition at […]

Sports Media Notebook for 08/14/2015 — Sports Media Thoughts

Let’s do some thoughts for you on this Friday. It’s all about providing you with fresh content. So without further delay, here’s the column: Earlier this week, Al Michaels broke some news on the Dan Patrick Show. Unfortunately, this interview is not available on the show’s YouTube page, but the audio is on his website […]

Ryan Seacrest Begins World Takeover With Late Night Olympics Hosting Gig

I’ll admit that I don’t see the appeal of Ryan Seacrest as the host of anything, but then again, I’ve never watched American Idol or any of the trash programming he’s produced. Apparently, ABC, NBC, E! and Fox see the appeal because they keep giving him gigs and they buy his reality programs. And he […]

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