I'm sure some of you who are watching from home have already figured this out, but NBC is posting clips from the Olympic Trials TV coverage here. When I looked earlier in the meet, they only had select races up, but now they appear to be posting everything.
Posted by Alison Wade at 6:57 a.m. | Tags: Television Coverage, Webcast, 2008 Olympic T&F Trials | Comments (0)
NBC has published its coverage schedule for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials — Track & Field. NBC (or the USA Network) will provide both television and streaming web coverage each day of the event.
Posted by Alison Wade at 8:41 p.m. | Tags: Television Coverage, Webcast | Comments (0)
According to a link on the CSTV web site, coverage of tonight's NCAA action will be streamed live here beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET. (And if that link doesn't work at the scheduled broadcast time, try this.) Apparently the broadcast is going to be on TV as well, for those who get CSTV. Tomorrow's action will be shown live on CBS beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET.
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For those of us who aren't in Oslo, Norway or Eugene, Oregon this weekend, there will still be opportunities to watch the 2008 Bislett Games and Prefontaine Classic.
Bislett Games - TODAY, June 6th:
Live webcast from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET
TV broadcast with slight tape delay from 2:30-4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Classic (actually aired at 3:00, not 2:30 in our neck of the woods)
Prefontaine Classic - Sunday, June 8th:
Live TV broadcast from 4:00-6:00 p.m. ET, NBC
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The ESPN show E:60 is scheduled to air a segment on Ryan Shay tonight (Tuesday, April 29th) at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Update: The video can be viewed here.
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NBC Sports will be providing live online coverage of Sunday's U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon, beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET. WCSN.com will be providing live online coverage of Monday's Boston Marathon, beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET.
In addition, viewers in New England can watch the Boston Marathon via WBZ-TV's live online coverage, which begins at 9:00 a.m. on Monday.
WBZ-TV will have a live local television broadcast of the Boston Marathon beginning at 8:00 a.m. Versus will also broadcast the Boston Marathon live from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET. To watch the Trials on TV, you must wait until Sunday, April 27th, when MSNBC is scheduled to air a highlights show from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET.
Other relevant links:
B.A.A. web site
U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon web site
Runner's World's Olympic Trials coverage
Runner's World's Boston Marathon coverage
USATF's Trials web site
Flotrack's Trials coverage
The Boston Globe's marathon coverage
Posted by Alison Wade at 7:51 p.m. | Tags: Television Coverage, Webcast | Comments (0)
Emily LeVan, her daughter Maddie, and their Two Trials fundraiser will be the subject of a segment on NBC Nightly News tonight. Check your local listings for times.
In other good news, LeVan has surpassed her fundraising goal, raising $64,185 to date.
Update: You can now watch the segment on YouTube.
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As was announced in late August by the NCAA, the NCAA, USTFCCCA, and CSTV have partnered together to bring you the first ever live telecast of the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships which will be held in Terre Haute, Indiana on Monday, November 19th. The live telecast will run from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (11:00 a.m. -12:30 CST) and will also be webcast live by CSTV. The link to the live webcast will be available on the USTFCCCA web site, www.ustfccca.org.
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Six-time Division III national champion Macharia Yuot, one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan and now a U.S. citizen, is scheduled to be featured on the ESPN program E:60 at 7:00 p.m. tonight. As always, check your local listings. (The show can also be viewed here.)
NOVA's "Marathon Challenge" is also scheduled to air tonight, at 8:00 p.m. on PBS. The one-hour documentary follows 13 formerly sedentary people as they prepare for the 2007 Boston Marathon. More information
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The 2007 World Track & Field Championships kick off in Osaka, Japan on August 25th with the men's marathon. Though the race begins at 7:00 a.m. local time, because Osaka is 13 hours ahead of the U.S.'s eastern time zone, the race will actually air (live) on WCSN.com on Friday, August 24th at 6:00 p.m. ET.
There are two ways you can watch this year's World Championships--live on WCSN.com, or on TV.
For those who are mathematically challenged (and for our own benefit), we've translated the competition schedule for the events 800 meters and longer for viewers in the U.S.'s eastern time zone, so you know when to log on to WCSN.com to watch the races live. (Let us know if you see any errors in our math!)
World Championships Schedule (U.S.'s eastern time zone)
Friday, August 24
6:00 p.m. Men's marathon
9:40 p.m. Women's steeplechase heats
10:25 p.m. Men's 1,500m heats
Saturday, August 25
6:30 a.m. Women's 800m heats
8:50 a.m. Women's 10,000m final
9:00 p.m. Men's steeplechase heats
Sunday, August 26
6:35 a.m. Women's 800m semi-finals
Monday, August 27
7:20 a.m. Women's steeplechase final
7:40 a.m. Men's 1,500m semi-finals
8:40 a.m. Men's 10,000m final
Tuesday, August 28
7:55 a.m. Men's steeplechase final
8:20 a.m. Women's 800m final
9:00 p.m. Women's 1,500m heats
Wednesday, August 29
7:05 a.m. Women's 5,000m heats
9:05 a.m. Men's 1,500m final
Thursday, August 30
6:40 a.m. Men's 800m heats
7:45 a.m. Men's 5,000m heats
Friday, August 31
6:30 a.m. Women's 1,500m semi-finals
7:05 a.m. Men's 800m semi-finals
Saturday, September 1
7:30 a.m. Women's 5,000m final
6:00 p.m. Women's marathon
Sunday, September 2
6:30 a.m. Men's 5,000m final
6:55 a.m. Men's 800m final
7:10 a.m. Women's 1,500m final
Helpful links:
Official meet web site
Competition schedule from the IAAF (subtract 13 hours for U.S.'s eastern time zone)
WCSN.com's World Championships coverage home (includes broadcast schedule)
TV schedule from USATF
Team USA roster
Provisional entry lists (PDF)
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