Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: The Shooters

The Olympics The Summer Olympics are one of the world’s great athletic and cultural events. There will be a nation’s worth of new media and television coverage at the Rio Olympics, but don’t forget to look at/for the very great work that is being done by still photographers at the Olympics.   Embed from Getty …

Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: Allyson Felix

The Olympics  One in in a series of videos on the 2016 Rio Olympics focusing on American Athletes. The series is produced by Sports Illustrated. This particular video focuses on American track&field star Allyson Felix.  One recommendation: play it full screen. It’s very well done. Embed courtesy of Sports Illustrated via YouTube .

Nightshift Sports Rio: Olympics On All Devices

The Olympics From our friends at Wired magazine, a guide to watching the Olympics on all of your digital devices. And, here at the media bunker, we have a very simple  system to keep up with the events, using Chromecast, a laptop, and a flatscreen. Go to NBCOlympics.com and select the events you want to …

Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: NYT Olympics Issue

The Olympics This is a must see/read: another of the New York Times great journalistic productions, this one on the 2016 Rio Rio Olympics.  The Times continues to do great work and take big chances on big events. Lots of terrific writing and artwork. Nightshift Sports will be linking to lots of their material during the Rio games.

Nightshift Sports Rio: Photo Firehose

The Olympics The Photo Firehose first appeared when the New York Times, Reuters, and other large photo agencies combined to live-stream photography from the Sochi Winter Olympics. It is a wonder–a never ending source of great shots coming at a mind-bending pace. Embed from Getty Images Don’t miss this one: click here for the Photo …

Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: BBC Coverage

The Olympics In the U.S., Olympic Coverage is coming to a screen near you via COMCAST/XFINITY/NBC. But the Olympic Games are a worldwide sports event and coverage will vary (sometimes quite dramatically) from country to country. Here’s the BBC’s promotional video on their coverage of the Rio Games. The Fine Print: Embed made possible via …

Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: Official Guide

The Olympics Embed from Getty Images For the next 17 Days the Rio Olympics will provide a very necessary relief from the circus that is the current American Presidential race. For that reason, alone, we should watch. There is also the chance to see a lot of very-seldom-publicized and televised sports contested at the highest …