Nightshift Sports Rio Preview: Marti Mallow

The Olympics Athletic competition in judo is nothing like the staged, tightly choreographed physical dances you see in action films. It’s a lot more tactical and mistakes are not allowed–they take you right out of the match. Here’s U.S. Olympic Judo team member Marti Mallow, in a profile produced by Sports Illustrated (embed 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: 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 …