Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Monday, 26 February 2018, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. Games Over: The 23rd Winter Olympics, held in PyeongChang, South Korea, have finished. The world was treated to a lavish and technologically innovative closing ceremony (amazing lighting, another drone tour de force, and …
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The Olympic Spirit: Eugenio Monti
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images Before there was a “flying tomato” (snowboarder Shaun White) , there was a man fondly known as “the flying redhead”. He was Eugenio Monti, of Italy, who was the very best bobsledder of his time and, quite possibly, the best bobsled driver in history. Monti won a total of …
Winter Olympics Photo Gallery: Men's 50K Mass Start Cross Country Marathon
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images One last round of great images, as the Media Bunker team cranks out a selection of the finest sports photography from the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. All photos (c) 2018 and courtesy of GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century online and waiting. …
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The Winter Olympics: 25 February 2018 New York Times Coverage
Nightshift Sports: Our live daily feed from the New York Times of recaps/features on the 2018 Winter Olympics. Direct Link: New York Times Winter Olympic Coverage To get a glimpse of the future of news coverage, we recommend that you read this article from the Times about augmented reality coverage and follow along. The Times …
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The Winter Olympics Schedule: 25 February 2018
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images That’s all, folks. Today’s the last day for the Winter Olympics. Coverage in the United States is via NBC and NBCSN; there is also coverage on the Olympic Channel, CNBC, and USA network (well done to NBC for putting all of this on air). Xfinity (parent company of NBC) …
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The Nightshift: 25 February 2018
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Sunday, 25 February 2018, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. It’s all over in PyeonChang. The 2018 Winter Olympics are finishing off final events (broadcast via tape delay) and staging the closing ceremonies (see them tonight in prime time…). It’s been a great …
Winter Olympics Photo Gallery: Bobsled
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images A selection of the finest sports photography from the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. All photos (c) 2018 and courtesy of GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century online and waiting. These images have not been altered in anyway. We thank them for sharing. …
The Winter Olympics: 24 February 2018 New York Times Coverage
Nightshift Sports: Our live and continuing daily feed from the New York Times of recaps/features on the 2018 Winter Olympics. Direct Link: New York Times Winter Olympic Coverage The New York Times has been at this for quite a while and their coverage is always great and often brilliant. To see just how good “old …
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The Winter Olympics Schedule: 24 February 2018
Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images It’s almost over: we’re in the last hours of the 2018 Winter Olympics. .Coverage in the United States is via NBC and NBCSN; there is also coverage on the Olympic Channel, CNBC, and USA network (well done to NBC for putting all of this on air). Xfinity (parent company …
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The Nightshift: 24 February 2018
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Saturday, 24 February 2018, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. Closing it out at the Olympics. Last night, the U.S. Curling team took the Gold Medal, beating Sweden in the finals. A historic win for U.S. Curling–it was the country’s first Gold Medal …