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The Olympics What to watch, the schedule, results, and the Rio Firehose. Keep this link on your desktop. Embed from Getty Images The Olympic Schedule (Courtesy IOC/Rio Olympic games) Google Listing of Olympic Schedule (Courtesy Google) What to Watch Today (Courtesy Bloomberg) The Olympic Results (The Guardian, London) Rio Photographic Firehose (New York Times and …
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The Olympics Another in Sports Illustrated’s series of very short profiles and interviews with U.S.Olympians, this one on shooting team member Morgan Craft.
The Olympics A snapshot of NBC’s efforts/logistics in covering the 2016 Rio Olympics, provided by NBC. Absolutely Amazing. STAMFORD, CONN.—NBC Sports has released some stats related to its coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro beginning on Friday: 1.1 billion+ Dollars generated in national ad sales. 120,000 Tons of equipment sent to Rio. …
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The Olympics Sports Illustrated’s profile of U.S. Archery Team member Brady Ellison. This is not archery as done at summer camp or in your backyard (or on America’s Got Talent)….
The Olympics Video profile of Kayla Harris, who will compete for the U.S. Olympic team in Judo. Video embed courtesy of Sports Illustrated.
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).
The Olympics From USA Today, a selection of the best apps for keeping up with the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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 …
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The Olympics From NBC, their broadcasting schedule for the 2016 Rio Olympics. And here’s the official schedule from the Rio Organizing Committee
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 …