SPORTS NEWS

Taking Look at Replay and How It Will Work

If Major League Baseball’s new instant replay system had been in place this season, it would have been used about 18 times so far to determine if a home run had been hit.

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:45 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Selig, Bud, Television

On TV, Timing Is Everything at the Olympics

Getting U.S. stars like Michael Phelps to perform live in prime time was just one of the moves that set up the spectacular success NBC achieved in the Beijing Games.

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 12:34 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Television, Computers and the Internet, Advertising and Marketing, International Olympic Committee, National Broadcasting Co, Ebersol, Dick

TV Sports: A Detail-Oriented Voice for an Overlooked Sport

Ato Boldon has emerged as one of NBC’s best analysts, a blend of athletic smarts, charisma, precise analysis and brashness.

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 10:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Television, National Broadcasting Co, Bolt, Usain, Boldon, Ato

ESPN Eyes 2014, 2016 Games

The sports network said it would carry more live games, regardless of the time zone, than NBC has traditionally done.

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games, Television, ESPN, International Olympic Committee, National Broadcasting Co, Olympic Games (2014)

Advertising: Olympics Draw High Percentage of Women Viewers, and Ads Intended for Them

The large female viewership for the Olympics and the spate of spots intended for women are anomalies in TV sports.

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:44 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Women, Television, Computers and the Internet, Advertising and Marketing, Gymnastics, NBC Universal, Johnson & Johnson Inc, Gillette Co, Online Advertising

TV Sports: 1972 Seems Like a Million Laps Ago

On Sept. 4, 1972, the day Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal at the Munich Games, there were no underwater cameras no super-slow-motion replays and no sideline reporters.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 7:00 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games, Swimming, Television, Spitz, Mark

TV Sports: New York-Based Crews Just Call It as They See It

NBC announcers are at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, nearly 7,000 miles from Beijing. But games are supposed to be called from arenas and stadiums, not booths far from the action.

Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Television, National Broadcasting Co

Sports of The Times: Athletes Only as Old as China Says They Are

If these Olympics were being held in the U.S. instead of in Beijing, the issue of possibly underage Chinese gymnasts would by now be a serious cable television cause célèbre.

Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:45 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Children and Youth, Television, Gymnastics

Tv Sports: NBC Extends Its Reach, but Also Exerts Its Control

So much in television is targeted at the Eastern time zone, the one with the greatest population. The Olympics are no exception.

Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008 10:26 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Television, National Broadcasting Co, Costas, Bob

Skip Caray, 68, Atlanta Braves Voice Known for His Biting Wit, Is Dead

Mr. Caray’s nasal tone and sometimes playful, sometimes sardonic commentary on radio and television made him familiar to baseball fans.

Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 1:06 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Deaths (Obituaries), Atlanta Braves, Television, Atlanta (Ga), Radio, Caray, Skip

Tv Sports: When Favre Showed Up, News Didn’t

The coverage of Brett Farve’s return to the Green Bay Packers delivered repeated segments, graphics and interviews but not much news.

Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:13 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Favre, Brett, Green Bay Packers, Television, ESPN

Without Stars, Newest Skateboard Discipline Gains a Foothold

In the days leading up to the first skateboard SuperPark finals at the X Games, several prominent skaters were critical of the course. But in the aftermath of the event’s final, some seemed to soften their tone.

Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:13 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Television, ESPN, X Games, Skateboards

NBC Ad Pairs ‘Mummy’ and Olympics

NBC executives call the company’s TV ads plugging its new movie, “The Mummy,” and the Beijing Olympics synergy. Some viewers call it confusing.

Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 5:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Television, Advertising and Marketing, National Broadcasting Co, Motion Pictures, NBC Universal, Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The (Movie)

TV Sports: With 2,200 Hours of Live Video, NBC Embraces Online Coverage

Since so much of each Olympics is unseen, in China, NBC will stream 2,200 hours of live events across 25 sports on its Olympics Web site.

Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 5:05 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Television, Computers and the Internet, National Broadcasting Co

N.F.L. Roundup: NBC Will Show Games Live Online

NBC will announce on Monday its plan to stream its N.F.L. games online this season and allow users to choose extra camera angles and multiple streams.

Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 10:15 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, National Football League, Television, Computers and the Internet, National Broadcasting Co

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