On 1/8/2014 6:01 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-01-08, James Silverton > wrote:
>
>> Get yourself ready to watch the Winter Olympics from Sochi.
>
> I'd love to. Is anyone broadcasting them in their entirety? I know
> the major networks will not. Haven't in 20 yrs. If there's no brand
> name sponsorship, we'll never see it. Stuff like cross country
> skiing, skeleton, two man women's bobsled, etc. I was shocked to see
> biathlon, last time. First time in ages. Will it be internet
> streaming from anyone. I'd actually pay $$$.
>
> nb
>
I recently added Universal Sports to our DirecTV package so I can see
the Olympics. They're an NBC owned station so will be showing more
events than I expect to see on the regular NBC station(s).

NBC has broadcast the Olympics in the US for far too many years and I
think their coverage totally sucks. Way back when ABC's Wide World of
Sports covered the Olympics they did it in a way to cover as many sports
as possible. They also included human interest stories about athletes
we may never have heard of or seen and then covered their efforts in
their event. Who remember the ski jumper from Scandinavia (don't
remember the country) who was expected to come in dead last, but was out
there giving it his best? Made for a great story and made watching
their coverage heads and shoulders above anyone else's before or since.

What is "two man women's bobsled?" (-:

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