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Who Is Your Favorite 2008 Summer Olympian?

FitSugar — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:30:00 PST

Although Winter is almost here, I can easily recall the excitement of the Summer Olympic Games and athletes that competed in Beijing.

Although it might prove difficult to pick your favorite Olympian from the 2008 games, I am sure you are up to the task. All these athletes deserve our respect and admiration, but only one can be your favorite. Do your loyalties lie in the pool or the track? Is your favorite the US beach volleyball team or the winner of the all-around gymnastic title? I want to know . . .

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How Much of the Olympics Do You Watch?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:45:00 PDT

Yesterday I brought you news that NBC plans to provide us with 1,400 hours of coverage (plus 2,200 hours of online broadcasts) for the 2008 Olympics, but how much of it will interest you?

Are you one to obsessively tune in for any and all Olympics events, or do you just watch a few particular things? Or maybe you ignore the whole thing?

NBC Plans Overwhelming Olympics Coverage

BuzzSugar — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:32:13 PDT

I'm kind of a sucker for the Olympics, but even I'm not sure I'm this much of a sucker: NBC has announced its plans for broadcasting the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, which start one year from today, and all told, the network plans to show 1,400 hours of coverage - plus another 2,200 hours of free online broadcasts.

NBC's cable networks will carry much of that load, with coverage planned for USA, MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo. (No Bravo? And what about Sci Fi? Surely there's some Sci Fi channel tie-in for the Olympics, right?) On some days, the network plus cable plus online broadcasts will add up to 212 hours of coverage. Yes, that's nearly 10 times the number of hours in a day.

NBC hasn't said how much of that coverage will be live, but they're certainly doing all they can to get high-profile swimming and gymnastics events to the East Coast as they happen. The network has managed to convince the International Olympic Committee to move the times of those events so they can be shown live - despite the inconvenience to the athletes, who will be competing in a time zone that's 12 hours ahead.