Less than a year after packing up its NBCSN, NBC Sports is apparently calling it quits with yet another sports channel, with plans to shut down The Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, on September 30. News of the shutdown was first reported... Read More
Tag: OLYMPICS
Wednesday’s premiere of ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary on the 1996 US Women’s basketball team gave the trailblazing women the flowers they finally deserved. The 3-part documentary titled “Dream On” gave viewers an inside... Read More
The Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. The administration said the reason was because of China’s human rights record, citing “ongoing genocide and crimes against... Read More
Kevin Durant was dominant. And Team USA was golden. Once Again. The Nets star scored a game-high 29 points Saturday to lead the U.S. men’s basketball team to an 87-82 victory over France in Saitama, Japan, avenging an opening loss in these... Read More
Long Island native Andrew Capobianco and partner Michael Hixon snagged a silver medal in the men’s 3-meter synchronized dive at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday. Capobianco and Hixon scored 444.36 points, trailing only China’s team of... Read More
The road to a fourth straight gold medal, at least at the outset, has been rocky for Team USA’s men’s basketball team. It sets up an intriguing Olympics 2021 for the United States, which has lost four of its last five games dating to the 2019... Read More
Maria Taylor, who spent close to a decade on the air at ABC/ESPN, has joined NBC Sports. She starts on the Olympics in Tokyo, joining Mike Tirico as host for Prime Plus. She’ll also be a correspondent at the Olympics. Taylor will be on Football... Read More
The Men’s USA Basketball team has suffered back-to-back losses during international friendlies this week, but it is still the prohibitive favorite to walk away on top of the Summer Olympics. SportsBetting.ag released gold medal odds... Read More
The official dates of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games are Friday, February 9 through Sunday, February 25 The Games will take place over 18 days, and competition will begin on February 8, the day before the Opening Ceremony. More than... Read More