The U.S. women’s hockey team compete for an elusive gold medal with a match against Olympic Athletes from Russia. Mikaela Shiffrin takes on the slalom course, and Reston’s Maame Biney makes her Olympic debut in short-track speedskating. NBC 3-5 p.m. Men’s speedskating, 1,500-meter gold; women’s luge, singles gold; cross-country, men’s and women’s sprint gold 8-11:30 […]
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Olympic watching guide: Troy Murphy hits the moguls Monday
The men will hit the mogul hill looking for gold starting at 8:10 a.m. Mogul skiing is judged on style and skill as well as speed. Skiers use the bumps to make sharp turns while keeping to a fall line. Watch for flips, grabs or rotations in their two jumps off the “air bumps” on the slope. […]
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NBC’s Olympic tape delay has the internet pretty riled up
No, events at the Pyeongchang Olympics are not all televised live. And, yes, that means you sometimes will find a result before you see it on TV. Exhibit A: American Red Gerard won the United States’ first medal of the Games in the snowboard slopestyle, but NBC didn’t air it until about a half-hour later. […]
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Olympic watching guide: Who is competing Thursday
NBC paid nearly $1 billion for broadcast rights, and events will be shown on the parent network as well as NBC Sports Network, CNBC, USA and the Olympic Channel. Live-streaming of all events is available at NBCOlympics.com or via the NBC app. There is a 14-hour time difference. Events listed here are those shown on […]
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2018 Winter Olympics TV schedule and highlights
More than 90 countries will send roughly 2,900 athletes to compete in the PyeongChang Olympics. There are 102 events – most in Olympic history – including four making their debuts: big air snowboarding, mass start speedskating, mixed doubles curling and a mixed team event in Alpine skiing. Two-hundred forty-three athletes will represent the United States. […]
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NBC Olympic coverage available on air and online
NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off the Super Bowl, NBC begins more than two weeks of Winter Olympics coverage on Thursday with a new host, some new wrinkles and the hope that its business model keeps pace with the different ways people experience events on television and online. Some skiing and figure skating competition takes […]