06-14-2007, 09:40 PM
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| they haven't posted the schedules for the events yet have they? | 
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06-15-2007, 10:44 PM
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| Here's the schedule link: http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/schedule/
I'll be posting more information on the Olympics section here next week. Got to start doing the team profiles.
And yes, I'll be watching the "press box live feed" sitting somewhere in the venue and then running off to interview some of the fencers and do my write ups while getting Serge to hand off the photos of the day for uploading.
I'll be there for Fencing.Net, Serge Timacheff of FencingPhotos.com will be there for the FIE and Serge's wife will also be there (using my 2nd credential) to help us both out and keep us on track.
BTW - If you're going to be at Summer Nationals, come by the Fencing.Net booth as we'll have Serge's photos there as well and they are *very* cool, especially printed out 11x17!
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06-17-2007, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by edew  Does everyone agree that ABC with Jim McKay did a helluva better job at showing the Olympics than NBC with whoever (Jim Lampley? Bob Costas?)
Even though ABC did start the "Up Close and Personal" BS, they did show the sports without having cutaways to something completely irrelevant every 30 seconds.
Maybe I'm misremembering.... | "Shut up, Bob Costas!!"
Sorry--reflex.
As to the question of how good the U.S. TV coverage of fencing at Beijing will be, I'm not optimistic. U.S. TV doesn't tend to cover "niche" sports like fencing unless an American athlete makes a medal round (and preferably wins the gold). And ever since NBC started covering the Olympics, I've pretty much given up on trying to find the five minutes of actual competition buried in the commercials and the personality profiles and the rest of the crap.
Miffed--who, me?
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06-18-2007, 12:31 PM
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U.S. TV doesn't tend to cover "niche" sports like fencing unless an American athlete makes a medal round (and preferably wins the gold).
| Now what are the odds of that? | 
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06-18-2007, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by KD5MDK Now what are the odds of that? | for women's team saber, i think the odds are very good. for others-i don't know...  | |
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07-04-2007, 01:53 AM
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| i wonder, will they be also releasing DVD's of the fencing events like World Champinships? | |
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07-04-2007, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jbenjamin for other countries, is fencing coverage the same as in the U.S? is it non-existent also? | Well, I enjoyed a bit over three hours of European Championships on Eurosport last night. Recorded action of MS and WF, semis and finals of WE and MF live. I guess organizers of Wimbledon asked too much so fencing got a chance  More coming on Thu, Fri and Sat.
Funnily, they had to build a new piste in the middle of MF semi, because the roof started leaking on the finals piste...
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07-08-2007, 04:13 PM
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| New low for ESPN
Meanwhile ESPN 2 is showing
"Rock, Paper Scissors National Championship in Las Vegas"   ,
I kid you not. With $50K prize for the first place.....
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07-08-2007, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jbenjamin for women's team saber, i think the odds are very good. for others-i don't know... | Women's Team and Individual Sabre have the best chances. Men's Team Sabre and Epee have a reasonable shot, too, so long as Venezuela doesn't keep Men's Epee from earning a team berth.
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07-09-2007, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by misha Meanwhile ESPN 2 is showing
"Rock, Paper Scissors National Championship in Las Vegas" ,
I kid you not. With $50K prize for the first place.....
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07-09-2007, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by KD5MDK Well, that's a lot more than we have to offer. | You must remember that our equipment costs more than the standard R, P, S kit.
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07-09-2007, 09:10 PM
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Meanwhile ESPN 2 is showing
"Rock, Paper Scissors National Championship in Las Vegas" ,
I kid you not. With $50K prize for the first place.....
| ...Perhaps we better start using a good ole fashioned game of rock, paper, scissor to determine priority from now on? Might get us more coverage!
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07-16-2007, 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jbenjamin for other countries, is fencing coverage the same as in the U.S? is it non-existent also? | Here in the USA, if you are interested in Soccer, Rugby and Fencing, you have to get TV5 which is the Francophone TV Channel. It will cost you about $14/month. TV5 has no commercials and has great programs from all around the world, all in French with English subtitles for movies.
See www.tv5.org (TV5MONDE is the only global French language network,
broadcasting 24 hours a day worldwide.
Watch Premium Films, News, Sports, Documentaries, and more!)
There are also some Chinese language TV channels where we will probably see plenty of the Olympics. | |
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