Monday, August 23, 2004
Olympic TV Schedule for Semis
Starting at 5 AM ET/2 AM PT tonight (morning of August 24th) we're going to get Australia vs. Japan live on Bravo. The Cuba-Canada game in the other semi will be on tape delay on Telemundo tomorrow (August 24th) at some time between 10:30 AM (7:30 PT) and 6 PM (3 PM PT). The game is due to start at 1730 Athens time, which is 10:30 AM on the East Coast, so there's an outside shot it might be broadcast live after all, but it's not on the official list of NBC "live" events.
The information about specific broadcast times for the live game vs. the taped game only became available in the last 24 hours. I still can't determine if the gold medal game scheduled for August 25th will be broadcast live or not. More to be posted here later.
The US Women really blew through the competition in softball, only being scored on for the first time in the gold medal game, which it won 5-1. Team USA outscored its opponents 51-1 in the tournament. I think the media is focussing on the wrong "dream team" if they want to look at a team with completely out-sized dominance over its competition.
posted by The Crank 8:14 PM
