I doubt most of you will see this message in time for it to matter,
but according to the Eurosport Web site, you will be able to hear
their coverage of the NYC marathon in just a few minutes (I'm writing
this 30 minutes before the start). Go to http://www.eurosport.com and
click on the button
Men's 8k
Team Results
1.Colorado25 (1,2,4,5,13,(16),(29))
2.Texas90 (8,9,12,27,34,(39),(41))
Wow. Colorado did this WITHOUT Ritz!
--
Lee Nichols
Assistant News Editor
The Austin Chronicle
512/454-5766 ext. 138
fax 512/458-6910
I just sent this letter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I encourage everyone on
this listserv to send a copy to that address with your own name
signed to it, or write your own letter asking that live NYC Marathon
coverage be brought back. Remember, polite letters are most likely to
get a good response.
Contact:Jill M. Geer
USATF Director of Communications
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.usatf.org
317-261-0500 x360
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, November 3, 2002
Runyan places 5th at NYC in marathon debut
NEW YORK A pair of
During the NYC Marathon, if it is any help and comparison, the following is
what was covered during the same time period on the many channels up here in
Massachusetts: (besides, of course, the NFL)
ABC: PGA Tour Championship
NBC: Hallmark Figure Skaters' Championship (NYC recap on at 3pm)
A reasonably funny post to letsrun:
First U.S.-Born Finisher in NYC Marathon -- Guess Who?
Scroll down.
Marla Runyan, a 33-year-old blind woman.
Regards,
Martin
Netters:
Coming home from church today at noon, I turned on the TV in what I
thought (after reading all the negative posts on our list about lack of NYC
Marathon coverage) to would be a vain attempt to watch the last hour or so.
But, of course, it was shown live on NBC-TV
Hello Lee:
Hasn't the time come for track fans to realize that television is a dead
medium, and that the Internet is the only real hope for our sport?
Instead of lobbying NBC, we should be lobbying race directors and meet
directors to webcast their events live.
Kamal
DR KAMAL JABBOUR -
Tom Derderian wrote:
TV is dead. Webcast is the future.
Most webcasts have mediocre picture quality although I have seen a few with
pretty good pictures, assuming that you have a high speed connection. The
poor quality ones are a chore to watch and the low quality really shows
through when the
No offense to Mr. Jabbour, but I'm amazed anyone thinks the time is
remotely near for webcasts to take the place of televised events. The
present technology is borderline bearable, and that's with a [presumably]
relatively miniscule number of people trying to watch. Who really
believes servers
From: Tom Derderian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Tom Derderian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 19:39:05 -
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: t-and-f: Jabbour is the future: was Letter...NYC mara... coverage
The internet is the only hope for our sport. Jabbour is the future. There is
The answer is BOTH-
put it on the net.
And allow any station who wants to provide over-the-air
coverage to do so as well.
Relegate the exclusive contracts to the dustbin of history.
RT
On Sun, 03 Nov 2002 19:05:34 -0800, you wrote:
From: Tom Derderian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Tom
At least for the big events, the networks will just reinvent themselves. Just like
newspapers have
and just like oil companies have. How many energy-source pots does BP have their hands
in? I believe
most of the networks already have some sort of cable presence. What news medium
doesn't already
Ed Grant wrote:
On another related note. It is against the rules to use video
equipment to sort out these close finishes. We all, I am sure either recall
or have heard of the time when two of the best-ever college CC teams, from
the legendary programs at Oregon and
14 matches
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