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Posted Tuesday 3/24/20 at 3:54PM EDT
How the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics hurts NBC: Peacock's streaming launch is the biggest loser
The delay of the 2020 Olympics to 2021 blows up NBC's months of planning to launch Peacock in July ahead...
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2020 Tokyo Olympics officially postponed to 2021 over coronavirus
The International Olympic Committee and Japanese government agreed to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics "to a date beyond 2020 but...
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Posted Monday 3/23/20 at 9:29PM EDT
NBC Universal's contract with the IOC prevents the Summer Olympics from being moved to the fall due to NFL games
If the Summer Olympics are postponed due to coronavirus, they will likely happen in 2021 because NBC's commitment to Sunday...
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Posted Monday 3/23/20 at 2:14PM EDT
IOC member says Summer Olympics will be postponed
Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA Today that the Tokyo Olympics will be postponed, likely to 2021,...
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Posted Sunday 3/22/20 at 11:41PM EDT
A decision on the Summer Olympics will be made in the next four weeks
IOC president Thomas Bach wrote that the IOC has ruled out canceling the Summer Games altogether but is now exploring...
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Posted Saturday 3/21/20 at 2:01AM EDT
Summer Olympics should be called off -- now
"Call the Olympics off.
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Posted Tuesday 3/17/20 at 3:52AM EDT
Postponing the Tokyo Summer Olympics over coronavirus would be a complex and daunting task
The only events big enough to cancel the Olympics have been World War I and World War II.
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Posted Tuesday 3/17/20 at 3:52AM EDT
Kentucky Derby postponed for the first time since World War II
The coronavirus pandemic has led the prestigious horse race to reschedule from the first Saturday in May to the Saturday...
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Posted Tuesday 3/10/20 at 1:23PM EDT
NBC Sports turns down ESPN's offer to trade for Al Michaels
Michaels, whom Disney famously traded to NBC for the rights to Oswald the Rabbit, won't be serving as announcer at...
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Posted Tuesday 3/03/20 at 8:27PM EST
NBC Sports hits a record $1.25 billion in Olympic ad sales despite coronavirus uncertainty
Five months ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, NBC says it has sold more advertising than it did for the...
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Posted Tuesday 3/03/20 at 1:13PM EST
Comcast boss on Summer Olympics coronavirus concerns: "There should be no losses should there not be an Olympics"
Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts says he's "optimistic" the Tokyo Summer Olympics will happen and that NBC's plans are...
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Posted Wednesday 2/12/20 at 7:31PM EST
NBC Sports NHL hockey analyst Jeremy Roenick is "very disappointed" after being ousted over a sexist joke
Roenick announced his ouster via a Twitter video captioned, "What a joke!!" Roenick was suspended last December after appearing on...
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Posted Tuesday 11/19/19 at 4:48PM EST
NBC Sports names new NBC Olympics boss: Molly Solomon
Veteran sports producer Solomon, who has been with NBC since 1990, has been tapped as the new executive producer of...
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Jason Sudeikis is reviving his Ted Lasso character for Apple TV+ with Scrubs creator
Sudeikis and Bill Lawrence are co-creating, co-writing and executive producing Ted Lasso, which will have the comedic actor reprising his...
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Posted Thursday 8/15/19 at 5:31PM EDT
Dale Earnhardt. Jr. and his wife and daughter hospitalized after surviving a fiery plane crash
The NBC Sports broadcaster and retired NASCAR star and his wife Amy and 1-year-old daughter Isla were on his private...