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Posted Wednesday 6/16/21 at 3:17AM EDT
Peacock announces two docuseries honoring the women of the 1996 Summer Olympics
The three-part The ’96 Effect will follow four legendary USA women’s teams who won gold at the 1996 Olympics, including...
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Posted Wednesday 6/16/21 at 3:17AM EDT
ESPN alums Kenny Mayne and Cari Champion will host a Summer Olympics show on Peacock
The former ESPN anchors will host an untitled nightly show on Peacock that will offer a multi-faceted look at the...
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Posted Thursday 6/10/21 at 1:10PM EDT
NBC announces Tony Hawk, Steve Kornacki, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir Tokyo Olympics correspondents
Legendary skateboarder Hawk will work for NBC Sports as skateboarding makes its Summer Olympics debut.
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Posted Tuesday 6/08/21 at 2:50PM EDT
Shepard Smith will host CNBC's Summer Olympics coverage, paired with NBA host Meghan Triplett
Smith and Triplett will co-host CNBC's primetime coverage of the Tokyo Games.
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Posted Monday 6/07/21 at 2:49PM EDT
NBC Universal says it's all in with Tokyo Olympics, with plans to broadcast 7,000 hours of coverage
“We are going to deliver the most comprehensive — and accessible — coverage for any sports event in history,” said...
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Posted Saturday 5/29/21 at 2:40AM EDT
Bob Costas says the Tokyo Olympics should be moved to 2022, agrees that the IOC can be "shady'"
Costas, a veteran of 12 Olympic Games for NBC Sports, tells Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time that he doesn't think the...
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Posted Thursday 5/27/21 at 2:34PM EDT
NBC bringing back Mary Carillo, Andrea Joyce and Jimmy Roberts for Summer Olympics coverage
Carillo and Roberts will serve as NBC Olympics correspondents in Tokyo, while Joyce serves as a reporter at the gymnastics...
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Posted Monday 5/24/21 at 9:41PM EDT
U.S. State Department urges Americans to avoid traveling to Japan in the latest troubling sign for the Summer Games
With less than two months before the Opening Ceremony, the "Level 4: Do Not Travel" advisory is the highest cautionary...
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Posted Tuesday 5/18/21 at 3:02PM EDT
Rebecca Lowe to return as host of NBC's daytime Olympics coverage
The NBC Sports anchor previously hosted daytime coverage of the 2014 Sochi Games, the 2016 Rio Games and the 2018...
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Posted Monday 5/17/21 at 1:32PM EDT
Nick Jonas is said to be okay after he was hospitalized for an injury sustained while filming a new show
TMZ says Jonas had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital on Saturday night, but was already home by...
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Posted Thursday 5/13/21 at 1:21PM EDT
Steve Kornacki signs a rich new deal with NBC Universal that includes a Peacock game show and working on NBC's Olympics and Super Bowl coverage
The NBC News and MSNBC political correspondent, who broke out last year on Election Night, has signed a new multimillion-dollar...
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Posted Tuesday 5/11/21 at 9:06PM EDT
Summer Olympics should be canceled because of the pandemic
Jules Boykoff, a former professional soccer player who studies the Olympics as a political scientist at Oregon's Pacific University, writes...
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NBC orders a Slip ‘N Slide reality competition hosted by Bobby Moynihan and Ron Funches
Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide will debut with two episodes after the Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies on Aug.
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Posted Monday 4/19/21 at 2:24PM EDT
Peacock and LeBron James team on a docuseries about women's gymnasts vying for the U.S. Olympic teams
The six-episode Golden tracks six hopefuls competing for four spots on the U.
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Posted Tuesday 4/13/21 at 4:20PM EDT
NBC's Summer Olympics primetime show will use an outdoor studio for the first time in the network's history
The network has constructed an outdoor deck with panoramic views of Tokyo and the landmark Rainbow Bridge for its anchors,...