Awful Announcing
After almost three years, This Week In Hot Takes is coming to an end. Here's a look at our picks for the five hottest takes we've covered, plus the final standings and thoughts on the top five finishers there.
Last week, NBC took advantage of the late July sports media doldrums to announce they had huge plans...
NBC will have a promotional blitz for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics... on July 23-24 2019.
All Around will premiere August 6 and will follow U.S. gymnast Morgan Hurd, Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova and Chinese gymnast Chen Yile for a year.
"At The Heart Of Gold" is a valuable watch both for those who have followed the Nassar scandal closely and those who haven't, providing new perspectives on why this happened in gymnastics and how Nassar got away with it for so long.
ESPN personalities were some of the many who spoke out against the proposed cuts to Special Olympics funding.
This is the first change to the Super Bowl rotation since ABC's final Super Bowl in 2006.
Former Duke star Laettner is featured in an Olympic Channel show about trying to turn bad teams around in a week.
Broadcasters hope to bring 8K into the forefront, even though 4K hasn't even been widely adopted.
The film will cover Argentina's men's basketball success from 2001-16, focusing in on the 2004 gold-medal win and interviewing every player from that team.
"The People's Fighters," Berg's 87-minute documentary on the history of Cuban boxing, can be watched for free at olympicchannel.com.
The head of an organization that represents wrestling media and wrestling communications professionals is taking a stance in support of USA Wrestling's background checks and mandatory online training for journalists looking to gain credentials.
Associated Press Sports Editors president Jeff Rosen called these requirements "problematic on multiple levels."
An NBA legend, a figure-skating villain, a current NFLer and a bunch of Olympians make for a pretty good all-athlete Dancing with the Stars cast.
While NBC's broadcast coverage fell off compared to previous Olympic years, NBCSN's cable coverage hit record highs, besting their numbers from Rio and Sochi.
