Tony Reali, Kevin Negandhi among ESPN personalities speaking up about Special Olympics in spite of political concerns (updated)
ESPN personalities were some of the many who spoke out against the proposed cuts to Special Olympics funding.
Olympics News
NBC trades 2021 Super Bowl to CBS for 2022 edition, letting them pair Super Bowl LVI with the Winter Olympics
This is the first change to the Super Bowl rotation since ABC's final Super Bowl in 2006.
Christian Laettner stars in Olympic Channel’s newest “The Z Team” installment, trying to turn around a Charlotte HS team in a week
Former Duke star Laettner is featured in an Olympic Channel show about trying to turn bad teams around in a week.
Olympic broadcasters are really pushing 8K TV for 2020 in Tokyo
Broadcasters hope to bring 8K into the forefront, even though 4K hasn't even been widely adopted.
Olympic Channel’s latest “Five Rings Films” series entry is “The Golden Generation,” on Manu Ginobili and the 2004 Argentina team
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.
Olympic Channel releases “The People’s Fighters,” Peter Berg’s documentary on Teofilo Stevenson and Cuban boxing
"The People's Fighters," Berg's 87-minute documentary on the history of Cuban boxing, can be watched for free at olympicchannel.com.
National Wrestling Media Association president Jason Bryant favors USA Wrestling’s mandated background checks and training
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.
USA Wrestling requires journalists to undergo background checks and online training over sexual abuse, APSE pushes back
Associated Press Sports Editors president Jeff Rosen called these requirements "problematic on multiple levels."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tonya Harding, Josh Norman, Adam Rippon among all-athlete Dancing with the Stars cast
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.
Olympic boost propels NBCSN to record quarter once again
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.
While NBC Olympic ratings dropped for the PyeongChang Games, CBC Olympic ratings again rose
CBC's average primetime audience rose to 3 million for the PyeongChang Olympics, up from the 2.7 million they had in Sochi. Over 85 per cent of the Canadian population watched some of the Games. That's a contrast to the declines NBC has seen.
U.S. women’s hockey star Hilary Knight visited new hockey fan Leslie Jones on SNL, and… created controversy?
A women's hockey player and U.S. gold medalist appeared on Saturday Night Live and got laughs. Let's remember that.
Hulu says 63 percent of its subscribers streamed Olympics live or on demand
Viewers found the Olympics on Hulu’s live streaming service.
John Moody, Fox News exec who wrote controversial “Darker, Gayer, Different” Olympics column, retires from network
Fox News says Moody planned on retiring before his column generated outrage.
Syndicated TV shows retitle during Olympics to have lowest ratings thrown out against season average
Syndicated shows like The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Live With Kelly and Ryan gave themselves new titles for Nielsen.
