Moving on to Paralympics!
OK, so I'm getting myself pumped up for the Paralympics. And it's working! But I'm trying to make sure it'll be broadcast and I thought Universal Sports was going to cover it, but now it doesn't look like that. Universal Sports are ass-morons, by the way. They seem to completely reject the idea that it might be a good time to capitalize on the Winter Olympics' popularity by showing some Winter Olympics sports and athletes. I guess they assume we all just want to see fucking alpine skiing all the time (my least favorite winter Olympic sport, although much cooler at the Paralympics. They also show a lot of sliding sports - my second least favorite) because that, cycling, and gymnastics seems to be all they're showing for the next few weeks. WTF.
However, I'm optimistic about Paralympic Sport TV. Usually I don't like to rely on live streams to watch big things because I always feel like they'll crap out. But hopefully it'll work. . . . And not make my internet crash like it did just now. XD
Anyway, Alana Nichols might have replaced Clara Hughes as my favorite Summer/Winter Olympics athlete. Although Clara is freaking adorable. But she competes in cycling and speedskating. Pssssht. Alana competes in wheelchair basketball and alpine skiing. Compared to those, cycling and speedskating are basically the same sport. There's an adorable video of her here but I haven't been able to link to the video itself. But she says she took up skiing because she thought it would be less intense than wheelchair basketball. XD It kinda makes sense, I mean, people do go on vacation to ski. But it's still cute. Multi-sport athletes are always impressive, but when the sports are so very different it becomes even cooler.
Ah, wait. Here we go. Hopefully this is accurate:
In the USA, NBC agreed to broadcast on the NBC Television Network a programme related to the Opening Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games and a highlights programme of the Vancouver Paralympics, which will be published after the Games. In addition, NBC Universal Sports intends to broadcast a daily programme related to competition at the 2010 Paralympics. Universal Sports also has the intention to feature coverage of the Games on UniversalSports.com in the form of on-demand re-airs of its Universal Sports Television Network coverage, plus full-length event "rewinds".
Not great, I was hoping Universal Sports would cover it for real, but I'll be very used to watching event replays online by that point from all the curling I'm watching. Still, NBC covers things better than Universal, they do a better job at the human drama of the Olympics and stuff like that, the personal side, which is what I really love about the Olympics (also the international part, and I just like individual sports better than team sports). That site also mentions the Paralympic Sport TV, so fingers crossed. Still, need Costas! :/
Now all I have to do is make sure I can watch short track events going forwards. That'll probably be a web-only thing, too. Katie's got the curling aspect covered, hopefully. The Brier starts tomorrow!
On the subject of curling, Marc Kennedy is making a serious move on Johnny Mo as my favorite member of Team Kevin Martin. He is ADORABLE! Look at him holding his tiny daughter! And oh my god, all four of them have such amazing Canadian accents.
However, I'm optimistic about Paralympic Sport TV. Usually I don't like to rely on live streams to watch big things because I always feel like they'll crap out. But hopefully it'll work. . . . And not make my internet crash like it did just now. XD
Anyway, Alana Nichols might have replaced Clara Hughes as my favorite Summer/Winter Olympics athlete. Although Clara is freaking adorable. But she competes in cycling and speedskating. Pssssht. Alana competes in wheelchair basketball and alpine skiing. Compared to those, cycling and speedskating are basically the same sport. There's an adorable video of her here but I haven't been able to link to the video itself. But she says she took up skiing because she thought it would be less intense than wheelchair basketball. XD It kinda makes sense, I mean, people do go on vacation to ski. But it's still cute. Multi-sport athletes are always impressive, but when the sports are so very different it becomes even cooler.
Ah, wait. Here we go. Hopefully this is accurate:
In the USA, NBC agreed to broadcast on the NBC Television Network a programme related to the Opening Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games and a highlights programme of the Vancouver Paralympics, which will be published after the Games. In addition, NBC Universal Sports intends to broadcast a daily programme related to competition at the 2010 Paralympics. Universal Sports also has the intention to feature coverage of the Games on UniversalSports.com in the form of on-demand re-airs of its Universal Sports Television Network coverage, plus full-length event "rewinds".
Not great, I was hoping Universal Sports would cover it for real, but I'll be very used to watching event replays online by that point from all the curling I'm watching. Still, NBC covers things better than Universal, they do a better job at the human drama of the Olympics and stuff like that, the personal side, which is what I really love about the Olympics (also the international part, and I just like individual sports better than team sports). That site also mentions the Paralympic Sport TV, so fingers crossed. Still, need Costas! :/
Now all I have to do is make sure I can watch short track events going forwards. That'll probably be a web-only thing, too. Katie's got the curling aspect covered, hopefully. The Brier starts tomorrow!
On the subject of curling, Marc Kennedy is making a serious move on Johnny Mo as my favorite member of Team Kevin Martin. He is ADORABLE! Look at him holding his tiny daughter! And oh my god, all four of them have such amazing Canadian accents.