chris witty-related stories
Posted Feb 19th 2006 8:01AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Sports, NBC, Programming
Ice skating returns to NBC primetime tonight with the
finals in the ice dancing competition where an American team is in contention for a medal. But, the real interesting
action on the ice is over at the speed skating track. Americans Chris Witty and Jennifer Rodriguez are both going for
the gold in the 1000m. Expect to see and hear a lot about Witty from NBC tonight. She has overcome some pretty intense
personal problems since winning gold in Salt Lake City.
Also tonight, the women's freestyle aerials
competition, and the two-man bobsled. Here is the schedule for all of NBC's stations:
Continue reading The Olympics: Day 10
Posted Feb 10th 2006 8:59AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Sports, NBC, The Apprentice, Celebrities
By next fall, the Olympics will be long gone. But, NBC
wants to remind you of the games by putting one athlete on
The Apprentice. Which one? You get to choose.
Online voting begins today, coincidentally, so do the Olympics, and ends on February
26, coinciding with closing ceremonies. The winning Olympian will join the other candidates
in Los Angeles when shooting begins on
season six of
The Apprentice. I'm guessing that whichever team gets the Olympian will exploit him or her to
the max until Trump fires the athlete. The
press
release that announces the cross-promotion doesn't mention any of the athletes' business experience. No matter.
The Apprentice stopped being about business in season two, didn't it?
The list of candidates is after the jump:
Continue reading NBC milking the Olympics through the fall
Posted Feb 10th 2006 8:03AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Sports, NBC, OpEd, The Five
The winter Olympics begin
this evening with the opening ceremonies on NBC. That means, for the next two weeks, you'll hear a lot of people
chanting, "USA! USA!"
Personally, I love the Olympics. I let myself get caught up in the drama and
the action, even though I'm definitely not a sports fan any other time of the year. The most popular sport during the
winter Olympics by far is
figure skating,
specifically women's or pairs skating. Here, I'm listing the other sports that I will definitely be watching:
Continue reading The Five: Olympic sports worth watching
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