So far watching the Olympics has been more fun than I expected. But NBC continues to outshine itself in the category of worst coverage possible! Despite the coverage appearing sporadically and tape-delayed quite often (esp. on the West Coast), it would take a true genius to decipher when sporting events are on TV. After attempting to spend some time on www.nbcolympics.com, I’ve decided to raise the white flag. My new Olympic viewing plan is to put the TV on around 9pm and toggle between NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, and USA and hope what i want to watch is actually on. I also discovered a really fancy broadband player on the NBC site listed above. The quality is actually the best live streaming video i have ever seen. It’s a shame it won’t let you watch full-screen, but i guess that have to find a way to make you watch all those ads! (As I type, Baltimoron Michael Phelps is claiming his 3rd gold medal in 2008). Even the broadband player is confusing! You can filter all videos by sport but some of the ones that should be on don’t seem to be available. For example, i had just turned the TV on when an event was ending. I figured i could watch it again on the broadband player, but that wasn’t the case. Alas ,just wave the white flag and tune into Bob Costas red you his propagandistic version of the Olympics. But i’ll mouth-off about US media some other time. Goodnight!

Go Phelps!