Archives for July 2012

NBC Primetime Show

Monday, July 30, 2012

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

“Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, arguably the best backcourt in the world”

-Bob Fitzgerald

“And five straight gold medals [for the U.S. Women’s Basketball team] will be the third best team accomplishment for any national team in any sport in the history of the Olympics. It’s just remarkable the level of excellence, domination.”

-Bob Fitzgerald

“A lot of that is just us getting used to each other, you know, not a lot of prep time with these Olympics. But with each game, we’re getting better.”

-Sue Bird on coming together as a team

WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL

May-Treanor & Walsh Jennings vs. Slukova & Kolocova

“They have not dropped a match or a set in Olympic competition. That streak has been amazing and it is still going”

-Ted Robinson about the team’s winning streak

Bob Costas with John McEnroe

“Jonny Mac, you didn’t look too bad out there in the sand.”

-Bob Costas to John McEnroe on his interview with Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings

MEN’S & WOMEN’S SWIMMING

Men’s 200 Meter Freestyle

“Angel has taken it out”

-Dan Hicks on Yannick Agnel winning the Men’s 200 Meter Freestyle

“I said he had to do the little things right, and the only little thing he did not do was the finish.”

-Rowdy Gaines on Ryan Lochte’s finish

“I don’t know really where I fell off. I guess you live and learn.”

-Ryan Lochte to Andrea Cramer on not making the podium in the 200 Meter Freestyle competition

Women’s 100 Meter Backstroke

“Is her first individual medal going to be Gold? Yes. Seebohm wins the Silver.”

–Dan Hicks on Missy Franklin winning the Gold medal in the Women’s 100 Meter Backstroke

“Missy Franklin, better than advertised.”

-Dan Hicks on Missy Franklin winning the Gold medal

“I got so much advice. I tried to do the best I could so I think everything worked out perfectly.”

-Missy Franklin on winning the Women’s 100 Meter Backstroke

Women’s 4 X 100 Relay

Women’s 200 Meter Freestyle

“I’ve been at every single Olympics since 1984 and I’ve never seen anything close to this.”

-Rowdy Gaines on Missy Franklin swimming in back-to-back races in less than 10 minutes.

Men’s Diving

Men’s Synchronized Platform

“China just secured themselves another Gold medal”

-Cynthia Potter

“If they ever needed a dive where they averaged nines, this is it.”

-Cynthia Potter

“It will come down to one dive. The United States medal hopes will depend on the results of Tom Daly and Peter Waterfield”

-Ted Robinson on Tom Daly and Peter Waterfield

BRAVO

Tennis Coverage

July 30, 2012

“The good news is he looked really good today, very businesslike, served well. Less good news is he faces Novak Djokovic, the second seed. Back to the good news side, he’s done okay against Djokovic, actually a career winning record. This is a great second-round match. And we’ll see if Andy is serving the way he did today, he’s got a real chance.”

-Jon Wertheim on Andy Roddick’s upcoming match against Novak Djokovic

“You hate to say it, a gold to lose, but boy that would be a shock if she didn’t win the gold.”

-Jon Wertheim on Serena William’s chances of winning the gold medal

“I served pretty well and I was in every single return game. You know, I felt like I put returns in on most of them, played good points.”

-Andy Roddick on his match versus Martin Klizan

“At his best, he is capable of beating anybody.”

-Justin Gimblestob on Jon Isner

“He’s still an incredible competitor and in a best-of-three format on this grass surface, I think he’s a wildcard that nobody wants to see and nobody in the top 20 certainly wants see. He’s very dangerous here.”

-Brett Haber on Andy Roddick

“One of the amazing things about winning here at Wimbledon is you get your name up on the board and you often walk by it and to see V. Williams or S. Williams 10 times in the singles, it’s just an incredible story.”

-Renee Stubbs on the Williams sisters singles play success at Wimbledon

“As much as they play singles and as great of singles players as they are, and they don’t play a lot of doubles, because they really only virtually play with each other, getting it back together isn’t as difficult as it would be for somebody else. They know instinctively what each other can do.”

-Renee Stubbs on the Williams sisters playing doubles together

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

Michelle Beadle Interview with Brendan Hanson

July 30, 2012

Michelle Beadle: Last night in the pool, U.S. swimmers won medals in all four events. One of the vets – oh, that just means old guy – Brendan Hansen with the bronze in the 100 meter breast stroke. He is here now. That was like magical television what just happened there.

Brendan Hansen: I know.

Michelle Beadle: Number one, you didn’t look super thrilled. What was going through your mind right there?

Brendan Hansen: I don’t think there was any kind of emotion at all with that. You know, you just get excited about winning a medal and being up there. I mean, it was a big race for me coming off of I barely made the final and to come out with a medal for the U.S., it was just awesome.

Michelle Beadle: Your fifth Olympic medal career-wise…

Brendan Hansen: Yeah.

Michelle Beadle: …which ain’t too shabby.

Brendan Hansen: No.

Michelle Beadle: Is the eighth lane, we’ve heard the experts talking about, we assume people watching right now need to get smarter with me. So the eighth lane, is it a disadvantage? That’s where you were. Does it hurt, hinder, does it bother you at all?

Brendan Hansen: I think it depends on the race, you know, and the athlete itself. When I swam last night, I just put myself in my zone and my own race and, kind of, went out there and did my thing, and it’s what got me the Olympic team for the U.S. and it’s what won me a medal last night.

Brendan Hansen on U.S. team: This is the closest knit team I have ever been a part of. This is my third Olympics and just from top to bottom, the balance of veteran and rookie. We’re feeding off each other and you’re going to see a lot more swimmers the rest of this week because we are definitely not done. We are at day three of eight and we’re just building momentum for the rest for the week.

Michelle Beadle: Is it true that the gentleman that was in lane seven, Kosuke Kitajima, is your biggest, would you say biggest rival and that you just needed to beat him?

Brendan Hansen: I think it was a two-man race in that respect. The guy that won the gold was obviously the favorite to win after the semis. And for me and Kosuke, it was just, it was like another chapter of our rivalry last night. And to beat him out for the bronze last night made it pretty sweet considering I missed the podium in Beijing in this race.

Michelle Beadle: Now I have to ask you this, 2008, gold medal. You lost it on a plane, bachelor party.

Brendan Hansen: Don’t blame me. Oh, you add bachelor party like it’s…okay.

Michelle Beadle: Well you add that because it’s sexy, obviously. Want to tell us what happened and how you got it back?

Brendan Hansen: Yeah, well you know everyone is excited when you get back to the U.S. to, kind of, see your medal and stuff like that. When you go through any kind of metal detector, the medal here just goes off. Everyone is like, ‘what’s that?’ You know, you are trying to pawn it off like belt buckle, anything you can. Well, they took it out of a secret pocket that Nike had made for us and pout it around on the other side. Well, I was like I just want to get on the plane, let me go and so he grabbed the medal and put it in just the side water bottle pocket. I was like get me out of here, just let me get on the plane. Put my bag underneath in front of me, put on my belt, everything. We took off. The medal rolled four rows back, I had no idea. The best part about this story is that my girlfriend at the time, wife now, was sitting next to me on the plane and I had to tell the stewardess, was like ‘Ma’am, I lost something really important on this plane.’ So what would you think she immediately thought of? She was like, ‘An engagement ring?’ And I was like, ‘No, an Olympic medal.’

–NBC OLYMPICS–

Michael Phelps-Ryan Lochte Expected in 4×200 Meter Freestyle Relay Final in Primetime on NBC

Women’s Gymnastics Team Gold Medal Final on NBC Primetime

Dream Team vs. Tunisia LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 4 a.m. ET

Team USA Women’s Soccer vs. North Korea LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 12:15 p.m. ET

LONDON – July 30, 2012 – Michael Phelps looks to claim his third straight 200m butterfly gold medal, his 18^th medal overall – tying the record for the most career Olympic medals – tomorrow on NBC in primetime. Phelps won gold in both Athens and Beijing in the 200 meter butterfly. Tuesday will be Phelps’ busiest day as he also is expected to swim the final for the 4x200m freestyle relay with teammate Ryan Lochte.

Also in primetime, the reigning world champion U.S. women’s gymnastics team, featuring Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber, also known as the “Fab Five,” look to win the gold over Russia, Romania and China.

On NBC in daytime, defending Olympic champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser compete against Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira of Spain LIVE on NBC at 4 p.m. ET.

LIVE on NBC Sports Network, the Team USA basketball team, led by Lebron James and Kobe Bryant, plays its second Olympic game against Tunisia at 4 a.m. ET. Then at 12:15 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, Team USA women’s soccer takes on North Korea at Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, LIVE on NBC Sports Network at 12:15 p.m. ET.

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Listings subject to change (all times ET unless otherwise noted). Changes are italicized.

TUESDAY, JULY 31 (Day 4)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)

Swimming – Qualifying Heats

Men’s Beach Volleyball – Rogers/Dalhausser (U.S.) vs. Herrera/Gavira (Spain) (LIVE)

Men’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Germany (LIVE)

Men’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Romania (LIVE)

Men’s Canoeing – Whitewater, C-1 Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Rowing – Semifinals

· Qualifying in swimming’s 4x200m freestyle relay, an event in which the United States, led by Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte is the gold medal favorite.

· LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s volleyball team against Germany. The American men won their first Olympic gold in 20 years in Beijing and have been surging recently as they look to repeat as Olympic champions.

· LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. men’s water polo team against Romania. The U.S. men earned a surprise silver in Beijing, but are focused on gold in London. Led by captain Tony Azevedo, the team sacrificed hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively by not playing professionally overseas this year to train together for the Olympics.

· Plus, LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball, always one of the most electric sports of the Games, from the heart of ceremonial London, at Horse Guards Parade. Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are the defending Olympic champions. And LIVE coverage of the always unpredictable whitewater canoeing, with Olympic medals on the line. Also, the rowing competition becomes more pressure-packed, with semifinals from prestigious Eton Dorney.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)

Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final

Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s 200M Butterfly

Men’s 4 x 200M Freestyle Relay

Women’s 200M Freestyle

Women’s 200M Individual Medley

Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final

· Gymnastics takes center stage as the reigning world champion U.S. women seek their first Olympic crown since the “Magnificent Seven” struck gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Michigan’s Jordyn Wieber, the 2011 world all-around champion, and Gabby Douglas, who trained for the Games alongside four-time Beijing medalist Shawn Johnson, lead an American team of Olympic newcomers that is favored for gold over rivals Russia, Romania and China.

· Michael Phelps has his busiest night of the Games. First, he will swim for what is expected to be his third straight 200m butterfly gold medal – which could also give him 19 career medals, setting a new record. Less than an hour later, Phelps will be back in the pool for the 4x200m freestyle relay. This time, he teams up with Ryan Lochte on a U.S. squad that is favored for gold – which could give Phelps career medal No. 20. In the women’s 200m freestyle, 17-year-old phenom Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt, who took the year off from the University Georgia to train alongside Phelps under coach Bob Bowman, will challenge Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, who has dominated the event by winning two world titles and setting a world record since she won gold in Beijing.

· What’s harder than diving from 33 feet in the air with perfect form? Doing it in perfect sync with the person next to you. That’s the challenge for the divers in the women’s synchronized platform competition. Another challenge: topping China, which has won gold all three times the event has been contested.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)

Swimming – Semifinals

Women’s Beach Volleyball – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Van Iersel/Keizer (Netherlands)

· Coverage includes beach volleyball from historic Horse Guards Parade and also semifinal action from the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Centre, as top swimmers try to qualify for Wednesday’s finals.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Men’s Basketball – (LIVE)

U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE)

China vs. Russia (LIVE)

France vs. Argentina (LIVE)

Women’s Soccer – U.S. vs. North Korea (LIVE)

Equestrian –

Eventing, Team Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Individual Jumping Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball –

Men’s – Alison/Emanuel (Brazil) vs. Heuscher/Bellaguarda (Switzerland)

Women’s – Talita/Antonelli (Brazil) vs. Goller/Ludwig (Germany)

Men’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. Montenegro (LIVE)

Men’s Volleyball – Brazil vs. Russia

Men’s Fencing – Individual Gold Medal Final

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

· The U.S. men’s basketball team, led by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, is back in action with its second game of the Olympic tournament, against Tunisia. Also live on the network, the U.S. women’s soccer team faces North Korea.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Tennis – (LIVE)

Singles Early Rounds

Doubles Quarterfinals

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

· The men’s and women’s singles and doubles tennis competitions continue with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon.

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Men’s Shooting – Skeet Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Women’s Field Hockey – U.S. vs. Argentina (LIVE)

Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE)

France vs. Colombia (LIVE)

Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Weightlifting – Gold Medal Finals

Women’s Table Tennis – Semifinal

Archery – Individual Elimination Round

Badminton – Qualifying Round

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

· The U.S. women’s field hockey team has a rematch with Argentina, the world power it upset in the final of the 2011 Pan American Games to qualify for London. Plus live women’s soccer.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Boxing – Elimination Bouts

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

· Jamel Herring, a 26-year-old Marine who served two tours in Iraq, begins his Olympic run on the fourth day of boxing coverage.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

U.S. vs. Tunisia (LIVE)

France vs. Argentina (LIVE)

China vs. Russia (LIVE)

Australia vs. Spain (LIVE)

Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Lithuania vs. Nigeria (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

9:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Women’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

U.S. vs. North Korea (LIVE)

Canada vs. Sweden (LIVE)

Great Britain vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Japan vs. South Africa

France vs. Colombia

New Zealand vs. Cameroon

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (ET/PT)

Swimming – Qualifying Heats

Men’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

Beach Volleyball – Qualifying Round

Men’s Volleyball – Qualifying Round

Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Tennis – Qualifying Rounds

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)

Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final

Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final

3D

5 a.m. – 7:45 p.m.

Men’s Gymnastics – Team Final

Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final

Canoeing – Whitewater Qualifying Heats

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 (DAY 5)

NBC

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT)

Swimming – Qualifying Heats

Men’s Beach Volleyball – Gibb/Rosenthal (U.S.) vs. Samoilovs/Sorokins (Latvia) (LIVE)

Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. China (LIVE)

Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Spain (LIVE)

Men’s Cycling – Individual Time Trial

Rowing – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s Canoeing – Whitewater, K-1 Gold Medal Final

· U.S. stars Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, and Rebecca Soni are all in the pool, swimming in key qualifying heats.

· LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s volleyball team vs. China. Led by Hugh McCutcheon, who coached the U.S. men to the Olympic title in 2008, the American women are favored to win their first Olympic gold.

· LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of the U.S. women’s water polo team vs. Spain. The Americans have earned a medal at each of the three Olympics since women’s water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000, but have never won gold. They look to have their strongest team yet in London.

· LIVE (ET/CT) coverage of beach volleyball from Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London.

· Cast the team tactics and strategy of the road race aside – cycling’s time trial is every rider for himself to see who can be fastest against the clock.

· Plus, gold medal finals in rowing from history-rich Eton Dorney and a gold medal final in men’s whitewater canoeing, as athletes maneuver an high-speed, water obstacle course to compete for gold.

8 p.m. – Midnight (ET/PT)

Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s 200M Breaststroke

Men’s 100M Freestyle

Women’s 200M Butterfly

Women’s 4 x 200M Freestyle Relay

Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final

Women’s Beach Volleyball – May-Treanor/Walsh (U.S.) vs. D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger (Austria)

Men’s Diving –Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final

• One night after they go head-to-head in the 200m freestyle, Allison Schmitt and Missy Franklin team up to lead the U.S. in the 4x200m freestyle relay, hoping to reclaim the event from Australia after losing in Beijing for the first time since it was added to the Olympic program in 1996. In the men’s 100m freestyle, top American and former Cal standout Nathan Adrian will try to knock off favorite James Magnussen, the brash new leader of Australian swimming, while Auburn-trained Brazilian star Cesar Cielo is also among a deep international field. Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima, already the greatest breaststroker of all time, is hoping to complete a third straight sweep of the 100m and 200m breaststroke events as he takes on the longer race tonight. In semifinal action, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte hit the water for the 200m individual medley, while Lochte pulls double-duty in the 200m backstroke.
• In gymnastics, another Japanese legend, triple world champion Kohei Uchimura, looks to cement his status as one of the greatest gymnasts of all-time by winning the Olympic gold he came one place short of four years ago as a 19-year-old in Beijing. Attempting to stand in his way should be two Americans from unlikely backgrounds: Bronx native John Orozco, the 19-year-old son of a former New York Sanitation Department crew supervisor, and Cuban-born Danell Leyva, whose skillful routines are accompanied by the hyper-animated reactions of his coach and stepfather Yin Alvarez.

· Beach volleyball, one of the Games’ hottest sports, continues at Horse Guards Parade in the heart of ceremonial London. Just down the road from the Queen’s home at Buckingham Palace, the Queens of the sand, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, are eyeing a golden three-peat after sweeping the competition in Athens and Beijing without dropping a set.

· In the men’s synchronized springboard, diving’s odd couple looks to continue its winning ways and help the U.S. onto the medal stand. Separated by 13 years and 1700 miles, four-time Olympian Troy Dumais and Stanford freshman Kristian Ipsen won world silver in 2009 just months after they began training together.

12:35 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. (ET/PT)

Swimming – Semifinals

Women’s Cycling – Time Trial

· Coverage includes semifinal action from the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Centre, as top swimmers try to qualify for Thursday’s finals.

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE)

Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE)

Mexico vs. Switzerland (LIVE)

Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE)

Beach Volleyball –

Men’s – Brink/Reckermann (Germany) vs. Heyer/CHevallier (Switzerland) (LIVE)

Women’s – Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) vs. Klapalova/Hajeckova (Czech Republic)

Women’s Cycling – Time Trial

Women’s Water Polo – Hungary vs. China

Women’s Volleyball – Dominican Republic vs. Japan (LIVE)

Men’s Field Hockey – Spain vs. Australia (LIVE)

Men’s Archery – Individual Elimination Round

Women’s Fencing – Sabre Qualifying Round

Table Tennis – Men’s Singles Quarterfinal

Badminton – Qualifying Round

NBC SPORTS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS

· LIVE coverage of the U.S. women’s basketball team against Turkey. Led by former UConn stars Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore, the Americans are favored to win their fifth straight gold. Plus LIVE coverage of cycling’s women’s time trial. American Evelyn Stevens, who only bought her first bike in 2008 and gave up a career on Wall Street, is among the medal favorites.

BRAVO

7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Tennis – Early Rounds (LIVE)

BRAVO HIGHLIGHTS

· Tennis continues with live coverage from the historic grass courts of Wimbledon, including the start of the mixed doubles tournament, which makes its return to the Olympics following an 88-year absence

MSNBC

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round (LIVE)

Spain vs. Morocco (LIVE)

Senegal vs. United Arab Emirates (LIVE)

Women’s Beach Volleyball – Slukova/Kolocova (Czech Republic) vs. Cook/Hinchley (Australia) (LIVE)

Boxing – Elimination Bouts (LIVE)

Women’s Fencing – Sabre Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

Women’s Table Tennis – Gold Medal Final

Women’s Weightlifting – 69 KG Gold Medal Final

Women’s Handball – Serbia vs. Denmark

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS

· In fencing’s women’s sabre competition, Mariel Zagunis bids for her third straight Olympic gold medal four years after she led an American sweep in the event in Beijing. Plus, live men’s soccer and gold medal finals in weightlifting.

CNBC

5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Boxing – Elimination Bouts

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS

· Once home to boxing legends Joe Frazier and George Foreman, Olympic boxing’s heaviest weight class gets underway.

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

4 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball – Qualifying Round

U.S. vs. Turkey (LIVE)

Australia vs. Brazil (LIVE)

Canada vs. France (LIVE)

China vs. Angola (LIVE)

Great Britain vs. Russia (LIVE)

Croatia vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.

Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE)

Spain vs. Morocco (LIVE)

Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE)

Egypt vs. Belarus

Mexico vs. Switzerland

Japan vs. Honduras

South Korea vs. Gabon

Senegal vs. United Arab Emirates

TELEMUNDO

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (LIVE)

Men’s Soccer – Qualifying Round

Mexico vs. Switzerland (LIVE)

Brazil vs. New Zealand (LIVE)

Great Britain vs. Uruguay (LIVE)

Swimming – Qualifying Heats

Tennis – Early Rounds

Boxing – Elimination Bouts

Midnight – 2:30 a.m. (ET/PT)

Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

Men’s Gymnastics – All-Around Gold Medal Final

Men’s Diving – Synchronized Springboard Gold Medal Final

3D

7 a.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Women’s Gymnastics – Team Gold Medal Final

Swimming – Gold Medal Finals

Women’s Diving – Synchronized Platform Gold Medal Final

Canoeing – Whitewater Gold Medal Final

NBC Primetime Show

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Women’s Gymnastics – Team Qualifying

Men’s Swimming – 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay

Women’s Swimming – 100 Butterfly Final

Women’s – 400 Freestyle

Women’s Diving – Women’s 3-Meter

Bob Costas Interview with Bela Karolyi

“As you mentioned a minute ago, this is the ‘All-Around Final’, the final, best gymnasts in the world should be lined up over there. Now, how can you explain to me that the 3^rd or 4^th ranked gymnast on that order is eliminated because she is accidently from the same country? This is absolutely unacceptable. It is an Olympic final. The first 24 [gymnasts] should be in the final and no one else.”

-Bela Karolyi on the Olympic and International Gymnastics Federation “three-up, three-count” rule that in the finals limits teams to three participants on each apparatus.

“To put it in context compared to another sport, it would be as if in the NCAA Basketball tournament the third best team in the ACC or the third best team in the Big 10 couldn’t go even though obviously they would be better than most of the teams in the field. Dozens and dozens of young women compete; Jordyn Wieber is going to be amongst the top four or five but not among the final 24.”

-Bob Costas on the Olympic and International Gymnastics Federation “three-up, three-count” rule that in the finals limits teams to three participants on each apparatus

Women’s 100 Meter Butterfly

“She’s got to be very careful not to over swim that first 25 meters. As you said Dan, the stars are aligned for her to win gold right here.”

-Rowdy Gaines on Dana Vollmer

“She has done absolutely everything you can possibly do to set herself up for her first individual Olympic gold.”

-Dan Hicks on Dana Vollmer

“Dana Vollmer about to win her first Olympic gold medal and trying to make it a world record as well. First, women, ever, under 56 seconds. That will complete your Olympic dream.”

-Dan Hicks about Dana Vollmer winning the Women’s 100 Meter Butterfly and breaking the world record. Vollmer won with a time of 55.98.

“I’m just so excited right now. I felt good during the first 50…actually lost a swim cap in the pool. It’s in there somewhere. It’s just so exciting about the whole thing.”

-Dana Vollmer on winning the Women’s 100 Meter Butterfly and losing her swim cap in the process.

100 Meter Breaststroke

“You would think that Hansen, being in lane eight, he would have no shot at a medal. But this field is so tightly bunched from two to seven…It’s unbelievable when you only have 3/10ths of a second separating those swimmers.”

-Rowdy Gaines on Brendan Hansen swimming in lane eight. Hansen went on to earn Bronze.

“This is the shiniest bronze medal you will ever see, ever.”

-Brendan Hansen to Andrea Kramer on the possibility that it might be the last Olympic medal of his career.

“Captain Hansen, Captain Comeback and it was well worth it. Bronze for Hansen!”

-Dan Hicks on Brandon Hansen

“It is Cameron van der Burgh who is close to a world record. He’s got the Olympic gold, and you can throw the record in with it!”

-Dan Hicks on Cameron van der Burgh

“And look at this guy (Van der Burgh) Did he just swim huge? And what a world record. What an amazing world record. Unbelievable!

Rowdy Gaines on Cameron can der Burgh’s world record

4×100 Freestyle Relay

NBC cameras captured all the emotion of the 4X100-meter relay as Ryan Lochte couldn’t hold the lead as the U.S. took silver and the French, redeeming their 2008 loss to the U.S., came from behind to win gold. Shots of Michael Phelps rooting on his teammates and the disappointment on the face of Lochte showed the emotion.

BRAVO

Olympic Tennis Coverage

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Ryan Harrison interview – (Harrison’s Olympic debut ended with a mangled racket on Saturday, when he lost to Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-5, 6-3)

“Ryan has always been known as ‘the great next American hope in tennis.’ Well, so tell us—you lost control of your temper a little bit; threw your racquet. I trashed you; a lot of people trashed you.”

– Pat O’Brien

“Obviously, the way I handled myself after the match was completely unacceptable. I felt like the situation, when I handled it, it was something that I knew instantly I should not have done. Obviously, playing on such a big stage and representing the country, you’re playing for more than yourself. You have to think about what it means to everyone you’re representing.”

“I hope to move forth but I’m so embarrassed. My actions in no way were intended to represent those of our country. Trying to play the best that I can on such a huge stage, I lost it—and I don’t want to lose any matches because of my emotions. It happened; I wish I could take it back and I feel terrible.”

“I am sorry again to everyone who I offended. I hope you can see the improvements in the future and I’m going to my best to represent the country and everything it stands for better in the future.”

– Ryan Harrison

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

USA Men’s Basketball vs. France

“This team is fantastic. You know they have the top six scorers in the NBA and they are all on this basketball team. They can score. They are smaller, obviously, than the original Dream Team. Coach K (Michael Krzyzewski) has done a great job. He didn’t just go out and look at the best 12 players in the NBA, even though it looks like that’s who is on there. He went for fit; he went for guys who wanted to play together, who he thought he could put together and fit. And I think that they have done a sensational job.”

– Doc Rivers on the 2012 Men’s Basketball Team

“The original Dream Team, people just wanted to meet them. Now, they want to beat them. And I think that’s the biggest difference.”

– Doc Rivers on comparing the 1992 Dream Team to the 2012 Team

“Lebron is the man for Team USA.”

– Bob Fitzgerald on Lebron James

“You walk in, you feel his maturity, you feel his voice, you feel his energy. He’s the alpha male. He’s the undisputed leader of this team.”

– Doug Collins on Lebron James

“They feel nerves in every single game they play in. And this is big. They have to win. It’s not like they’re trying to win a gold medal. They have to win a gold medal, and that’s the pressure they feel.”

– Doc Rivers on the pre-game nerves of the USA Team

“I’m going to go out on the line and say Team USA.”

– Doc Rivers prediction of who would win the game

“LeBron, offensively, defensively, creating the loudest voice, the biggest player. Kobe is still a factor, but LeBron, he’s really been the guy, the focal point of Team USA.”

– Bob Fitzgerald on LeBron James

“It felt good to get it out of the way. I thought we played well on the defensive end and that allowed us to get the win against France.”

– Kevin Love on Team USA’s win

“They asked me who I wanted and I said, ‘I want the scrub guy, the guy that came off the bench and scored all those buckets.’”

– Doc’s Rivers reaction to Kevin Love on set

“It is a little different. Playing time is well distributed throughout the whole team and whatever the team needs we have different guys that do different things. Whether I’m checking in for Tyson or for Lebron or Melo, or any of those guys, I know I can go in and get the job done.”

– Kevin Love on not being a starter while playing for Team USA

“This is just too much swag right here from Carmelo. He has the shades over the face and the eye blockers and plus a neck pillow. I guess you go to New York and people change.”

– Kevin Love on his constant Twitter feed, featuring team pictures including one of Carmelo Anthony sleeping with a lot ‘gear’ on

–NBC OLYMPICS–

NBC Primetime Show

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Bob Costas with John McEnroe

“After meeting this guy (Ryan Lochte), I started to wonder if he was going to be lucky enough to make it to the Games in one piece.”

–John McEnroe on Ryan Lochte

John McEnroe feature on Ryan Lochte

McEnroe’s feature on Lochte included a look at Lochte’s new workout regimen, his goals for the London Olympics and an in-depth look at Lochte’s walk-in closet.

Bob Costas with Ryan Seacrest

“They’re all back together again here in London and they’re hoping to share a little more history together.”

– Ryan Seacrest on the Phelps family celebrating another Olympic Games together.

Ryan Seacrest feature on Michael Phelps and his family

Seacrest’s feature on Phelps includes a sit down interview with the swimmer at his childhood pool. Seacrest also has a conversation with Phelp’s mother Debbie and his sisters Hilary & Whitney.

“I’m ready. It’s been a long time in the sport. I’m just trying to relive all the memories and just enjoy the last days.”

-Michael Phelps on the London Olympics being his last Olympic Games.

“It’s fun to see these athletes in their real lives, and that’s what we are going to try to capture.”

-Ryan Seacrest on the athlete profiles he will be presenting during the London Olympics.

Bob Costas with Meredith Vieira

“I understand for the next Bond film, the Queen is auditioning for the role of Moneypenny.”

-Bob Costas on the vignette the Queen filmed with Daniel Craig for the Opening Ceremony.

Ryan Seacrest Social Media Segment

NOTE: During NBC’s coverage each day and night, the network will feature social media segments that shine a light on the messages, tweets and Olympic moments the world is sharing on Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms. NBC will produce social media segments during each day part, and the segments will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest, Michelle Beadle, and Tamron Hall.

On Facebook, the Queen got the most buzz. The favorite moment for men was the lighting of the Olympic flame and for women, not surprisingly, it was David Beckham.

On Twitter, the Queen inspired more than 1.2 million tweets and a photo of Paul McCartney was the most re-tweeted image from the Opening Ceremony.

The U.S. swim team’s video of “Call Me Maybe” had almost two million views.

Sports featured in the broadcast….

–Men’s Swimming (Men’s 400 Meter IM – Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps)

“Will he even get on the Podium? No second and no third.”

-Dan Hicks on Michael Phelps placing fourth in the race.

“So far, these Olympic Games belong to Ryan Lochte.”

-Dan Hicks on Ryan Lochte taking the gold over Michael Phelps.

Phelps’ post-race interview: “I don’t know, frustrating race this morning. I didn’t really feel that great. I figured 4:06 would be about first, and Ryan had a good one. I guess I saw Tiago and them in the first 50-free and I guess the plan we had coming into it wasn’t the best plan. I don’t know. I have a lot of races and I guess it’s just about putting this one behind me and moving onto the next one…It’s not the start I’d like, but, I don’t know. Like I said before, it’s frustrating. I don’t know. Just have to move on.”

–Beach Volleyball (Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings)

“I pointed out their undefeated record to Kerri before the match and asked her if she thought it would be possible to carry the streak through the London Games. She told me that their plan was to win every set and match, and keep their opponents to under 17 points each set.”

-Chris Marlowe on the undefeated record of May-Treanor and Walsh in the Olympics. May-Treanor and Walsh went on to win their two sets and held their opponents to 18 points for each set.

“Once again, to those of you who are new to volleyball, Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh have never lost a match, not a set.”

-Chris Marlowe on the winning record May-Treanor and Walsh-Jennings have had during the past two Olympic Games (15 consecutive matches and 30 consecutive sets won in Athens & Beijing). Marlowe pointed out the record before the game and again early on in the second set. May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings went on to win the second set and the match, to continue the streak.

-Men’s Gymnastics Team Competition

–NBC Olympics–