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NBC’s ATHENS OLYMPICS TALENT LINEUP INCLUDES 99 COMMENTATORS
Roster, Up from 67 in 2000, Includes 52 Newcomers, 28 Olympians
NEW YORK – June 21, 2004 – An unprecedented 99 NBC Olympic
commentators – including 52 newcomers – will travel to Athens to
broadcast 1,210 hours of programming on seven platforms during NBC’s
groundbreaking 24-hour-a-day coverage from the 2004 Summer Olympics,
Aug. 13-29. The lineup, led by the multiple Emmy Award-winning
primetime host Bob Costas, was announced today by Dick Ebersol,
Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics and returns virtually every
one of the network’s signature Olympic hosts, play-by-play announcers
and analysts.
“When we embraced the challenge of 24-hour Olympic programming and
some coverage of every sport, we knew it was incredibly important to
assemble the deepest and largest talent roster ever,” Ebersol said.
“We are delighted to add so many talented newcomers to our core group
of returning veterans.”
NBC’s roster of 99 Olympic commentators:
· Includes 28 Olympians who won a combined total of 41 medals.
· Numbers 32 more commentators than the 67 who broadcast 441.5 hours
from Sydney in 2000 on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC.
· Ranges from Jim Lampley – who in working his 12th Olympics will tie
the career record held by ABC’s legendary Jim McKay – to 25-year-old
field hockey play-by-play announcer Spero Dedes, who is among he
youngest commentators ever to work an Olympics telecast in the U.S.
One of the veteran announcers making his Olympic debut is Bob
Neumeier, who will contribute interviews and reports from the track
and field venue. “It’s the thrill of a lifetime,” said Neumeier, who
has won acclaim for his work on NBC’s Thoroughbred racing telecasts
and spent 19 years as a sports anchor at WBZ-TV in Boston. “If you’ve
worked in sports television and covered the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup,
Kentucky Derby, World Series and NBA Finals, there’s one large missing
piece and that’s the Olympics. Having gotten my feet wet at the
Millrose Games and Penn Relays, I absolutely cannot wait.”
In committing to become the first U.S. broadcaster to show some
coverage of all 28 Summer Olympic sports, NBC for the first time had
to seek out commentators in sports such as badminton, table tennis,
taekwondo and field hockey. Some interesting stories emerged:
Bill Clement, the former NHL All-Star and noted hockey analyst who
provided studio commentary during NBC’s coverage of the 2002 Salt Lake
Winter Games, was a two-time provincial high school badminton champion
while growing up in Quebec. As a result, Clement got the nod to work
badminton with play-by-play announcer Don Chevrier, who in Salt Lake
handled curling, labeled by many as the “cult hit” of the 2002 Games.
Clement began playing badminton in high school because he had an
insatiable appetite for sports and wanted to play any sport his school
offered. He later found that the quick-twitch reflexes and reaction
times needed for badminton are not unlike those required to be a
hockey player.
“What appealed to me were the reflexes required to play the sport,”
said Clement of his competitive badminton days. “At this level it’s
nothing like knocking the shuttlecock around the backyard. It’s
incredibly quick. Most people think of hockey as a game of brute
force, but similar to badminton, both sports require a high level of
athleticism.”
Pat Croce, former president of the Philadelphia 76ers and studio
analyst for the NBA on NBC in 2001-02, is also a martial arts champion
who will provide analysis on taekwondo. Croce has a fourth-degree
black belt in karate, but also a first-degree black belt in taekwondo,
and has won national and international age group competitions.
Croce has long been admired for his tremendous work ethic. After
agreeing to provide taekwondo analysis for NBC in Athens, Croce took a
course to become a certified AAU, Olympic-level referee in taekwondo
in order to better understand all angles of the sport.
Siri Lindley, a former world champion in triathlon, had already been
hired to provide analysis on NBC’s triathlon coverage when her
background as a field hockey standout at Brown came to light. Soon she
had been assigned double-duty as field hockey analyst.
Here is a rundown of NBC’s Olympic talent:
Hosts
· Bob Costas, whose 16 Emmy Awards include four for his work as an
Olympic host, returns for his sixth Olympic Games and fifth as
primetime host.
· Jim Lampley will anchor NBC’s daytime coverage as well as coverage
on USA.
· NBC’s late night coverage will be hosted by Pat O’Brien during the
first week of competition. Athens will be O’Brien’s fifth Olympic
broadcasting assignment. Dan Hicks, who will call swimming in week
one, returns in the second week of the Games as NBC’s late night host,
a role he handled from Salt Lake in 2002.
· Lester Holt, working his first Olympics, will share MSNBC host
duties with O’Brien.
· Mary Carillo, long respected as an analyst and reporter, makes her
debut as an Olympic studio host, splitting the Bravo anchor role with
Inga Hammond. Athens will be Carillo’s seventh Olympics as a
broadcaster. She will also anchor CNBC’s weekend coverage on Aug.
14-15 and USA’s live, all-day coverage on Aug. 21-22 when all the
tennis gold medals are awarded. Olympic newcomer Hammond, whose anchor
experience includes work at CNN and Fox Sports Net, will host Bravo’s
evening coverage.
· Fred Roggin, entering his third Olympics, anchors CNBC’s coverage,
his first Olympic hosting assignment.
· Jessi Losada and renowned soccer announcer Andres Cantor, whose
signature GOOOAL! call has catapulted him to international popularity,
will co-host Telemundo’s Olympic coverage. Cantor will join Losada
when not calling soccer matches.
Sport-by-Sport
NBC’s signature announce teams return in gymnastics, swimming and
track and field. Following is a partial rundown, sport-by-sport. A
complete roster is attached.
· GYMNASTICS: Play-by-play announcer Al Trautwig is once again joined
by Olympic gold medalist Tim Daggett and Elfi Schlegel, who have
provided analysis on NBC’s Olympic gymnastics coverage since the 1992
Barcelona Games. Olympic veteran Andrea Joyce, who worked swimming in
Sydney for NBC, joins the team as reporter.
· SWIMMING: Hicks has the call alongside analyst Rowdy Gaines –
working their third Olympics together – with newcomer Melissa Stark
reporting. Gaines, who won three gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles
Games, is working his fourth Olympics for NBC.
· TRACK & FIELD: Tom Hammond, who has won acclaim for his memorable
calls at the last three Summer Olympics, will once again call track
and field. Dwight Stones, Carol Lewis, Marty Liquori and Lewis Johnson
return as analysts. New analysts include Larry Rawson (women’s
marathon) and Tom Feuer (walks). Neumeier makes his Olympic debut as
reporter.
· DIVING: Ted Robinson, working his fourth Olympics, calls diving for
the first time. Cynthia Potter, who made three Olympic teams and won
bronze in 1976, returns as analyst, a role she’s handled for NBC since
the 1992 Games.
· BASKETBALL: Mike Breen, working his fourth Olympics, will handle the
play-by-play of both the men’s and women’s competitions, alongside two
respected analysts: Doug Collins (men’s) and Ann Meyers (women’s).
Collins, a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team, takes on
his second Olympic broadcasting assignment. Meyers, who won silver as
a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team in 1976, is working her
third Olympics as a broadcaster. Craig Sager returns as reporter for
both men’s and women’s hoops.
· BOXING: Bob Papa and analyst Teddy Atlas will call boxing. Athens is
Papa’s fifth Olympics, first on boxing since 1992. Atlas also analyzed
the boxing competition from Sydney in 2000. Kenny Rice, known for his
work on NBC’s coverage of Thoroughbred racing, makes his Olympic debut
as boxing reporter.
· SOCCER: Veteran soccer play-by-play announcer J.P. Dellacamera makes
his Olympic debut, working alongside first-time Olympic analysts
Marcelo Balboa (men’s) and Lori Walker (women’s). Balboa was the first
American to play in three World Cups and a longtime star in Major
League Soccer. Walker played on three national championship teams at
North Carolina and now coaches the women’s soccer team at Ohio State.
· BEACH VOLLEYBALL: NBC’s beach volleyball coverage will be enhanced
by the addition of first-time analyst Karch Kiraly, the most
accomplished player in the history of the sport and the only man to
win Olympic volleyball gold both indoors and on the beach.
Entertaining play-by-play announcer Chris Marlowe, who won a gold
medal as captain of the 1984 U.S. Olympic volleyball team, returns for
his fourth Olympics as an NBC commentator. Heather Cox makes her
Olympic debut as reporter.
· VOLLEYBALL: Jim Watson has the call with analyst Mike Dodd, who won
a si;ver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Both are on their second
Olympic broadcast assignment.
· WATER POLO: Acclaimed hockey play-by-play announcer Mike Emrick
makes his Summer Olympics debut calling water polo alongside 2000
Olympian Julie Swail in her Olympic broadcast debut.
· BASEBALL: Matt Vasgersian, currently the San Diego Padres television
voice, makes his Olympic debut alongside returning analyst Joe
Magrane.
· SOFTBALL: Vasgersian has the call alongside first-time Olympic
analyst Dot Richardson, the standout second baseman on the USA’s gold
medal-winning softball teams in Atlanta and Sydney.
· NBC HDTV: Commentators for coverage on NBC’s HDTV affiliates include
play-by-play announcers Matt Devlin (track and field and diving),
Craig Hummer (swimming and diving) and Paul Sunderland (gymnastics,
basketball and diving). A longtime contributor to the NBA on NBC who
is working his fifth Olympics for NBC, Sunderland won a gold medal as
a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic volleyball team.
The HDTV lineup of analysts is highlighted by Shannon Miller
(gymnastics) and Dara Torres (swimming). Miller, with seven Olympic
medals in 1992 and 1996, is the most decorated American gymnast – male
or female – in history. Torres, the first American swimmer to compete
in four Olympic Games (2000, 1992, 1988, 1984), collected a total of
nine Olympic medals (four gold, one silver, four bronze.)
Other HDTV analysts include Steve “Snapper” Jones (basketball), who
for 12 years was a popular and highly-regarded NBA on NBC analyst;
Frank Zarnowski (track and field) and Steve Foley (diving).
NBC’s 24-hour coverage from Athens will total an unprecedented 1,210
hours – more than the past five Summer Games combined and an average
of more than 70 hours per day – on NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, Bravo,
Telemundo and NBC’s HDTV affiliates.
A complete sport-by-sport roster follows:
PLAY-BY-PLAY ANALYST REPORTER Archery
John Dockery
Gymnastics
Al Trautwig Tim Daggett Andrea Joyce Elfi Schlegel
Badminton
Don Chevrier Bill Clement
Baseball
Matt Vasgersian Joe Magrane
Men’s Basketball
Mike Breen Doug Collins Craig Sager
Women’s Basketball Mike Breen Ann Meyers Craig Sager
Beach Volleyball Chris Marlowe Karch Kiraly Heather Cox
Boxing
Bob Papa Teddy Atlas Kenny Rice
Canoe/Kayak – Flatwater Randy Rosenbloom Jon Lugbill
Diving
Ted Robinson Cynthia Potter Melissa Stark
Equestrian Tim Ryan Robert Ridland
Fencing
John Dockery TBA
Field Hockey Spero Dedes Siri Lindley
Handball
Pete Pranica Dawn Allinger Lewis
Volleyball Jim Watson Mike Dodd
Judo Pete Pranica Rusty Kanakogi
Modern Pentathlon Bill Clement Marty Liquori Multiple Event Analysts
Mountain Bike Pat Parnell Paul Sherwen
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Andrea Joyce Elfi Schlegel
Men’s Road Cycling
Phil Liggett Paul Sherwen Robbie Floyd
Rowing
Randy Rosenbloom Yasmin Farooq Trace Worthington
Sailing
Gary Jobson
Shooting
John Dockery Steve Mason
Men’s Soccer
JP Dellacamera Marcelo Balboa
Women’s Soccer JP Dellacamera Lori Walker
Softball Matt Vasgersian Dot Richardson
Swimming
Dan Hicks Rowdy Gaines Melissa Stark
Synchronized Swimming Don Chevrier Tracie Conforto
Table Tennis
Don Chevrier Bill Clement
Taekwondo John Dockery Pat Croce
Tennis
Barry MacKay Jim Courier Len Berman
Track Cycling Steve Podborski Paul Sherwen Robbie Floyd
Track & Field Tom Hammond Dwight Stones Bob Neumeier Larry Rawson
Carol Lewis
(women’s marathon) Lewis Johnson
Marty Liquori
Tom Feuer (race walking)
Trampoline Al Trautwig Trace Worthington Elfi Schlegel
Triathlon Al Trautwig Siri Lindley Mark Morgan
Water Polo Mike Emrick Julie Swail
Weightlifting Pat Parnell Ray Bentley
Canoe/Kayak – White Water Ted Robinson Jon Lugbill John Dockery
Wrestling Russ Hellickson Jeff Blatnick Len Berman
Sports Desk Reporters
Billy Bush Mark Morgan Nancy Newman
NBC News Correspondents Bob Hager Kelly O’Donnell
TELEMUNDO
Host
Jessi Losada Andres Cantor
Baseball Edgar Lopez Adrian Garcia-Marquez
Basketball Edgar Lopez Adrian Garcia-Marquez
Beach Volleyball Edgar Lopez Mara Montero
Boxing Rene Giraldo Raul Marquez Claudia Trejos
Race Walking Edgar Lopez Mara Montero
Soccer
Andres Cantor Alejandro Blanco
Sports Desk Leticia Coo
NBC’s ATHENS OLYMPICS TALENT LINEUP INCLUDES 99 COMMENTATORS
Roster, Up from 67 in 2000, Includes 52 Newcomers, 28 Olympians
NEW YORK – June 21, 2004 – An unprecedented 99 NBC Olympic
commentators – including 52 newcomers – will travel to Athens to
broadcast 1,210 hours of programming on seven platforms during NBC’s
groundbreaking 24-hour-a-day coverage from the 2004 Summer Olympics,
Aug. 13-29. The lineup, led by the multiple Emmy Award-winning
primetime host Bob Costas, was announced today by Dick Ebersol,
Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics and returns virtually every
one of the network’s signature Olympic hosts, play-by-play announcers
and analysts.
“When we embraced the challenge of 24-hour Olympic programming and
some coverage of every sport, we knew it was incredibly important to
assemble the deepest and largest talent roster ever,” Ebersol said.
“We are delighted to add so many talented newcomers to our core group
of returning veterans.”
NBC’s roster of 99 Olympic commentators:
· Includes 28 Olympians who won a combined total of 41 medals.
· Numbers 32 more commentators than the 67 who broadcast 441.5 hours
from Sydney in 2000 on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC.
· Ranges from Jim Lampley – who in working his 12th Olympics will tie
the career record held by ABC’s legendary Jim McKay – to 25-year-old
field hockey play-by-play announcer Spero Dedes, who is among he
youngest commentators ever to work an Olympics telecast in the U.S.
One of the veteran announcers making his Olympic debut is Bob
Neumeier, who will contribute interviews and reports from the track
and field venue. “It’s the thrill of a lifetime,” said Neumeier, who
has won acclaim for his work on NBC’s Thoroughbred racing telecasts
and spent 19 years as a sports anchor at WBZ-TV in Boston. “If you’ve
worked in sports television and covered the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup,
Kentucky Derby, World Series and NBA Finals, there’s one large missing
piece and that’s the Olympics. Having gotten my feet wet at the
Millrose Games and Penn Relays, I absolutely cannot wait.”
In committing to become the first U.S. broadcaster to show some
coverage of all 28 Summer Olympic sports, NBC for the first time had
to seek out commentators in sports such as badminton, table tennis,
taekwondo and field hockey. Some interesting stories emerged:
Bill Clement, the former NHL All-Star and noted hockey analyst who
provided studio commentary during NBC’s coverage of the 2002 Salt Lake
Winter Games, was a two-time provincial high school badminton champion
while growing up in Quebec. As a result, Clement got the nod to work
badminton with play-by-play announcer Don Chevrier, who in Salt Lake
handled curling, labeled by many as the “cult hit” of the 2002 Games.
Clement began playing badminton in high school because he had an
insatiable appetite for sports and wanted to play any sport his school
offered. He later found that the quick-twitch reflexes and reaction
times needed for badminton are not unlike those required to be a
hockey player.
“What appealed to me were the reflexes required to play the sport,”
said Clement of his competitive badminton days. “At this level it’s
nothing like knocking the shuttlecock around the backyard. It’s
incredibly quick. Most people think of hockey as a game of brute
force, but similar to badminton, both sports require a high level of
athleticism.”
Pat Croce, former president of the Philadelphia 76ers and studio
analyst for the NBA on NBC in 2001-02, is also a martial arts champion
who will provide analysis on taekwondo. Croce has a fourth-degree
black belt in karate, but also a first-degree black belt in taekwondo,
and has won national and international age group competitions.
Croce has long been admired for his tremendous work ethic. After
agreeing to provide taekwondo analysis for NBC in Athens, Croce took a
course to become a certified AAU, Olympic-level referee in taekwondo
in order to better understand all angles of the sport.
Siri Lindley, a former world champion in triathlon, had already been
hired to provide analysis on NBC’s triathlon coverage when her
background as a field hockey standout at Brown came to light. Soon she
had been assigned double-duty as field hockey analyst.
Here is a rundown of NBC’s Olympic talent:
Hosts
· Bob Costas, whose 16 Emmy Awards include four for his work as an
Olympic host, returns for his sixth Olympic Games and fifth as
primetime host.
· Jim Lampley will anchor NBC’s daytime coverage as well as coverage
on USA.
· NBC’s late night coverage will be hosted by Pat O’Brien during the
first week of competition. Athens will be O’Brien’s fifth Olympic
broadcasting assignment. Dan Hicks, who will call swimming in week
one, returns in the second week of the Games as NBC’s late night host,
a role he handled from Salt Lake in 2002.
· Lester Holt, working his first Olympics, will share MSNBC host
duties with O’Brien.
· Mary Carillo, long respected as an analyst and reporter, makes her
debut as an Olympic studio host, splitting the Bravo anchor role with
Inga Hammond. Athens will be Carillo’s seventh Olympics as a
broadcaster. She will also anchor CNBC’s weekend coverage on Aug.
14-15 and USA’s live, all-day coverage on Aug. 21-22 when all the
tennis gold medals are awarded. Olympic newcomer Hammond, whose anchor
experience includes work at CNN and Fox Sports Net, will host Bravo’s
evening coverage.
· Fred Roggin, entering his third Olympics, anchors CNBC’s coverage,
his first Olympic hosting assignment.
· Jessi Losada and renowned soccer announcer Andres Cantor, whose
signature GOOOAL! call has catapulted him to international popularity,
will co-host Telemundo’s Olympic coverage. Cantor will join Losada
when not calling soccer matches.
Sport-by-Sport
NBC’s signature announce teams return in gymnastics, swimming and
track and field. Following is a partial rundown, sport-by-sport. A
complete roster is attached.
· GYMNASTICS: Play-by-play announcer Al Trautwig is once again joined
by Olympic gold medalist Tim Daggett and Elfi Schlegel, who have
provided analysis on NBC’s Olympic gymnastics coverage since the 1992
Barcelona Games. Olympic veteran Andrea Joyce, who worked swimming in
Sydney for NBC, joins the team as reporter.
· SWIMMING: Hicks has the call alongside analyst Rowdy Gaines –
working their third Olympics together – with newcomer Melissa Stark
reporting. Gaines, who won three gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles
Games, is working his fourth Olympics for NBC.
· TRACK & FIELD: Tom Hammond, who has won acclaim for his memorable
calls at the last three Summer Olympics, will once again call track
and field. Dwight Stones, Carol Lewis, Marty Liquori and Lewis Johnson
return as analysts. New analysts include Larry Rawson (women’s
marathon) and Tom Feuer (walks). Neumeier makes his Olympic debut as
reporter.
· DIVING: Ted Robinson, working his fourth Olympics, calls diving for
the first time. Cynthia Potter, who made three Olympic teams and won
bronze in 1976, returns as analyst, a role she’s handled for NBC since
the 1992 Games.
· BASKETBALL: Mike Breen, working his fourth Olympics, will handle the
play-by-play of both the men’s and women’s competitions, alongside two
respected analysts: Doug Collins (men’s) and Ann Meyers (women’s).
Collins, a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team, takes on
his second Olympic broadcasting assignment. Meyers, who won silver as
a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team in 1976, is working her
third Olympics as a broadcaster. Craig Sager returns as reporter for
both men’s and women’s hoops.
· BOXING: Bob Papa and analyst Teddy Atlas will call boxing. Athens is
Papa’s fifth Olympics, first on boxing since 1992. Atlas also analyzed
the boxing competition from Sydney in 2000. Kenny Rice, known for his
work on NBC’s coverage of Thoroughbred racing, makes his Olympic debut
as boxing reporter.
· SOCCER: Veteran soccer play-by-play announcer J.P. Dellacamera makes
his Olympic debut, working alongside first-time Olympic analysts
Marcelo Balboa (men’s) and Lori Walker (women’s). Balboa was the first
American to play in three World Cups and a longtime star in Major
League Soccer. Walker played on three national championship teams at
North Carolina and now coaches the women’s soccer team at Ohio State.
· BEACH VOLLEYBALL: NBC’s beach volleyball coverage will be enhanced
by the addition of first-time analyst Karch Kiraly, the most
accomplished player in the history of the sport and the only man to
win Olympic volleyball gold both indoors and on the beach.
Entertaining play-by-play announcer Chris Marlowe, who won a gold
medal as captain of the 1984 U.S. Olympic volleyball team, returns for
his fourth Olympics as an NBC commentator. Heather Cox makes her
Olympic debut as reporter.
· VOLLEYBALL: Jim Watson has the call with analyst Mike Dodd, who won
a si;ver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Both are on their second
Olympic broadcast assignment.
· WATER POLO: Acclaimed hockey play-by-play announcer Mike Emrick
makes his Summer Olympics debut calling water polo alongside 2000
Olympian Julie Swail in her Olympic broadcast debut.
· BASEBALL: Matt Vasgersian, currently the San Diego Padres television
voice, makes his Olympic debut alongside returning analyst Joe
Magrane.
· SOFTBALL: Vasgersian has the call alongside first-time Olympic
analyst Dot Richardson, the standout second baseman on the USA’s gold
medal-winning softball teams in Atlanta and Sydney.
· NBC HDTV: Commentators for coverage on NBC’s HDTV affiliates include
play-by-play announcers Matt Devlin (track and field and diving),
Craig Hummer (swimming and diving) and Paul Sunderland (gymnastics,
basketball and diving). A longtime contributor to the NBA on NBC who
is working his fifth Olympics for NBC, Sunderland won a gold medal as
a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic volleyball team.
The HDTV lineup of analysts is highlighted by Shannon Miller
(gymnastics) and Dara Torres (swimming). Miller, with seven Olympic
medals in 1992 and 1996, is the most decorated American gymnast – male
or female – in history. Torres, the first American swimmer to compete
in four Olympic Games (2000, 1992, 1988, 1984), collected a total of
nine Olympic medals (four gold, one silver, four bronze.)
Other HDTV analysts include Steve “Snapper” Jones (basketball), who
for 12 years was a popular and highly-regarded NBA on NBC analyst;
Frank Zarnowski (track and field) and Steve Foley (diving).
NBC’s 24-hour coverage from Athens will total an unprecedented 1,210
hours – more than the past five Summer Games combined and an average
of more than 70 hours per day – on NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, Bravo,
Telemundo and NBC’s HDTV affiliates.
A complete sport-by-sport roster follows:
PLAY-BY-PLAY ANALYST REPORTER Archery
John Dockery
Gymnastics
Al Trautwig Tim Daggett Andrea Joyce Elfi Schlegel
Badminton
Don Chevrier Bill Clement
Baseball
Matt Vasgersian Joe Magrane
Men’s Basketball
Mike Breen Doug Collins Craig Sager
Women’s Basketball Mike Breen Ann Meyers Craig Sager
Beach Volleyball Chris Marlowe Karch Kiraly Heather Cox
Boxing
Bob Papa Teddy Atlas Kenny Rice
Canoe/Kayak – Flatwater Randy Rosenbloom Jon Lugbill
Diving
Ted Robinson Cynthia Potter Melissa Stark
Equestrian Tim Ryan Robert Ridland
Fencing
John Dockery TBA
Field Hockey Spero Dedes Siri Lindley
Handball
Pete Pranica Dawn Allinger Lewis
Volleyball Jim Watson Mike Dodd
Judo Pete Pranica Rusty Kanakogi
Modern Pentathlon Bill Clement Marty Liquori Multiple Event Analysts
Mountain Bike Pat Parnell Paul Sherwen
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Andrea Joyce Elfi Schlegel
Men’s Road Cycling
Phil Liggett Paul Sherwen Robbie Floyd
Rowing
Randy Rosenbloom Yasmin Farooq Trace Worthington
Sailing
Gary Jobson
Shooting
John Dockery Steve Mason
Men’s Soccer
JP Dellacamera Marcelo Balboa
Women’s Soccer JP Dellacamera Lori Walker
Softball Matt Vasgersian Dot Richardson
Swimming
Dan Hicks Rowdy Gaines Melissa Stark
Synchronized Swimming Don Chevrier Tracie Conforto
Table Tennis
Don Chevrier Bill Clement
Taekwondo John Dockery Pat Croce
Tennis
Barry MacKay Jim Courier Len Berman
Track Cycling Steve Podborski Paul Sherwen Robbie Floyd
Track & Field Tom Hammond Dwight Stones Bob Neumeier Larry Rawson
Carol Lewis
(women’s marathon) Lewis Johnson
Marty Liquori
Tom Feuer (race walking)
Trampoline Al Trautwig Trace Worthington Elfi Schlegel
Triathlon Al Trautwig Siri Lindley Mark Morgan
Water Polo Mike Emrick Julie Swail
Weightlifting Pat Parnell Ray Bentley
Canoe/Kayak – White Water Ted Robinson Jon Lugbill John Dockery
Wrestling Russ Hellickson Jeff Blatnick Len Berman
Sports Desk Reporters
Billy Bush Mark Morgan Nancy Newman
NBC News Correspondents Bob Hager Kelly O’Donnell
TELEMUNDO
Host
Jessi Losada Andres Cantor
Baseball Edgar Lopez Adrian Garcia-Marquez
Basketball Edgar Lopez Adrian Garcia-Marquez
Beach Volleyball Edgar Lopez Mara Montero
Boxing Rene Giraldo Raul Marquez Claudia Trejos
Race Walking Edgar Lopez Mara Montero
Soccer
Andres Cantor Alejandro Blanco
Sports Desk Leticia Coo