NBC's Got Talent ... for the Olympic broadcast
By their count, NBC will use 106 broadcasters for the upcoming Summer Olympics in Beijing. The network says that's a record.
For what? We used to get that many into our dad's old VW just for a trip to the beach for a game of touch football.
Hopefully, they all take the same plane over from the mainland and save on some airline fuel costs.
For those who need to know, and those who have a passing fancy at trying to figure out who's better suited for what sport, here's the lineup NBC released today:
==Main, overall, pointman, center of the universe host: Bob Costas, for the eighth time, seventh as the prime-time host.
==Other hosts: Jim Lampley (working his 14th Olympics) for NBC's afternoon telecasts; Mary Carillo on NBC's late-night coverage; Alex Flanagan as the CNBC and USA Network coverage; Lindsay Czarniak on the Oxygen channel; Melissa Stark and Bill Patrick on MSNBC coverage; Matt Vasgersian, on baseball and softball (not play-by-play?); and Fred Roggin on CNBC boxing.
==Correspondents: Cris Collinsworth, on the "the scene reports throughout Beijing," Carillo, on "a collection of whimsical packages," and Jimmy Roberts, with feature stories and essays to pad things out.
If you haven't seen your name by now, take your ID card to Window 4 and fill out the forms -- Joel Meyers, you're in the wrong line. And how did Jim Gray weasel his way in ...
Your name could also be below:
==Sport by sport:
=Gymnastics (and trampoline gymnastics): Al Trautwig, Elfi Schlegel,
Tim Daggett, Bela Karolyi and Andrea Joyce.
=Rhythmic gymnastics: Andrea Joyce and Elfi Schlegel.
=Track and field: Tom Hammond, Lewis Johnson, Carol Lewis, Dwight Stones, Ato Boldin, Craig Masback, Ed Eyestone and Bob Neumeier.
=Race walking: Ron Vaccaro, Carol Lewis and Ed Eyestone.
=Swimming: Dan Hicks, Rowdy Gaines and Andera Kremer.
=Open water swimming: Craig Hummer and Rowdy Gaines.
=Synchronized swimming: Craig Hummer and Heather Olson.
=Diving: Ted Robinson, Cynthia Potter and Bob Neumeier, Andrea Kremer.
=Beach volleyball: Chris Marlowe, Karch Kiraly and Heather Cox.
=Indoor volleyball: Paul Sunderland and Kevin Barnett.
=Cycling (Road/BMX/Mountain Bike): Pat Parnell, Craig Hummer, Kenan Harkin, Paul Sherwin and Marty Snider.
=Triathlon: Craig Hummer, Siri Lindley and Marty Snider.
=Basketball: Mike Breen, Chris Carrino, Mike Crispino, Pete Pranica and Eric Collins on play-by-play; Doug Collins, Bob Salmi, Steve Jones, Ann Meyers and Teresa Edwards, analysts; Craig Sager, reporter.
=Baseball: Eric Collins and Joe Magrane.
=Softball: Joe Castellano and Michele Smith.
=Rowing: Tim Ryan and Yaz Farooq.
=Canoeing (Flat Water): Tim Ryan and Joe Jacobi.
=Canoeing (White Water): Craig Hummer, Pat Parnell and Joe Jacobi.
=Wrestling: Matt Devlin and Rulon Gardner.
=Water polo: Bob Fitzgerald and Wolf Wigo.
=Boxing: Bob Papa, Teddy Atlas, and Jim Gray.
=Modern pentathlon: Ron Vaccaro and Rob Stull.
=Weightlifting: Pete Pranica and Shane Hamman.
=Equestrian: Kenny Rice and Melanie Smith-Taylor.
=Soccer: JP Dellacamera, Glenn Davis, Adrian Healey and Steve Cangialosi, play by play; Marcelo Balboa, Shep Messing, Brandi Chastain and Lori Walker, analysts.
=Tennis: Barry MacKay and Jimmy Arias.
=Handball; Andrew Catalon and Dawn Lewis.
=Table tennis: Bill Clement and Sean O'Neill.
=Badminton: Jim Kozimor, Steve Kearney and Bill Clement.
=Fencing: Joe Castellano, Pete Pranica, Andrew Catalon and Mika'il Sankofa.
=Archery: Joe Castellano and Denise Parker.
=Shooting: Bill Clement and Shari LeGate.
=Field hockey: Mike Corey and Nick Conway.
=SportsDesk reporters: Lester Holt, Peter Alexander, Eyee Hsu, Julie Foudy, Lindsay Czarniak, Alan Abrahamson, Lindsay Soto and Nancy Snyderman.
=For NBCSports.com: Julia Mancuso
=For Telemundo: Andres Cantor, Jessi Losada and Monica Noguera.
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