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ESPN Inc. will provide extensive coverage of the 2000 Summer
Olympics from Sydney, Australia, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 13 and
concluding Sunday, Oct. 1. With SportsCenter leading ESPN's multi-platform
coverage of Olympic news, ESPNEWS, ESPN.com, ESPN Radio, ESPN The Magazine
and SportsTicker will feature reporters, commentators and editors covering
the Sydney 2000 games.
"When fans turn to ESPN, they expect the best in sports news
content," said Bob Eaton, ESPN's senior vice president and managing editor.
"Our staff in Sydney and our Bristol production personnel will keep the
American sports fan well informed of all the Olympics news,"
Highlights:
SportsCenter
ESPN SportsCenter anchor Robin Roberts, a veteran Olympics reporter
and host, will return to the quadrennial games and will be joined by Steve Cyphers,
who also covered the 1992 and 1996 Summer Games. Both reporters will provide daily news
updates, taped reports and features from the Games.
Additional segments -
Weekday morning SportsCenters on ESPN from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET will
feature updates with real times scores and live reports from Sydney.
Pre-taped athlete profiles and post-event interviews will appear
regularly on SportsCenter.
Cyphers' SportsCenter "Olympic Notes" will continue.
The SportsCenter Bottom Line will be continuously updated with late
Olympic results throughout the day.
ESPNEWS
The nation's only 24-hour sports news network will present breaking
news from Sydney as well as feature Olympic scores and taped interviews.
ESPN.com
The nation's most popular sports site on the Internet will continue its
Olympics coverage (http://espn.go.com/oly/index.html) with
streaming video of select SportsCenter interviews.
Other features
ESPN.com's front page will include the day's top Olympics story,
event highlights, links to the Website's individual sport pages, medalists,
expert analysis, and a Sydney time clock.
Also, the service will provide in-depth, sport-by-sport coverage
with up-to-the-minute scores, medal tracking, information on past medalists,
schedules, American rosters and bios.
ESPN The Magazine
ESPN The Magazine will offer a comprehensive preview of the 2000 Summer
Olympics with a 40-page package in the September
18 issue, on sale Wednesday, Sept. 6.
In addition to features on anticipated medal winners like Maurice
Greene and Marion Jones, The Magazine will also look at some of the
interesting story lines that may play out in Sydney, including the hottest
international rivalries, profiles on "Dream Teen" athletes, and a "Total
Access" that takes readers inside the Athletes' Village.
Throughout the competition, Olympic writer Ann Marie Cruz will
report from Sydney with regular postcards that will appear on The Magazine's
ESPN.com page at ESPN.com/mag.
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio GameNight's Chris Moore and Doug Brown will go "Down
Under" to bring the Sydney experience to ESPN Radio. In addition to their
regular shift on GameNight (7-11 p.m.), Moore and Brown will serve as
Olympic reporters for other ESPN Radio shows from the Opening Ceremony to
the final medal count.
ESPN Radio will broadcast Dan LeBatard's The Sunday Morning ESPN
Magazine show (7-11 a.m.) live from Sydney for the duration of the Games.
ESPN Radio coverage will also feature ABC reporters, including
former Olympians Bart Conner, Kathy Johnson and Jim Naber.
ESPN personalities including Robin Roberts, Mitch Albom, and Rick
Telander will also provide commentary and deliver news.
SportsTicker
Senior editor Sandy Zinn will lead a team of on site reporters in Sydney
providing coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympics for the leading real-time, 24-hour,
sports news and information service.
Preview - SportsTicker will provide daily event schedule, complete
medal histories for each event, event format and preview for each Olympic
sport, competition description, U.S. team roster, and features on top
athletes.
In-progress - The service will feature medal bulletins and full
order of finish for each event, updates and daily final results for all team
sports, box scores for all U.S. men's and women's basketball games as well
as U.S. and medal round baseball events.
Daily - Also, SportsTicker's coverage will include wraps for all
major sports, post event features, standings for all team sports, medal
standings, and medal winners by country, sport and day.
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