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Service members, retirees, family members and others authorized to shop in military exchanges will be able to watch NBCOlympicslive streaming coverage of all competition for the 2016 Rio Gamesfor free Aug. 3-21.
A partnership among Comcast NBCUniversal, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, and U.S. cable, satellite and telecommunications companiesis offering access to 4,500 hours of coverage from NBC. This year 10,500 athletes from 206 countries will compete in 35 sports.
The free live streaming is available on computers or personal electronic devices to any authorized shopper, regardless of their branch of service.
Active-duty members and other authorized shoppers can visit NBCOlympics.com or the NBC Sports app, and choose the Exchange as their service provider. (AAFES refers to itself as the Exchange.) Viewers must have an active shopmyexchange.com account to verify eligibility to watch the streaming, because of content rights restrictions. Those restrictions also will apply to some overseas locations. Outside of the AAFES option, prices would vary depending on the telecommunications provider.
Additional information is available at shopmyexchange.com.
After Comcast NBCUniversal offered the service, a technicalteam figured out how to make it happen.
In addition to Comcast NBCUniversal, the team included Defense Media Activity, Defense Information Systems Agency, AAFES and DHI Telecom.
The opening ceremony will air Friday on NBCbut competition begins two days earlier. The Games end Aug. 21.
Few events unify the world like the Olympic Games, and it is only fitting that we make them accessible for those who chose to serve our country, said Carol Eggert, a retired Army brigadier general who is vice president of military and veteran affairs at Comcast, in a statement.
In addition to this live streaming, the American Forces Network will offer NBC Olympics broadcast and cable coverage on its television services for overseas American military communities around the world.
Karen Jowers covers military families, quality of life and consumer issues for Military Times. She can be reached at kjowers@militarytimes.com.
Forever Marilynthat 26-feet tall, stainless steel statue of Marilyn Monroe from The Seven Year Itchmay be returning to Palm Springs in September, reports The Desert Sun.
The statue had graced Palm Springs in the past. Thanks to a loan from the Sculpture Foundation, which owns the statue, Forever Marilyn stood in downtown Palm Springs from 2012 to 2014. Now, the city wants to bring Marilyn back as it ramps up its plans to revitalize its downtown.
PS Resortsa local non-profit that aims to boost tourism to the cityis largely behind the initiative to secure the statue. The organization says that it will foot the bill to make it happen; half of the money will come from an agreement with a liquer company, and the other half will come through private fundraising. The current proposal is for the statue to be installed outside the Spa Resort Casino. Aftab Dada, chair of PS Resorts, told the Palm Springs City Council on Wednesday night that the plan is to have the statue at the end of September.
"I think that will be a great publicity and bring a lot of people from other cities into our downtown, and will tremendously help all our merchants, because she is a magnet, and great traffic driver," said Dada.
Forever Marilyn was constructed in 2011 by sculptor Seward Johnson, who has a knack for turning American iconography into giant-sized replications. The statue is often mocked by art critics and casual onlookers; VirtualTourist named it as one of the worst pieces of public art in America. But a lot of people also like taking pictures with it. As such, the statue has been shipped around to different cities to catch the gaze of curious onlookers. It had spent a year on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, and it was last spotted in the Australian city of Bendigo. Forever Marilyn is now heading back to its hometown of Jersey, and, if all things go according to plan, it"ll be coming to Palm Springs in the fall.
Anyway, here are some images of the statue at its last stop in Australia:
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games are finally ready to commence. Yes, some events have already begun, but until the Opening Ceremony, the Olympics never feel like they"ve truly started.
But with Friday"s ceremony behind us, it"s now time to truly kick off the Games in style. Below you"ll find information of the events, streaming options and a few predictions for Saturday"s action.
Saturday Schedule Rio Olympics: Saturday Television Schedule NBC 8 a.m. Rowing Qualifying Heats Live NBC 8 a.m. Mens Cycling Road Race Live NBC 8 a.m. Mens Water Polo United States vs. Croatia Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Mens Archery Team Round of 16 Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Womens Shooting 10m Air Rifle Final Live Bravo 9:30 a.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBC 10: 30 a.m. Mens Cycling Road Race Live NBC 10: 30 a.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats Live OBC 11 a.m. Womens Basketball Turkey vs. France Live Telemundo 11 a.m. Boxing Elimination Matches TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Volleyball TBD TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round TBD NBCSN Noon Womens Rugby United States vs. Fiji Live NBCSN Noon Womens Rugby Preliminary Round Live MSNBC Noon Beach Volleyball Preliminary Rounds Tape MSNBC Noon Womens Handball Norway vs. Brazil Tape (live stream at 8:30 a.m.) Bravo 12:30 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBCSN 1 p.m. Mens Basketball Australia vs. France Live OSC 2 p.m. Womens Soccer Canada vs. Zimbabwe Live Telemundo 2 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches Tape Telemundo 2 p.m. Volleyball TBD Tape (live stream at 8:30 a.m.) MSNBC 2:15 p.m. Table Tennis Singles, First Round Live MSNBC 2:15 p.m. Mens Archery Team Final Live NBC 2:30 p.m. Rowing Qualifying Heats Tape (live stream at 7:30 a.m.) NBC 2:30 p.m. Mens Beach Volleyball USA (Gibb/Patterson) v. Qatar (Jefferson/Cherif) Live NBCSN 3 p.m. Mens Water Polo TBD Tape NBCSN 3 p.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Rounds Tape USA 3 p.m. Equestrian Eventing, Dressage Tape (live stream at 9 a.m., 12:30 p.m.) OBC 3 p.m. Womens Basketball China vs. Canada Tape (live stream at 1:15 p.m.) Bravo 3:30 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live USA 4 p.m. Womens Field Hockey United States vs. Argentina Live NBCSN, NBC Universo, OSC 4 p.m. Womens Soccer United States vs. France Live NBC 4:15 p.m. Womens Volleyball United States vs. Puerto Rico Live CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Rugby United States vs. Colombia Live CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Rugby Preliminary Round Tape (live stream at 10 a.m., 3 p.m.) CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Soccer Germany vs. Australia Live USA 5:30 p.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Live Bravo 5:45 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBCSN, OBC 6 p.m. Men"s Basketball United States vs. China Live OSC 6 p.m. Womens Soccer Russia vs. China Live NBC Universo 6 p.m. Basketball TBD TBD NBC Universo 6 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches TBD USA 6:30 p.m. Women"s Fencing Individual Epee Final Tape (live stream at 3 p.m.) OBC 7:45 p.m. Womens Basketball Brazil vs. Australia Tape (live stream at 4:45 p.m.) NBC 8 p.m. Womens Beach Volleyball USA (Walsh Jennings/Ross) vs. Australia (Del Solar/Laird) Live NBC 8 p.m. Swimming Finals: Mens 400m Individual Medley, Mens 400m Freestyle, Womens 400m Individual Medley, Womens 4x100m Freestyle Relay; Semis: Womens 100m Butterfuly, Mens 100m Breaststroke Live NBC 8 p.m. Mens Gymnastics Team Competition Tape (live streams at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.) NBCSN 8 p.m. Judo Final Tape (live stream at 2:30 p.m.) NBCSN 8 p.m. Womens Weightlifting 48kg Final Tape (live stream at 6 p.m.) OSC 8 p.m. Womens Soccer Germany vs. Australia Tape (live stream at 5 p.m.) NBCSN, OSC 9 p.m. Women"s Soccer Brazil vs. Sweden Live OBC 9:30 p.m. Men"s Basketball Venezuela vs. Serbia Live NBCSN 11 p.m. Table Tennis Singles, First and Second Rounds Tape (live stream at 8 a.m., 6 p.m.) NBCSN 11 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches Tape (live stream at 10 a.m., 4 p.m.) OSC 11 p.m. Womens Soccer Colombia vs. New Zealand Tape (live stream at 7 p.m.) OBC 11:15 p.m. Womens Basketball Belarus vs. Japan Tape (live stream at 6:45 p.m.)
Source: Sports Media Watch
Sports Media Watch compiled the full schedule of events and television information.
Streaming
You can watch the Olympics online via NBC Sports and the NBC Sports app.
Saturday Predictions
One of the marquee events on Saturday will be the United States women"s soccer team taking on France. The match will be the defending World Cup champion"s second contest after opening the tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 3 (before the Opening Ceremony that Friday) against New Zealand.
The United States is the prohibitive favorite to win the tournament and become the first country to follow up a World Cup win on the women"s side with a gold medal, especially after Japan failed to even qualify for the tournament, but France is a real contender.
The three-time defending Olympic champions will beat the French, but it won"t be easy. Louisa Necib, Camille Abily, Elodie Thomis, Marie-Laure Delie, Eugenie Le Sommer and Amandine Henryform an elite core of players for the French, and perhaps only the Germans are strong contenders outside of the United States.
Of course, the United States counter withCarli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo,Becky Sauerbrunn andJulie Johnston, among others. It"s hard to find too many weaknesses on this team.
Look for the United States to sneak away with a tough 2-1 win.
Marta and Brazil will take on a solid Swedish side that same day. The Brazilians will escape with a 1-0 win.
In gymnastics, the men will open the qualification round. A few things are guaranteed:
Japan"s Kohei Uchimura will put himself in the running to win the all-around competition once again.
Cuban Manrique Larduet will be hot on his heels.
Great Britain"s Louis Smith will be the favorite on pommel horse.
The United States will have a solid team, but the medals once the competition continues won"t come easy.
That"s true for the team"s top performer,Sam Mikulak, who has yet to medal in the Olympics.
"It"s time for me to show what I can do on the international stage," he told the Associated Press (h/t NBCOlympics.com). "I think if I can go out there with my mind clear, I"ll be OK."
Meanwhile, the tennis tournament will begin. While no medals will be won on the day, Serbia"s Novak Djokovic and the United States" Serena Williams are theprohibitivefavorites for the men and women, respectively, and certainly won"t lose in theopening round.
The United States will open its play in men"s basketball, meanwhile, with a contest against China. Seeing as the former annihilated the latter twice in exhibition games before the Olympics, it"s hard to imagine the Chinese coming close against them.
Never mind that China lack an answer for players like Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson or Kyrie Irving, among others, they simply can"t deal with the United States" defensive intensity or the team"s dominance in the post, with centers DeMarcus Cousins and DeAndre Jordan.
The United States will beat China, and they"ll beat them big, 111-62.
Kerri Walsh-Jennings, looking for her fourth Olympic gold, will open her beach volleyball tournament with April Ross for the U.S. againstArtacho Del Solar and Nicole Laird of Australia.Walsh-Jennings and Ross are among the best team in the world, so they won"t be losing so early in this tournament.
The team"s chemistry will play an important role in their quest for the gold, as Walsh-Jennings toldVytas Mazeika of the San Jose Mercury News:
April and I had chemistry from the beginning and we built upon it. It"s been really amazing. As you go, you start with a level of trust, but you have to develop the trust and develop the energy and the partnership and the synergy. And we"ve been building upon it since the first day through crucial matches. Training is one thing, competing is another. And every single match we"re using it to get better.
That trust will make them tough to top for the gold.
In the men"s 400-metre individual medley swimming,Japan"s Kosuke Hagino and Daiya Seto will be the favorites and should each get on the medal stand, but the United State"sChase Kalisz will join them in what should be a fantastic race. Look for Hagino to take gold, Seto silver andKalisz the bronze.
"Those guys are awesome, and I"ve got to improve what I just did there to be competitive with those guys," Kalisz said of the Japanese pair, per Childs Walker of the Baltimore Sun. "Those guys are certainly the two best in the world, and they"re the favorites, so I"ve got to be sharp going into Rio."
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The men"s Olympic campaign for gold starts on Tuesday August 9, and we have listed each game below. Fiji are favourites for the gold medal, but New Zealand, South Africa and Kenya have all won stages on the World Series circuit in 2015/16 so have the ability to cause an upset.
Americas clash: Argentina will face USA in the opening session
Tuesday 9th August
Session One (from 3pm on BBC)
Deodoro Stadium
Match 1 (15:00 15:20)Pool B Australia v France
Match 2 (15:30 15:50)Pool BSouth Africa v Spain
Match 3 (16:00 16:20)Pool CGreat Britain v Kenya
Match 4 (16:30 16:50)Pool CNew Zealand v Japan
Match 5 (17:00 17:20)Pool AUSA v Argentina
Match 6 (17:30 17:50)Pool AFiji v Brazil
Session Two (from 8pm on BBC)
Match 7 (20:00 20:20) Pool BAustralia v Spain
Match 8 (20:30 20:50) Pool BSouth Africa v France
Match 9 (21:00 21:20) Pool CGreat Britain v Japan
Match 10 (21:30 21:50) Pool CNew Zealand v Kenya
Match 11 (22:00 22:20) Pool AUSA v Brazil
Match 12 (22:30 22:50) Pool AFiji v Argentina
Rock DJ: New Zealands DJ Forbes shaking off Fijian defence
Wednesday 10 August
Session Three (from 3pm on BBC)
Deodoro Stadium
Match 13 (15:00 15:20) Pool BFrance v Spain
Match 14 (15:30 15:50) Pool BSouth Africa v Australia
Match 15 (16:00 16:20) Pool C Kenya v Japan
Match 16 (16:30 16:50) Pool CNew Zealand v Great Britain
Match 17 (17:00 17:20) Pool A Argentina v Brazil
Match 18 (17:30 17:50) Pool AFiji v USA
Play-offs/quarter-finals (from 8pm on BBC)
Match 19 (20:00 20:20) 9th Place Semi-final Seed 9 v Seed 12
Match 20 (20:30 20:50) 9th Place Semi-final Seed 10 v Seed 11
Match 21 (21:00 21:20) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool A v Seed 8
Match 22 (21:30 21:50) Medal Quarter-final 2nd Pool C v 2nd Pool B
Match 23 (22:00 22:20) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool C v 2nd Pool A
Match 24 (22:30 22:50) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool B v Seed 7
Flying Fijian: Fiji are the number one seed in the Olympics
Thursday 11th August
Semi-finals from 16:30pm, finals from 21:30 (on BBC)
Deodoro Stadium
Match 25 (16:30 16:50) 11th Place Play-off Loser Game 19 v Loser Game 20
Match 26 (17:00 17:20) 9th Place Play-off Winner Game 19 v Winner Game 20
Match 27 (17:30 17:50) 5th Place Semi-final Loser Game 21 v Loser Game 22
Match 28 (18:00 18:20) 5th Place Semi-final Loser Game 23 v Loser Game 24
Match 29 (18:30 18:50) Medal Semi-final Winner Game 21 v Winner Game 22
Match 30 (19:00 19:20) Medal Semi-final Winner Game 23 v Winner Game 24
Match 31 (21:30 21:50) 7th Place Play-off Loser Game 27 v Loser Game 28
Match 32 (22:00 22:20) 5th Place Play-off Winner Game 27 v Winner Game 28
Match 33 (22:30 22:50) Bronze Medal Match Loser Game 29 v Loser Game 30
Match 34 (23:00 23:20) Gold Medal Match Winner Game 29 v Winner Game 30
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The men"s Olympic campaign for gold starts on Tuesday August 9, and we have listed each game below. Fiji are favourites for the gold medal, but New Zealand, South Africa and Kenya have all won stages on the World Series circuit in 2015/16 so have the ability to cause an upset.
Americas clash: Argentina will face USA in the opening session
Tuesday 9th August
Session One (from 3pm on BBC)
Deodoro Stadium
Match 1 (15:00 15:20)Pool B Australia v France
Match 2 (15:30 15:50)Pool BSouth Africa v Spain
Match 3 (16:00 16:20)Pool CGreat Britain v Kenya
Match 4 (16:30 16:50)Pool CNew Zealand v Japan
Match 5 (17:00 17:20)Pool AUSA v Argentina
Match 6 (17:30 17:50)Pool AFiji v Brazil
Session Two (from 8pm on BBC)
Match 7 (20:00 20:20) Pool BAustralia v Spain
Match 8 (20:30 20:50) Pool BSouth Africa v France
Match 9 (21:00 21:20) Pool CGreat Britain v Japan
Match 10 (21:30 21:50) Pool CNew Zealand v Kenya
Match 11 (22:00 22:20) Pool AUSA v Brazil
Match 12 (22:30 22:50) Pool AFiji v Argentina
Rock DJ: New Zealands DJ Forbes shaking off Fijian defence
Wednesday 10 August
Session Three (from 3pm on BBC)
Deodoro Stadium
Match 13 (15:00 15:20) Pool BFrance v Spain
Match 14 (15:30 15:50) Pool BSouth Africa v Australia
Match 15 (16:00 16:20) Pool C Kenya v Japan
Match 16 (16:30 16:50) Pool CNew Zealand v Great Britain
Match 17 (17:00 17:20) Pool A Argentina v Brazil
Match 18 (17:30 17:50) Pool AFiji v USA
Play-offs/quarter-finals (from 8pm on BBC)
Match 19 (20:00 20:20) 9th Place Semi-final Seed 9 v Seed 12
Match 20 (20:30 20:50) 9th Place Semi-final Seed 10 v Seed 11
Match 21 (21:00 21:20) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool A v Seed 8
Match 22 (21:30 21:50) Medal Quarter-final 2nd Pool C v 2nd Pool B
Match 23 (22:00 22:20) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool C v 2nd Pool A
Match 24 (22:30 22:50) Medal Quarter-final 1st Pool B v Seed 7
Flying Fijian: Fiji are the number one seed in the Olympics
Thursday 11th August
Semi-finals from 16:30pm, finals from 21:30 (on BBC)
Deodoro Stadium
Match 25 (16:30 16:50) 11th Place Play-off Loser Game 19 v Loser Game 20
Match 26 (17:00 17:20) 9th Place Play-off Winner Game 19 v Winner Game 20
Match 27 (17:30 17:50) 5th Place Semi-final Loser Game 21 v Loser Game 22
Match 28 (18:00 18:20) 5th Place Semi-final Loser Game 23 v Loser Game 24
Match 29 (18:30 18:50) Medal Semi-final Winner Game 21 v Winner Game 22
Match 30 (19:00 19:20) Medal Semi-final Winner Game 23 v Winner Game 24
Match 31 (21:30 21:50) 7th Place Play-off Loser Game 27 v Loser Game 28
Match 32 (22:00 22:20) 5th Place Play-off Winner Game 27 v Winner Game 28
Match 33 (22:30 22:50) Bronze Medal Match Loser Game 29 v Loser Game 30
Match 34 (23:00 23:20) Gold Medal Match Winner Game 29 v Winner Game 30
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If you came here looking for someNing Zetao girlfriend news, Ning Zetao facts, and where Ning Zetao is right now, youve come to the right place.
This 23-year-old is a swimming prodigy. Despite his youth, hes a powerhouse athlete who specializes in sprint freestyle events. He also boasts of a gold medal in the 100-Meter Freestyle category, which he won last year during the 2015 World Aquatics Championship in Russia. Additionally, he is a lieutenant in the Chinese Navy, following his familys extensive military background.
Currently, hes participating for both 50m and 100m categories in the 2016 Rio Olympics. You can catch him on August 10 at 12AM for the 100m freestyle, and on August 12 at 12AM for the 50m freestyle. Needless to say, Zetao is a total package. Not only does he have amazing athletic credentials to boast of, this six-foot-three swimmer has stunning good looks and a body built like a Chinese G*d. For all these reasons, the internets thirst for more Ning Zetao updates has grown unquenchable.
Ning Zetao Has a Girlfriend?
If youre wondering about Ning Zetao girlfriend information, youre going to have a hard time finding anything useful. But that might be a stroke of good news for interested women, because as of this articles writing, he hasnt been linked to anyone at all. Chalk it up to his disciplined mind and laser-like focus on his sport. He spends most of his time training and building up his speed and resistance for global events like the Olympics. His main priority is to make his country and his family proud.
He admits during his ELLE Men interview that having a girlfriend or getting married was the least of his concerns at the moment. He even said that he hopes fans dont take it personally if he doesnt give them photos or autographs when they seem him training, because he wants to put his all into his work. But if he had didhave a girlfriend? Shed have to be filial and loyal above all else.
I havent really considered girlfriend stuff, I guess when its fate Ill think about it. For marriage, I think that my parents must agree, my grandparents must also agree, only possible if both families agree.
Dont let his cute, boyish smile fool you either. Ning Zetao is one of the fastest swimmers in the competition. Thanks to starting his career early, at the tender age of 8, Zetao has set the record for the 100M style and is the first Asian man to swim the distance in under 48 seconds, which he set in 2015. When he turned 14, he trained with the Chinese Navy Swimming Team before he began competing nationally. He also credits his talent to his time with the military.
And if it was up to him, hed be swimming for longer distances too. He was actually training for the 200m and 400m Freestyle categories, but he had to tone it down after a chronic knee condition got in the way. Lastly, you can consider Zetao a role model of sorts after he was tested positive for substance abuse back in 2011. He learned his lesson and swam for his reputation, eventually earning himself first place at the 2013 Chinese National Championships.
Are you looking to be on his radar as Ning Zetao girlfriend number one? Have you become one of his biggest fangirls, alongside lovestruck netizens? Comment below and let us know how you feel!
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