Tracking the games
On the Internet
The 21-hour time delay between Sydney and Hawaii gives a unique advantage in covering this year's Games to the World Wide Web. The Internet will offer coverage as the events go on -- no live video, though. So if you're so inclined to stay up until 2 a.m... Here are some sites where you'll find up-to-the-minute Olympic updates:
www.olympics.com/eng/
The official site of the 2000 Summer Games.
www.nbcolympics.com
NBC's comprehensive Olympic site features the latest Olympic news plus complete event and TV schedules, columns and complete news coverage for each individual sport.
www.olympic.org
The official site of the International Olympic Committee covers not IOC news, but features links to sites of future Olympic events, such as the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
www.usoc.org
This is the U.S. version of the IOC -- the United States Olympic Committee. Like the IOC, this site features more than just USOC news, focusing primarily on athlete news and interviews.
www.abc.net.au:80/news/olympics
Get the news straight from Down Under. This is the Australian Broadcasting Network's online link to the Games.
www.yeahsports.com/dir/olympics
Yeahsports' site is the place to go for links on the Games. Its list of other Games online resources is one of the most complete on the Web.
www.fanmail.olympic.ibm.com
Send email to your favorite athletes.
On Television
NBC (KHNL Ch. 8)
Total hours of coverage: 162 1/2
Sept.15-Oct. 1
Tomorrow: Opening, 4:30-9 p.m.
Weekdays: Varies, but generally 10 a.m.-noon; 4-9 p.m.; 9:30-11 p.m.
Weekend coverage: Sept. 16: 10:30 a.m.-noon, 4-9 p.m., 9:30-11 p.m. Sept. 17: 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 4-9 p.m., 9:30-11 p.m. Sept. 23: 6 a.m.-noon; Sept. 24: 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 30: 6 a.m.-noon. Oct. 1: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; closing, 4-9 p.m.
What will be covered: Primary focus is on track and field, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, swimming and diving.
MSNBC
Total hours of coverage: 214
Sept. 15 - Oct. 1
Weekdays: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. with repeats of daytime coverage at 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. weeknights.
Weekend coverage: It will vary, but generally 6 or 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Repeats of daytime coverage will be 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Oct. 1: 5-8 a.m.
What will be covered: With 103 of its 214 hours of coverage being repeats, MSNBC will have less original coverage than NBC. Although basketball, volleyball, softball and water polo will be covered, MSNBC's focus will be on soccer. The network plans to broadcast six men's soccer games and three women's games. MSNBC unofficially kicked off Olympic coverage by broadcasting soccer bouts yesterday and today (3:30-6 p.m.) which are the only scheduled events prior to the official start of the Games tomorrow.
CNBC
Total hours of coverage: 65
Sept. 16 - Sept. 30
Weekdays: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Weekend coverage: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
What will be covered: Boxing fans, rejoice. CNBC's coverage is made for you. The first two hours of every broadcast will be devoted to the U.S. boxing team. Afterward, the network will broadcast a variety of sports including basketball, soccer, tennis, cycling, weightlifting and softball.
Sydney 2000 Olympics
