Well Sochi 2014 is here at last and it’s time for a quick refresher on what to expect from this blog during the Olympics.
First of all, there will be spoilers… if you intend to watch the tape-delayed Olympic coverage on NBC in the evening the events will have been over for many hours and news of the results will be all over the place. That may not bother you but if you want to watch it without knowing the results your best bet is to not consume much social media or sports news because otherwise you’re going to be seeing what happened.
1) Daily Previews – These will be posted in the late afternoons/evenings with a primer on what to expect the next day in Sochi. Events will be running from around midnight EST to early afternoon on most days so this will get you set for what’s coming up the next day. The preview will list all the events to be held the following day involving US athletes. You’ll get start times as well as when it will be televised (usually tape-delayed).
2) Daily Review – These will be posted in the late afternoons (hopefully) with a recap of what’s happened that day involving US athletes and setting the stage for their next competition.
3) Stories about medal winners – Won’t have individual stories about every athlete that competes but for the medal winners I’ll publish individual stories about the event.
4) Twitter Coverage – On my twitter @WeSupportTheUS you’ll find updates on the events that I’m able to watch. Not sure how much that will be but whatever fits into my schedule I’ll be tweeting about. I’ll also try to retweet other accounts that will give you great Olympic coverage.
5) Non-Olympic Coverage – Just because the Olympics are going on doesn’t mean everything else has stopped… the US will be competing in the New Zealand stop on the IRB Rugby Sevens World Series tour this weekend. The US women’s tennis team is competing against Italy in the Fed Cup on Saturday and Sunday as well. Next week is the Qatar Total Open (A premier event on the WTA tour) which will include several American women. The weekend of the 15th will be the USA stop on the Women’s IRB Rugby Sevens World Series and the 22nd is their Brazil stop. So look for some coverage of those events during the Olympics as well.
