WTF thanks CBS!!!

I can't give up my cable for satellite TV because I'd lose my CBC. No way am I going to watch TV without it.

When I was a senior in HS I'd tape the CBC late-night coverage of the Seoul Olympics and watch it after XC practice with at teammate. When the 10k came on we kept on expecting CBC to cut away and they never did. All 25 laps, start to finish, not even a Canadian in the field. For the 2004 games I was able the men's HJ chart because they showed each and every last attempt.

Don Whitman is better than Carol Lewis only because he's not as loud, but I can always turn the sound down. Heck, the host feed has all the info you need right on the screen.

Note to US Networks: I have been told by someone at the CBC that they get HUGE increases in U.S. viewers, who can get the CBC, when the Olympic Games and the World Track & Field Championships are on. Could it be that the US Network coverage is terrible?

Clearly, the big-wigs at the main US networks have decided the US TV Viewers are some how different than every other country in the world. I recall being in Tanzania in 1995 and watching the World Track & Field Championships live with start-to-finish coverage of most of the middle and long distance running events.

When you watch US Network coverage of a track meet, you get the impression that there are only three events - the 100, 200 and 400m sprints.

All the criticism of CBS is valid here. I think the Carol Lewis and Dwight Stones are as bad as amateur website interviews with pussy questions, and flattering used car salesman statements. They ask stuff like "How do you feel" when they just won the race and are catching their breath. Why not wait 5 minutes and ask later. They probably don't have the staff to handle more than one event at a time they are so cheap. If all they have to ask is brown nosing puffery questions then just shutup. CBS is like watching a 6 grader ask questions about running. If we want answers to cotton candy questions then we can read Runners World, and amateur fly-by-night websites such as trackshark, letsrun, mensracing, marathonguide, etc.