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Wimbledon: June 26 - July 9
With the 120th Championships at Wimbledon only a couple weeks away, I'm happy to see that the All England Lawn and Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced it will be providing free audio feeds of live action from three different courts. In addition, it appears wimbledon.org will also be carrying live video coverage throughout the tournament as a subscription service. This is great news because if NBC's coverage of Wimbledon is anything like their coverage of Roland Garros, it'll be crap.
Where to begin? Let me start by saying I thought ESPN2's coverage of the French Open was excellent and to go from ESPN during the week to NBC on weekends was gut-wrenching. First off, NBC only has a narrow time slot for their coverage which, for a good deal of the time, over-lapped with live coverage. Why then, would anybody want to watch a replay of a Federer/Nalbandian when Nadal is playing Ljubicic live? Show the live action first, then if there's time, come back to the replay. What does NBC do? They switch to the Nadal match eventually (not live) and then cut away for 'Day's Of Our Lives.' Reeediculous. Their selection of matches to replay during down times was horrible and I don't even want to get started on Mary Carillo as I'm off-topic enough as it is. The only good thing NBC has going for them is John McEnroe.
Oh yeah, James Blake moved up a spot in the rankings to #7.