Universal Sports Offering Live (and Free) Coverage of World Half Marathon Championships and Chicago Marathon
Posted Friday, 10 October, 2008
Universal Sports will present live webcast coverage of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (7:45am ET) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the Bank of America Chicago Marathon (9:00am ET) on Sunday, October 12 at UniversalSports.com. The Chicago Marathon webcast will be available worldwide, except for the Chicago area as NBC's WMAQ 5 is providing local live web and broadcast coverage.
In addition to the webcast, viewers can watch a live TV broadcast of the Chicago Marathon on the Universal Sports Network, a 24-hour television channel available to 30 million households including New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Dallas / Ft. Worth, Hartford / New Haven, Omaha (Neb.), Las Vegas and Reno (Nev). Universal Sports is home to the World Marathon Majors (Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London and New York City) and includes a special marathon section updated with news, photos, results and more on www.UniversalSports.com.
Universal Sports is the preeminent year-round multi-platform destination of Olympic and lifestyle sports. Check your local listings to see if Universal Sports is available in your area. If not available, call your local cable or satellite provider to request.
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