Saturday, January 01, 2011

Viewer's Guide: Greenspan's Olympic documentaries

Olympic documentarian Bud Greenspan died on Dec. 25 at age 84, after chronicling the greatest Olympic stories for more than six decades.

The U.S. Olympic Committee established a scholarship in 2007 at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts to honor Greenspan; his family asks that any donations be made to that fund. Click here for information on how to donate.

Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 1, Universal Sports TV presents "9 Nights of Glory" - nine of Greenspan's Olympic documentaries. The broadcast schedule is as follows:

SATURDAY, JAN. 1, 9 P.M. ET -- 1984 LOS ANGELES | WATCH SNEAK PREVIEW
The original epic "16 Days of Glory" featuring Edwin Moses, Rowdy Gaines, Mary Lou Retton, Joan Benoit, Carl Lewis and others.

SUNDAY, JAN. 2, 9 P.M. ET -- 1988 CALGARY
"16 Days of Glory: Calgary '88" featuring Gaetan Boucher, Brian Boitano, Brian Orser, Katarina Witt and others.

MONDAY, JAN. 3, 9 P.M. ET -- 1994 LILLEHAMMER
"16 Days of Glory: Lillehammer '94" featuring Dan Jansen, Oksana Baiul, Bonnie Blair, Alberto Tomba and others.

TUESDAY, JAN. 4, 9 P.M. ET -- 1996 ATLANTA
"Atlanta's Olympic Glory" featuring Michael Johnson, Carl Lewis, Steven Redgrave, Jeannie Longo and others.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5, 9 P.M. ET -- 1998 NAGANO
"Nagano '98: Stories of Honor and Glory" featuring Lu Chen, Bjorn Daehlie, Masahiko Harada, Deborah Compagnoni and others.

THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 9 P.M. ET -- 2000 SYDNEY
"Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory" featuring Ian Thorpe, Chris Huffins, Tommy Lasorda, David O'Connor and others.

FRIDAY, JAN. 7, 9 P.M. ET -- 2002 SALT LAKE
"Salt Lake 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory" featuring Jimmy Shea, Janica Kostelic, Alisa Camplin, Brian Shimer and others.

SATURDAY, JAN. 8, 9 P.M. ET -- 2004 ATHENS
"Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory" featuring Mariel Zagunis, Lisa Fernandez, Pyrros Dimas, Otylia Jedrzejczak and others.

SUNDAY, JAN. 9, 9 P.M. ET -- 2006 TORINO
"Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory" featuring Joey Cheek, Shizuka Arakawa, Enrico Fabris, Kjetil Andre Aamodt and others.

***All nine documentaries will also air at 9 p.m. PST

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