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ESPN college basketball analyst Digger Phelps has been diagnosed with cancer.

For the third time in 48 hours, a major college sports conference has announced a new television deal.

For the first time, NBC will start coverage of the Olympic Games before the Opening Ceremony.

NBC earned strong numbers for the USA/France women’s basketball gold medal game. In other news, Telemundo set a network record for the men’s soccer gold medal match, and ESPN had a modest rise in viewership [...]

For the seventh straight Olympics, Salt Lake City was the highest rated local market.

Viewership increased slightly for coverage of the 2012 London Olympics on the various NBC Universal cable networks.

Primetime was not the only source of success for NBC during the 2012 London Olympics, as viewership increased by double-digits for daytime and late night coverage.

The 2012 London Olympics, which NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus once said would be “unlikely” to top Beijing, surpassed all ratings expectations.

A successful run in the ratings for the 2012 London Olympics concluded with strong numbers for the Closing Ceremony.

NBC earned one of the largest basketball audiences of the year for Sunday’s Olympic gold medal game between the United States and Spain.