<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - nbc-sports-group</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/nbc-sports-group</link><description>Newsvine - nbc-sports-group</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:21:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:41:58 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>NBC sees no reason for IndyCar angst over F1</title>
<description><![CDATA[NBC Sports Group kicks off more than 200 programming hours of motorsports coverage with this weekend's Formula One season opener.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Fryer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jenna Fryer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17313229-nbc-sees-no-reason-for-indycar-angst-over-f1</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17313229-nbc-sees-no-reason-for-indycar-angst-over-f1</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>auto-racing</category><category>formula-one</category><category>coverage</category><category>nbc-sports</category><category>nbc-sports-group</category><category>motorsports-coverage</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:12:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e54ffad4-6f3e-4d00-9b44-afcb72e5e42f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e54ffad4-6f3e-4d00-9b44-afcb72e5e42f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Formula One Red Bull driver and world champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany signs autographs after he arrived at Albert Park track for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, March 14, 2013. The season-opening race is scheduled for this weekend. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d04263f3-3f4d-4927-a7b3-42016d74df12.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d04263f3-3f4d-4927-a7b3-42016d74df12.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, stands next to his car in the pits at Barber Motorsports Park during IndyCar testing Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/AL.com, Joe Songer) MAGS OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NBC Sports partners with Yahoo for content deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[NBC Sports and Yahoo are taking on the crowded sports media landscape with a partnership that fills in gaps for both companies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Cohen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rachel Cohen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15800935-nbc-sports-partners-with-yahoo-for-content-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15800935-nbc-sports-partners-with-yahoo-for-content-deal</guid><category>yahoo</category><category>us</category><category>sports</category><category>deal</category><category>us-news</category><category>nbc-sports</category><category>nbc-sports-group</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:01:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NBC Sports Group gets US rights to Formula One</title>
<description><![CDATA[NBC Sports Group signed a four-year deal with Formula One for the exclusive U.S. media rights to the world's most popular global motorsports series.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Fryer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jenna Fryer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/14/14435577-nbc-sports-group-gets-us-rights-to-formula-one</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/14/14435577-nbc-sports-group-gets-us-rights-to-formula-one</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>auto-racing</category><category>tv</category><category>rights</category><category>formula-one</category><category>nbc</category><category>nbc-sports-group</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:01:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8dd56b1-2b32-4d2e-9cd2-8bfba582dd00.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f8dd56b1-2b32-4d2e-9cd2-8bfba582dd00.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during the Korean Formula One Grand Prix at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=20a0589c-4a43-40ef-b49c-12515c9b202e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=20a0589c-4a43-40ef-b49c-12515c9b202e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain steers his car out of pit lane after a tire change during the Korean Formula One Grand Prix at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012.  (AP Photo/Roslan Rahman,Pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NBC to televise MLS games in 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Major League Soccer (MLS) and the NBC Sports Group today announced a three-year media rights agreement, which commences at the start of the 2012 MLS season. The partnership calls for 45 MLS games and four U.S. Men’s National Team contests to be televised live across both NBC and NBC Sports Network each season. This marks the first rights deal for the newly-named cable channel that will be re-branded from VERSUS on Jan. 2, 2012.  The announcement was made today by MLS Commissioner and Soccer United Marketing CEO Don Garber and Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBC Sports Group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/10/7333649-nbc-to-televise-mls-games-in-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/10/7333649-nbc-to-televise-mls-games-in-2012</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>new-york</category><category>today</category><category>mls</category><category>major-league-soccer</category><category>nbc</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>nbc-sports-group</category><category>nbc-sports-network</category><category>men�s-national-team</category><category>mls-commissioner</category><category>soccer-united-marketing-ceo-don-garber</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:33:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Soccer/110810_PhiladelphiaUnion_1000x563.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Soccer/110810_PhiladelphiaUnion_1000x563.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Colorado Rapids' Wells Thompson, right, and Philadelphia Union's Sheanon Williams chase down a loose ball in the first half of an MLS soccer game Friday, July 29, 2011, in Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>VERSUS to be rebranded as NBC Sports Network</title>
<description><![CDATA[As part of a new strategy to bring a consistent branding framework across all of its assets, VERSUS will be renamed the .  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7216981-versus-to-be-rebranded-as-nbc-sports-network</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7216981-versus-to-be-rebranded-as-nbc-sports-network</guid><category>sports</category><category>nbc</category><category>logo</category><category>nbc-sports</category><category>jan</category><category>peacock</category><category>lazarus</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>nbc-sports-group</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:52:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Photos/NBCSports_Network.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Photos/NBCSports_Network.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NBC Sports chief Ebersol resigns</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Dick Ebersol, who made NBC the TV home of the Olympics for more than two decades, will watch someone else run the network's coverage of next year's Summer Games. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/19/6675638-nbc-sports-chief-ebersol-resigns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/19/6675638-nbc-sports-chief-ebersol-resigns</guid><category>sports</category><category>new-york</category><category>associated-press</category><category>new-york-times</category><category>winter-olympics</category><category>nbc</category><category>night-live"</category><category>ebersol</category><category>nbc-sports</category><category>dick-ebersol</category><category>summer-games</category><category>other-sports</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>nbc-sports-group</category><category>but-ebersol</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 01:04:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110519-ebersol.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110519-ebersol.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol listens to a journalist's question during a news conference in Athens on Thursday, April 5, 2001. Ebersol, whose network will broadcast the 2004 Games to North America, said he thought Athens will host a succesful Olympics but emphasised much work needs to be done. (AP Photo/Aris  Messinis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol resigns</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dick Ebersol, who made NBC the TV home of the Olympics for more than two decades, will watch someone else run the network's coverage of next year's Summer Games.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/19/6675634-nbc-sports-head-dick-ebersol-resigns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/19/6675634-nbc-sports-head-dick-ebersol-resigns</guid><category>sports</category><category>resigns</category><category>nbc</category><category>us-news</category><category>night-live"</category><category>ebersol</category><category>nbc-sports</category><category>dick-ebersol</category><category>summer-games</category><category>nbc-sports-group</category><category>nbc-sports-group-chairman-dick-ebersol</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 16:42:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/66b0e260-a784-4e77-97ba-6da277130047.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/66b0e260-a784-4e77-97ba-6da277130047.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 19, 2011, file photo shows NBC Sports Group Chairman Dick Ebersol during a news conference at the offices of the National Hockey League, in New York.  A person with knowledge of the decision says Ebersol has resigned.  The person said Thursday, May 19, 2011, that the move was because of a contract dispute and did not involve the network's negotiations with the International Olympic Committee over the broadcasting rights for upcoming games under its new partnership with Comcast. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6dbe2ea6-f1bf-4aae-8030-c2cee12f6cb7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6dbe2ea6-f1bf-4aae-8030-c2cee12f6cb7.jpg" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by NBC, NBC Sports Group Chairman Dick Ebersol is seen. Ebersol has resigned as NBC Sports Group chairman, an industry giant who helped launch &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; and built the network into the home of the Olympics. &quot;It has been a sincere privilege to tell so many remarkable stories that have inspired me throughout my entire career,&quot; Ebersol said Thursday, May 19, 2011,  in a statement released through the network. (AP Photo, NBC Sports)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b2dc2226-282b-4d78-896a-120e5b22de50.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2dc2226-282b-4d78-896a-120e5b22de50.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a May 18, 2009, file photo showing Dick Ebersol attending the Peabody Awards in New York.  A person with knowledge of the decision says NBC Sports Group Chairman Dick Ebersol has resigned.  The person said Thursday, May 19, 2011, that the move was because of a contract dispute and did not involve the network's negotiations with the International Olympic Committee over the broadcasting rights for upcoming games under its new partnership with Comcast. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NBC to broadcast all 3 legs of Triple Crown</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - The NBC Sports Group will broadcast all three legs of horse racing’s prestigious Triple Crown, renewing the rights to the Preakness Stakes and reacquiring rights to the Belmont Stakes. As previously announced, NBC and Churchill Downs, Inc. renewed rights to the Kentucky Derby. This marks the first time that all three races will be on one network since NBC aired them in 2005.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/22/6107786-nbc-to-broadcast-all-3-legs-of-triple-crown</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/22/6107786-nbc-to-broadcast-all-3-legs-of-triple-crown</guid><category>sports</category><category>horse-racing</category><category>new-york</category><category>kentucky-derby</category><category>nbc</category><category>triple-crown</category><category>preakness-stakes</category><category>derby</category><category>nbc-sports</category><category>preakness</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>nbc-sports-group</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:19:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Horse racing/___FEB/110222_Belmont_1000x563.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Horse racing/___FEB/110222_Belmont_1000x563.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;ELMONT, NY - JUNE 05:  Drosselmeyer, with Mike Smith aboard, leads down the backstretch to win the 142nd Running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 5, 2010 in Elmont, New York.  (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Drosselmeyer;Mike Smith&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>