Book Review: "The Sea, The Sea" by Xenophon

This "novel" is not really a complete work but instead is an excerpt from  Xenophon's larger work "Anabasis" which covers a Greek expedition to attempt an overthrow of the king of Persia.  This brief selection covers the most famous part of the work--the retreat of the Greek "ten thousand" army from the heart of enemy territory across deserts and mountains, fighting the entire way back to the more Greek friendly shores of the Black Sea.  Xenophon would lead this retreat after the deaths of Greek generals by the Persians.  His strategies and leadership choices during these events are studied to this day. 

Knowing that this work was created some 2,500 years ago is truly astonishing given it's continued relevance.  Primarily of note to military historians and strategists "The Sea, The Sea" also contains numerous political and human behavior insights as well. A student of Socrates and contemporary of Aristotle, yet more than just a philosopher (also a soldier and historian),  Xenophon represents the type of individual I admire--those who go and do, vs. those who stay and talk.

The story of the Greek's retreat as told by Xenophon has been reworked into numerous modern works including sci-if novels such as Andre Norton's "Star Guard" and a host of films, comics and fictionalized novels.  As a true "classic" of military history and philosophy and a quick read written (translated) in a direct style (something Xenophon was known for) it warrants reading for its additional ability to fire the imagination and influence others (including Shakespeare) for more than two millennia after the events it recounts.

Massive Nissan GT-R Wreck in Russia...

This was evidently at a big dragrace event in Russia called the Russia Cup. The GT-R won the race, beating out an Audi of some sort but after the finish line the GT-R continued to accelerate and only stopped upon impacting a concrete barrior at the end of the runway. The GT-R reportedly crossed the line at some 200 mph so its impact was likely above that. Perhaps that is the reason the front airbags did not deploy--though that hardly would have saved the driver in this case.

Looking Good Rex!!

I think I had him on my fantasy team back in high school.  Classic white boy shooter who had some hops and came up 6th and 2nd in the NBA Dunk Contests he entered (falling short to Dee Brown's no look dunk in the year he came in 2nd).

Now he's making a "living" stealing stuff from Apple stores and then running to pawn shops to liquidate the goods.  Classic white boy from Kentucky stealing stuff from stores to sell at pawn shops??  I smell a Meth habit!  Anyway...video here of him in the Apple stores lifting the goods.  Time to take a plea deal and enter rehab Rex...

And Yet Another Syrian Tank Going Bye-Bye...

Again at the hands of a Raytheon produced TOW missile.  Safe to say I wouldn't want to be a Syrian Army tanker at this point.  The Syrians appear to be deploying their tanks on a near individual basis while the rebels remain under little pressure, just taking easy shots at them...virtually suicide at this point to be operating a tank in a rebel contested area with no air or infantry support.

9/20-9/21 LOORRS and GRC Weekend TV Ratings

Lots of good offroad motorsports events on Network TV this past weekend. NBC had two "live" GRC broadcasts from Los Angles where the results were Scott Speed (VW), Wiman (Ford), Block (Ford) on Day I and Rhys Millen (Hyundai), Block (Ford) and Wiman (Ford) on Day II. CBS meanwhile had a LOORRS broadcast of the Pro 2 and Pro 4 races from the Wild West Motorsports Park in Sparks, NV.

The Saturday broadcasts had an easier time of it only having to compete against a smattering of fairly uninteresting college games while the Sunday GRC show had to face off against the NFL. True to form the Saturday LOORRS and GRC shows pulled significantly higher ratings at a 0.5 for each (578,000 households and about 636,000 people viewing)than the Sunday GRC event that only generated a 0.3 rating (347,000 households and about 381,000 people viewing). Of note is that the weekend's NASCAR event from NH on Sunday saw a 2.2 rating (3.1 million viewers) and the Tudor United Sports Car Championship event at Circuit of the America's drew a 0.9 rating (1.1 million viewers), both running against the NFL.

From a historical perspective the 0.5 ratings for LOORRS and GRC on Saturday represent recent highs for both series and solid improvements from recent shows. The result is not however outside the "norm" for either series and can be considered a good but not spectacular result and at least the Sunday GRC broadcast beat out the European cycling event and canned golf preview show!!

TELECAST DATE NET TIME (ET) RATING
NFL: Broncos-Seahawks (89%) 9/21 CBS 4:25-7:30pm 16.9
"Sunday Night Football": Steelers-Panthers 9/21 NBC 8:30-11:30pm 12.3
NFL: (singleheader) 9/21 Fox 1:00-4:05pm 12.2
NFL: (regional) 9/21 CBS 1:00-4:25pm 11.1
College Football: Florida-Alabama 9/20 CBS 3:30-7:00pm 5.1
College Football: Clemson-Florida State 9/20 ABC 8:00-11:30pm 4.9
"Football Night in America" 9/21 NBC 7:30-8:15pm 3.3
"Fox NFL Sunday" 9/21 Fox 12:00-1:00pm 3.2
"The NFL Today" 9/21 CBS 12:00-1:00pm 2.9
College Football: Oklahoma-West Virginia 9/20 Fox 7:30-11:30pm 1.9
College Football: (regional) 9/20 ABC 3:30-7:00pm 1.7
MLB: (regional) 9/20 Fox 1:00-4:45pm 1.5
"College Football Today" 9/20 CBS 3:00-3:30pm 1.2
Tudor United SportsCar Championship:
Lone Star Le Mans (COTA) 9/21 Fox 5:00-6:00pm 0.9
PBR: Cooper Tires Desert Showdown 9/20 CBS 2:00-3:00pm 0.7
EPL: West Ham-Liverpool 9/20 NBC 12:30-2:30pm 0.7
Boxing: Fight Night 9/20 NBC 3:00-5:00pm 0.6
"World of X Games: Best of Austin" 9/20 ABC 2:00-3:30pm 0.5
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series 9/20 CBS 1:00-2:00pm 0.5
"Premier League Goal Zone" 9/20 NBC 2:30-3:00pm 0.5
Global Rallycross 9/20 NBC 5:00-6:00pm 0.5
STIHL Timbersports Series 9/21 ABC 5:00-7:00pm 0.5
Diamond League Track & Field 9/21 NBC 2:00-3:00pm 0.4
"World of X Games: Big Wave Hellmen Preview" 9/21 ABC 4:00-5:00pm 0.3
Women's Rugby World Cup 9/21 NBC 3:00-4:00pm 0.3
Global Rallycross 9/21 NBC 5:00-6:00pm 0.3
"Road to the Ryder Cup" 9/21 NBC 1:30-2:00pm 0.2
Cycling: Vuelta a España 9/21 NBC 4:00-5:00pm 0.2
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Another Syrian Tank Destroyed At The End of a US TOW...

These videos seem to be coming in more frequently now.  Here is another Syrian tank going up in flames at the end of a "rebel" launched TOW missile.  The tank looks like it was moving backwards before it was hit and then continued backwards after the impact as the fire resulting from the burning tank moves behind the building it was initially retreating to.  I'm shocked it could move at all or be under any sort of control after the TOW takes it out...The smoke and dust make it difficult to make out what kind of tank it was unfortunately.

LOORRS Ratings From 9/13

Back on the weekend of 9/13 and 9/14 we saw a single offroad racing related broadcasts on Network TV.  On Saturday 9/13, CBS broadcast from 1:30-2:30 PM the LOORRS Pro2 and Pro4 racing at Glen Helen.  Positioned as a lead in for the days’ College Football broadcasts on CBS the program produced a 0.4 rating, with about 462,000 households tuned in and about 508,000 people viewing from home.  In comparison to other broadcasts this weekend this was the same rating as ABC’s “World of XGames: Real Ski Backcountry” show the following day from 5-6PM and was about half the audience of the weekend’s regional Fox MLB game.  The weekend’s #1 sports broadcast was the Chiefs-Broncos game on CBS that saw a 14.6 rating, about 17 million households turning the game on and at least 19 million viewers.

TELECAST	DATE	NET	TIME (ET)	RATING
NFL: Chiefs-Broncos (56%)	9/14	CBS	4:15-7:30pm	14.6
"Sunday Night Football": Bears-49ers	9/14	NBC	8:30-11:45pm	14.0
NFL: (singleheader)	9/14	Fox	1:00-4:05pm	12.3
NFL: (regional)	9/14	CBS	1:00-4:15pm	9.9
College Football: Georgia-South Carolina*	9/13	CBS	5:00-8:45pm	4.2
"Football Night in America"	9/14	NBC	7:30-8:15pm	4.1
"Fox NFL Sunday"	9/14	Fox	12:00-1:00pm	3.2
"The NFL Today"	9/14	CBS	12:00-1:00pm	2.7
College Football: Tennessee-Oklahoma	9/13	ABC	8:00-11:45pm	2.2
College Football: UCLA-Texas	9/13	Fox	8:15-11:30pm	2.1
College Football: Purdue-Notre Dame	9/13	NBC	7:30-11:15pm	2.1
College Football: (regional)	9/13	ABC	12:00-3:00pm	1.9
College Football: Arkansas-Texas Tech	9/13	ABC	3:00-6:30pm	1.9
"College Football Today" (extended)	9/13	CBS	3:45-5:00pm	1.9
PGA Tour: The Tour Championship: Third Round	9/13	NBC	2:30-6:15pm	1.8
PGA Tour: The Tour Championship: Final Round	9/14	NBC	1:30-6:00pm	1.7
"College Football Today"	9/13	CBS	3:00-3:45pm	1.1
College Football: Illinois-Washington	9/13	Fox	4:15-7:30pm	1.0
MLB: (regional)	9/13	Fox	1:00-4:15pm	0.9
EPL: Liverpool-Aston Villa	9/13	NBC	12:30-2:30pm	0.8
LPGA: Evian Masters: Final Round	9/14	NBC	12:00-1:30pm	0.6
"Inside College Football"	9/13	CBS	2:30-3:00pm	0.5
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series	9/13	CBS	1:30-2:30pm	0.4
"World of X Games: Real Ski Backcountry"	9/14	ABC	5:00-6:00pm	0.4

UFC "Tests" For Drugs...Maybe They Should Test For Extra Chromosomes

Sheesh!!  This "woman" by the name of Rin Nakai is fighting in Japan this weekend against Miesha Tate at UFC Fight Night 52.  Ummm....I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that she is using some East German training methods or is a member of Caster Semenya's running team...

Of course Dana White and the rest of the UFC rumpswabs will say how skilled she is and how much time in the gym she puts....uhhh, sure, you go with that...Let's see how many UFC fans I can anger with this post...

Introducing the New 2015 Nissan Frontier!

Yup...this is it.  While the rest of the world will get the Frontier that was shown a few months back as the next generation Navara and will be produced in Thailand for distribution for 43 other countries, THIS will be the Frontier that we will see here in the States.


With tons of torque immediately on demand thanks to its electric motor and no use of gasoline this will be the perfect work truck for your local plumber and electrician.  Plus it makes a great looking little beach truck for surfers and hipsters everywhere.  Can't wait to get my hands on one!

BJ Baldwin and Recoil 2

The original Recoil video had a Nissan GTR and BJ racing around the desert on the northern side of the border.  The sequel has him down in Ensenada (I can say I've driven my own race truck on these streets!!) ripping up the scenery.  BJ has added one Mr. Dan Bilzerian here as well. With Bilzerian's legion of social media followers and some amazing video of the capabilities of his trophy truck, this video may exceed the popularity of the original...

Syrian Rebels Take Out Syrian Artillery with US TOW Missile...

Now here's hoping that these are the "nice" Syrian rebels and not of the ISIS variety.  What we have here is the use of an American made (Raytheon specifically) BGM-71 TOW missile which was designed to be an anti-tank/anti-armor weapon but can also be used as an anti-structure or in this case anti-artillery weapon.  You can see that the operator of the missile has to stay with the launcher after firing as it needs to be guided in to its target--not the best of circumstances in a hot shooting environment but like the video I posted the other day of the helicopter shootdown, they do not seem to be under any pressure from an opposing force during these raids.

BGM-71 TOW in Afghanistan for comparo

On the Syrian side of the equation it has to be

especially frightening as the attacks come in what appears to be a "calm" environment when suddenly your helicopter is blown apart or your cannon is made into easily recyclable material.  Attacks are very asymmetrical in this environment.  The artillery piece in question looks to be a Russian 2S3 self propelled howitzer of the 152.4mm variety.  The Syrians bought about 100 of these from Russia in recent years.  Given their maximum armor of

 Model of 2S3 for comparo with the video

30mm and the TOWs rating for armor penetration of at least 450mm (up to a reported 900mm in some varieties) it is safe to say that this howitzer is no longer in use.

Nissan GT-R Blows Tire at 203 MPH...On the Highway...

And this would be why its a bad idea to race a vehicle on a public highway.  Traffic here is minimal but you can still see him pass other vehicles at speed and while he tries to bring the vehicle to a controlled stop.  203MPH on a public highway...sheesh...Luckily the car remains stable through the failure and no one is hurt.

One Nissan and a Couple Datsuns from Stanford's Revs Digital Library

Stanford just released on the Web its collection of photographs taken at various auto events over the past, oh, say 70 years??

Much of the collection is focused on the bigger locations, marques and names in motorsports--Ferrari, Porsche, Sterling Moss, Dan Gurney, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, etc.

Unfortunately the Datsun/Nissan images captured are quite limited though they are shown here.  One is that of the 1976 introduction of the Datsun pickup and another of the Datsun F-10. 

The F-10 is the one that interests me here.  The rear hatch, the louvers on the hood, the sloped rearend...its a pretty sharp looking little car.  The F-10 was Datsun/Nissan's first FWD vehicle sold here in the States and came out in 1974 and weighed a shockingly light 1,664 pounds.

The only Nissan in the collection is from Laguna Seca in the early 1990s.  Love the hornlike air scoops that sit FEET above the chassis on this model...

I also checked through this collection to see if there were any photos of John Fitch and while there are a number photos of Lime Rock and Watkins Glen where Fitch ran numerous races and many of the photos are from time periods when he was active, he did not appear in this collection.

Revs Digitial Library...

Syrian Rebels Take Out Russian Helicopter with Russian Missile

There should be a bit of irony here.  The Syrian rebels (likely to be of the extreme Islamic variety given their use of social media and apparent sophistication) here are using a  relatively modern Russian anti-tank guided missile to shoot down/blow up a Syrian government helicopter of the Russian variety.

The missile appears to be a Kornet which first came into production in the mid 90's and has been used by Iraq against American tanks in the early '00s, damaging a few but not destroying any and also against the Israeli's by Hezbollah (targets have included Isreali tanks and a child laden schoolbus).  Russia has supplied Syria with these anti-tank missiles for years and they appear to have now fallen into the hands of the Syrian rebels/ISIS.

The helicopter here appears to be an MI-2 which is more of a transport helicopter than an attack platform (though it can be outfitted with various short range offensive weaponry).  Supposedly Syria had about 20 of these at one point--make that 19 now...Produced in Poland beginning in the late 60's/70's and designed in Russia these helicopters serve in secondary regimes around the world.  Though the Kornet missile is not specifically designed to take down helicopters, given the static position this one was in during its landing and apparently unpressured position the attackers were located in, made this takedown easy.

Tire Wars?? BFG AT KO2 vs. Toyo Open Country R/T

    Toyo's Open Country MT, new RT and AT

Here, I'll quote a recent Off-road.com article: "It’s not every day that one of the major tire manufacturers launches a new tire."

So its more than just coincidence that both Toyo and BFG introduce brand new tires in one of the largest and most profitable segments of the industry.  While neither of the tires is likely to be found on a dealership lot as factory installed options (perhaps the Ford Raptor excepted) both are likely to be bought in larger than stock sizes and by enthusiasts willing to pay a good deal of extra money for the additional capability and/or appearance.

BFG AT KO2's new tread pattern:
In the case of BFG it is their iconic BFG All Terrain KO tire that is getting a brand new version.  Introduced in print ads this month, BFG has invited a whole host of media and drivers (Andrew Comrie-Picard, Brad Lovell, and Rob MacCachren as examples) down to Baja over the past week to introduce the BFG AT KO2.  Running the new tires on a host of buggies, rock crawlers and other desert racers you should anticipate a raft full of "reviews" of the new tire to begin popping up all over the internet in the next few weeks and then in print a month or two from now.  Its doubtful that there were many competing products present for any true testing of the new carcass.  The new BFG KO2 is the 4th generation in this tire and is meant to recapture a lot of sales lost in the Balkanization of the offroad tire segment and, in my opinion, is a direct response to General Tire's introduction of its General Grabber AT2 a couple years back which is a shockingly good, dare I say, knockoff, of the BFG AT KO2 and sold at a significantly lower price point.  Showing up with big corporate backing the General Tire AT2 has been a big seller for General if the parking lots of most offroad events and malls are any indication.  General's bite out of the market required BFG to respond in a big way and the reportedly tougher sidewalls, redesigned tread pattern (which actually looks even closer to the General AT2's), and side biting tread blocks may have done just that.

                                                                                        Old BFG AT KO tread pattern:

Over at Toyo they have been busy in the past couple weeks in introducing its new Open Country RT.  Toyo is trying to position this tire as one that falls between its MT (Mud Terrain) and AT (All Terrain) but truth be told, Toyo's AT has always been viewed as being TOO street oriented to be a popular offroad option with a bit too many and too small tread blocks, too much siping, not enough lug spacing and not enough tread depth.  Therefore, while Toyo says this tire is an "all new category of tire" that falls somewhere between the AT and MT, its more likely to compete against the BFG AT KO2 and General Grabber AT2 than it is to create its own niche. Like the new BFG the Toyo RT also has some sidewall lugs to grab the dirt and rocks and it retains Toyo's reputation for toughness with a 10 ply, E load rating as well as significant weight with the 35" tires tipping the scales at 77 pounds a piece (point of reference--my General Grabber AT2s in a 31" size are around 45 pounds).  The Open Country RT has already been introduced to the public and there are a handful of "reviews" of them out there already.

An "apples to apples" comparison will be interesting to see between these two tires as they represent the newest technology, thinking and compounds from the two tire company behemoths, though whether we ever see such an honest comparo is debatable as most media tire competitions are merely just regurgitation of tire company PR pamphlets.  Let me know if you have any first hand experience with these as it would be nice to hear a real world report.

With the introduction of these two high profile and highly profitable tire models, we as competitors can only hope for a few things--improved performance for whatever our sport of choice, stable prices (new technology and designs shouldn't result in a large increase in prices given the scale of these operations--does a new Camry result in a huge increase in its price?  No), and, if we're lucky, a bump in marketing dollars put toward offroad motorsports in order to get their message out.
 
General Grabber AT2 tread pattern:

Death By PowerPoint...

Sometimes an article comes along at a perfect time and hits a sore point.  This one did for me.  Recent events at my own employment where promotions to management (and no, I was not seeking the position in question, just a bystander watching events unfold) were based not on the understanding of an issue, product or procedure, not on intelligence, potential or even the ability to kiss ass but instead upon the ability to take notes like a secretary and compile them into pretty PowerPoint slides.

Not that this was the promoted individual's fault, they were merely taking advantage of a corporate sickness.  Instead, like in this article describing the both the modern and WWII military, it is the upper management's fault for desiring a product that looks impressive to their coworkers vs. one that actually conveys information in an accurate manner.  In truth, the management asking that these documents be produced likely has less than an appropriate understanding of the topic at hand but having underlings prepare pretty slides with different fonts, a plethora of colors and lots of arrows makes them FEEL like they have a comprehensive grasp of the situation.

At some point it feels like all organizations of a certain size contract this disease--one where people say "I'm too busy and important to try and get people to understand these complex issues, so I'm going to assign someone beneath me to boil it down into some simple bullet points and sliding pages" and soon it ends up with "I don't really understand these complex issues, so I'm going to assign someone beneath me to boil it down into some simple bullet points and sliding pages so that maybe I can grasp things".  Once this starts, the snowball rolls downhill, gathers speed and results in a group of people where everyone is sending everyone pretty PowerPoints all day in order to try and convey every issue, policy or procedure, no matter its depth or breadth.  I'll stop here though as the articles linked below explain the problem present in most companies these days (and evidently the military as well) far better than I can--though I could throw together a nice PowerPoint to try and explain it!

War on the Rocks: PowerPoint 1944
Colonel TX Hammes Essay: Dumb-dumb bullets...

Surf Artist Jay Alders

 I was recently introduced to Jay Alders' work while staying at a beach house in North Carolina.  The owners of said house were obviously big surfers with photos of the local surf and beaches as well as surfboards and other "surfer" related items decorating much of the house.

In a couple of rooms however there were prints of various paintings that really stood out to me.  Not only did they reflect the laid back vibe of the locale we were in as well as the surfer dominated culture there but also elicited an emotional response in me.  I found them to be beautiful, powerful and sensual in their colors and curves--a near perfect reflection of what the ocean, beach and waves can be to human beings.

Fortunately each of these prints was nicely notated in a corner with the artist's name, Jay Alders.  The Jay Alders.com website contains a great portal through which you can see his work (in addition to the paintings shown here).  Alders works in a number of mediums--canvas, wood, photography, digital, etc. and he has worked with a number of musical artists as well as surf/ocean/water related non-profits in the past.  Check out his work...if you like the ocean and/or some sweet art to peruse, I think you'll enjoy it.  I'll be getting a print some time to hang in my house myself.
 
  
 

Vegas to Reno and AMA Motocross TV Ratings From Weekend of 8/9

This week we’ll stick with just the simple weekend TV ratings from Network TV.  For the purposes of our conversation we’ll define Network TV as those stations most commonly broadcasting an “over the air” signal—signals you can pick up for free with a pair of “rabbit ears” (this would most commonly be your local NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox stations).  The weekend of 8/9 and 8/10 saw two “offroad” motorsports broadcasts, both on NBC.

The first of these was the Saturday, 8/8 live broadcast of the 450 Moto2 from 3-4PM Eastern at the Red Bull Unadilla National in New Berlin, NY.  Trey Canard and his Muscle Milk Honda would follow up his 4^th place Moto1 result by taking the Moto2 win followed by Moto1 winner Ryan Dungey.  The hour long broadcast produced a 0.3 rating which equates to an estimated 347,000 households tuning in to watch.  If you figure that a few of these households had more than one individual watching the program (say 1 in 10) then you end up with about 380,000 people were exposed during this time frame to the sport in general and to the advertisers (Red Bull and Lucas Oil were foremost amongst these) in particular.  As a point of contrast, during this same time period, ABC was broadcasting the NASCAR Nationwide event a stone’s throw away in NY over at Watkins Glenn, obtaining a 1.2 rating.

Sunday 8/9 would bring another offroad event on NBC.  This time, its broadcast wasn’t so clear to the casual observer.  If you looked at your available TV programs on Sunday you would have seen the “World of Adventure Sports presented by GoPro” on NBC from 3-4 PM Eastern.  Great, but I’m busy revalving my shocks or watching the final round of the PGA Championship over on CBS you say.  Well, then you would have missed some sweet HD coverage of the 2013 Vegas to Reno BITD race.  Won by Jason Voss in Trick Trucks and CJ Hutchins in the 1500 class, the coverage here would not be for the full hour as within this program was also coverage of other non-motorsports events such as a marathon on Mt. Blanc in France and downhill mountain biking.  Still, the program did generate a 0.4 rating, reflecting about 462,000 households tuning in with about 508,000 viewers.  When you consider that this broadcast was competing directly against the culminating hours of the PGA Championship (6.0 rating) and the NASCAR Sprint Cup race on ESPN (3.1 rating) it’s really quite decent.

Both of these broadcasts are well within what I would consider the “norm” for offroad motorsports ratings on Network TV over the past few years—though the Unadilla motocross event is on the very low end of what Moto/Supercross typically generates. 

TELECAST	DATE	NET	TIME (ET)	RATING
NASCAR Nationwide Series: Zippo 200 at The Glen	8/9	ABC	2:15-5:00pm	1.2
"ESPN Sports Saturday"	8/9	ABC	5:00-6:00pm	0.7
Major League Fishing: Summit Cup Championship	8/9	CBS	1:00-2:00pm	0.5
PGA Championship: Third Round	8/9	CBS	2:00-7:15pm	3.2
AMA Motocross	8/9	NBC	3:00-4:00pm	0.3
U.S. Swimming National Championships	8/9	NBC	4:00-6:00pm	0.5
World of X Games: Games of Skate	8/10	ABC	5:00-6:00pm	0.4
PGA Championship: rain delay coverage	8/10	CBS	2:00-3:00pm	2.0
PGA Championship: Final Round	8/10	CBS	3:00-9:00pm	6.0
Ironman World Championship	8/10	NBC	1:30-3:00pm	0.6
World of Adventure Sports	8/10	NBC	3:00-4:00pm	0.4
U.S. Swimming National Championships	8/10	NBC	4:00-5:30pm	0.5