• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Travel
  • Sports
  • Law/Justice
  • Celebrities
  • Film/TV/Stream
  • Republicans
  • Madonna
  • Books
  • Men
  • Trans Rights
  • Tech/Science
  • Royals
  • Monkeypox
  • J&J to end global sales of talc-based baby powder
  • Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda slams unauthorised production
  • ‘It’s really irritating’: Madonna’s son David Banda wears her clothes ‘better’ than her

News Anchor Goes On Epic Rant About NBC’s Olympic Coverage – WATCH

Sean Mandell August 10, 2016 Leave a Comment

Screen Shot 2016-08-10 at 1.31.35 PM

In a hilarious and brilliant take-down, a Chicago-area sportscaster railed against the strict rules NBC enforces on other news organizations that want to report on the Olympics games.

WGN Chicago’s Pat Tomasulo managed to skewer not only NBC but also the International Olympic Committee (IOC)–all with the help of R. Kelly and video footage from his days as a singlet-wearing high school wrestler.

Via The New York Post: 

“It’s not the actual sports of the Olympics I don’t like,” Tomasulo said Tueday on a live segment. “It’s NBC’s restrictions on the TV rights and anything Olympic-related.”

Tomasulo lamented the lack of WGN Chicago’s Olympics coverage, which, per NBC’s rules, can include only two minutes of video and must contain a three-hour gap between programs. And those minuscule video rights are just the beginning.

“We’re not even allowed to use the Olympic theme song this year,” Tomasulo said. “Did you know that? And we can’t even incorporate the Olympic rings in any of our unique graphics. We have to show the whole thing or not at all.”

So Tomasulo decided to talk about another international sporting event currently going on that totally, 100% has nothing to do with the Olympics. You’ve probably heard of it: the “International Athletic Competition Run By One of the Most Corrupt Organizations in the World.”

These games have a completely different logo than the Olympics–multi-colored intersecting triangles– to make sure the two events aren’t equated

And this competition’s theme song? R. Kelly’s “Bump ‘n Grind”–which Tomasulo did a flawless lip-sync of.

Screen Shot 2016-08-10 at 1.32.49 PM 1

To wrap up his argument about NBC’s draconian rules on use of Olympics footage, Tomasulo said, “And now, just to cover ourselves legally, I’m going to give the report over my high school wrestling highlights because I have no video left.”

Which he did while giving highlights of athletes whose names might sound familiar. Like Mickey Phelps.

Screen Shot 2016-08-10 at 1.33.37 PM

Watch Tomasulo, below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=yhC0qXtTxZo

Topics: Sports, World More Posts About: 2016 Olympics, Olympics

Related Posts
  • Two Men Arrested for Rushing Stage During Ryan Lochte’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Debut: WATCH
  • Return to Rio with 3 Out Athletes Who Share What It Was Like to Be Gay at the Olympics – WATCH
  • Tom Daley Jokes That He and Dustin Lance Black Will Get Married in Speedos – VIDEO
  • Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda slams unauthorised production

    Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda slams unauthorised production

    Published by BANG Showbiz English ‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is going to let the lawyers “do their work” over an allegedly unauthorised production of the show by a church in Texas. A production of the hit …Read More »
  • ‘It’s really irritating’: Madonna’s son David Banda wears her clothes ‘better’ than her

    ‘It’s really irritating’: Madonna’s son David Banda wears her clothes ‘better’ than her

    Published by BANG Showbiz English Madonna says her son David Banda looks better than her in his mother’s clothes. The Queen of Pop, 63, confessed that it’s “really irritating” that her 16-year-old son – whom she …Read More »
  • Analysis: U.S. move to negotiate drug prices a rare defeat for Big Pharma

    Analysis: U.S. move to negotiate drug prices a rare defeat for Big Pharma

    Published by Reuters By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big Pharma spent more than any other industry to lobby Congress and federal agencies this year, a Reuters analysis shows, but is still on course for a …Read More »
  • Confirmed: Trump Legal Team Believes FBI Informant Is Ex-Trump White House Staffer Who Relocated To Mar-a-Lago Post Presidency

    Confirmed: Trump Legal Team Believes FBI Informant Is Ex-Trump White House Staffer Who Relocated To Mar-a-Lago Post Presidency

    Published by Radar Online Mega The Mar-a-Lago mole who was the FBI’s confidential source which led to the sensational raid on Donald Trump is a former administration staffer who had specific knowledge of his private residence …Read More »
Previous Post: « Tonga Flag Bearer Pita Taufatofua Shows You How to Oil Up Like an Olympian – WATCH
Next Post: Trump Tower, Green Pool, Chris Christie, Gay Sports Problem, Britney Spears, Daniel Leyva: HOT LINKS »

Primary Sidebar

Adjacent News

  • FBI sought nuclear documents in search of Trump’s home -Washington Post

    FBI sought nuclear documents in search of Trump’s home -Washington Post

  • FBI seized top secret documents at Trump’s home, U.S. government says

    FBI seized top secret documents at Trump’s home, U.S. government says

  • Salman Rushdie in surgery after being stabbed onstage

    Salman Rushdie in surgery after being stabbed onstage

Good Trash: Going to Read It Somewhere, Y’know

  • Ellen Has Not Contacted Ex-Lover Anne Heche Following Fiery Crash Into LA Home

    Ellen Has Not Contacted Ex-Lover Anne Heche Following Fiery Crash Into LA Home

  • Pete Davidson Proposed to Kim Kardashian Before Their Breakup

    Pete Davidson Proposed to Kim Kardashian Before Their Breakup

  • New bombshell book on Trump reveals he wanted to be treated like Hitler: ‘Totally loyal’

    New bombshell book on Trump reveals he wanted to be treated like Hitler: ‘Totally loyal’

RSS Partner Links

  • Saturday Round-Up: Anne Heche dies; Ellen reaction; “The Prom” couple; Greg Berlanti & more!
  • Saturday 'Stache
  • Howard Stern Announces His Father, Ben Stern, Has Died at 99
  • “Hilaria Baldwin responds to those fake-bump conspiracies” links
  • WaPo: Donald Trump apparently stole classified nuclear weapons documents
  • Megan Thee Stallion Explains Meaning of 'Traumazine' Album Title
  • Night Crumbs

Most Recent

  • J&J to end global sales of talc-based baby powder

    J&J to end global sales of talc-based baby powder

  • Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda slams unauthorised production

    Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda slams unauthorised production

  • ‘It’s really irritating’: Madonna’s son David Banda wears her clothes ‘better’ than her

    ‘It’s really irritating’: Madonna’s son David Banda wears her clothes ‘better’ than her

  • Analysis: U.S. move to negotiate drug prices a rare defeat for Big Pharma

    Analysis: U.S. move to negotiate drug prices a rare defeat for Big Pharma

  • Confirmed: Trump Legal Team Believes FBI Informant Is Ex-Trump White House Staffer Who Relocated To Mar-a-Lago Post Presidency

    Confirmed: Trump Legal Team Believes FBI Informant Is Ex-Trump White House Staffer Who Relocated To Mar-a-Lago Post Presidency

  • Madonna wears grills to hide her ‘ugly’ teeth

    Madonna wears grills to hide her ‘ugly’ teeth

  • Lady Gaga tells Americans to ‘speak up’ in fight for abortion rights

    Lady Gaga tells Americans to ‘speak up’ in fight for abortion rights

  • What’s in Biden’s big climate and health bill?

    What’s in Biden’s big climate and health bill?

Most Commented

Social

Twitter @tlrd | Facebook | Instagram @tlrd

Footer

Copyright © 2022 · Log in

×