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US Olympic Softball TV Schedule

Softball Television Schedule for 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

The USA Softball Women’s National team will begin competition on August 12 on CNBC at midnight/ET as the 32-game slate spans from August 12-21 at the Fengtai Softball Field in Beijing, China.

The three-time defending Olympic Gold Medal winning team will look to defend its title by playing seven round robin games before looking to advance to the playoffs on August 20 and the grand final on August 21. Six of the seven round robin games for the U.S. will be brought to the U.S. LIVE from CNBC. On August 17, they will play the Netherlands at 7:30 p.m. local time and that will be LIVE on MSNBC. See below for complete schedule.

** PLEASE KNOW ALL TIMES AND NETWORKS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. **

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USA Television Schedule for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
NOTE: Beijing, China is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.

Tuesday, August 12
USA vs. Venezuela - Noon Local - (Midnight EST) – CNBC & CNBC HD

Wednesday, August 13
USA vs. Australia – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

Thursday, August 14
USA vs. Canada – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

Friday, August 15
USA vs. Japan – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

Saturday, August 16
USA vs. Chinese Taipei – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

Sunday, August 17
USA vs. Netherlands – 7:30 p.m. Local - (7:30 a.m. EST) - MSNBC

Monday, August 18
USA vs. China - Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD

Tuesday, August 19 – OFF DAY

Wednesday, August 20 - Playoffs
GM1: Seed 1 vs. Seed 2 – 9:30 a.m. Local - (9:30 p.m. EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD
GM2: Seed 3 vs. Seed 4 – Noon Local - (Midnight EST) - CNBC & CNBC HD
GM3: Loser of GM1 vs. Winner of GM2 – 5 p.m. Local (5 a.m. EST) - MSNBC & MSNBC HD

Thursday, August 21 – Grand Final Game – 6:30 p.m. - (6:30 a.m. EST) – USA & USA HD

About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one o f the only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed two World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please click here.

What do the Olympic Rings Represent

"These five rings -- blue, yellow, black, green and red -- represent the five parts of the world now encompassed byOlympism and ready to compete against each other. Moreover, the six colors (including the white background) thus combined represent those of all nations, without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the French, English, American, German, Belgian, Italian and Hungarian tricolors, the yellow and red of Spain are side by side with the new Brazilian and Australian flags, the old Japan and the new China. It is a true international emblem."

Coubertin (Selected Writings II, p. 460, 1913).

As an image of Olympism, Coubertin thought the rings had deep significance: that of the union between men. He multiplied the image to create a total of five rings. He designed and commissioned the Olympic flag to mark the 20th anniversary of the IOC's founding, on 23rd June 1914 in Paris. Coubertin never said nor wrote that he saw a link between the colours of the rings and the continents. For him, the five rings represented the union of the five continents, but the colors were merely those that appeared in all the different national flags at the time.

-- The results of a survey carried out in six countries (Australia, Germany, India, Japan, Great Britain and the USA) in 1995 showed that 92% of those questioned correctly identified the Olympic rings, which made them the most-recognized symbol. They were followed by the McDonald's and Shell emblems (88%), Mercedes (74%) and the United Nations (36%). (SRI Sponsorship Research International).

-- 86% of those questioned associated the Olympic rings with the world's greatest sports event: the Olympic Games. (SRI Sponsorship Research International, 1995).

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