{"id":44589,"date":"2021-07-19T13:54:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jem.utk.edu\/?p=44589"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:46:12","slug":"broadcasting-the-olympics-an-alumnas-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/2021\/07\/19\/broadcasting-the-olympics-an-alumnas-dream-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcasting the Olympics: An Alumna\u2019s Dream Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44590\" src=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/Courtney-Lyle-Play-By-Play-at-Thompson-Boling-Arena.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/Courtney-Lyle-Play-By-Play-at-Thompson-Boling-Arena.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/Courtney-Lyle-Play-By-Play-at-Thompson-Boling-Arena-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/Courtney-Lyle-Play-By-Play-at-Thompson-Boling-Arena-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/Courtney-Lyle-Play-By-Play-at-Thompson-Boling-Arena-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/jem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/07\/Courtney-Lyle-Play-By-Play-at-Thompson-Boling-Arena-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During this summer\u2019s Tokyo Olympics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, alumna Courtney Lyle (\u201912) of ESPN and the SEC Network will deliver NBC\u2019s play-by-play for men\u2019s and women\u2019s field hockey alongside Olympic ice hockey medalist and analyst A. J. Mleczko. When the announcement was made, Lyle tweeted, \u201cAthletes dream of playing in the Olympics. Announcers dream of calling them. I couldn\u2019t be more excited to be part of NBC\u2019s field hockey coverage this year!!! Dream Come True!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lyle and Mleczko will broadcast from NBC studios in Stamford, Connecticut, beginning August 1. \u201cWe will have a feed of the match from Tokyo and call it live off the monitor, just like we do for other remote broadcasts,\u201d said Lyle. Twelve teams have qualified for pool play. (Neither the men\u2019s nor women\u2019s US teams qualified.) Eight teams will make the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare, Lyle watched all the previous field hockey matches from the Rio Olympics, talked with friends who played the sport, and researched each team. \u201cI enjoy that part of it,\u201d she said. \u201cI love a good challenge. It\u2019s an honor, too. 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