MICHAEL PHELPS COULD SWIM FOR HISTORIC EIGHTH BEIJING GOLD LIVE IN PRIMETIME SATURDAY ON NBC

Dara Torres Could Be the "Fastest Woman in the Water" in Swimming's 50m Final

Tyson Gay Could Be "World's Fastest Man" in Track's 100m Final and Live Women's Marathon

BEIJING � August 16, 2008 � NBC's primetime coverage of the Beijing Olympics Saturday begins at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT with the final night of swimming where Michael Phelps could break Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics and go eight for eight in '08 in the 4x100 Medley Relay. Forty-one-year-old mother Dara Torres, if she advances through the semifinal Friday night, could become the "Fastest Woman in the Water" and win gold in the 50m freestyle. Also, Torres and Natalie Coughlin lead the 4x100m Medley Relay and hope to take gold back from Australia, the defending Olympic Gold Medalists in the event. In track & field, the title of "World's Fastest Man" is on the line as USA's World Champion Tyson Gay takes on Jamaica's world record-holder Usain "Lightning" Bolt and Asafa Powell. Also, live in primetime is the women's marathon.

Friday's coverage continues with the following:

NBC DAYTIME: Live in daytime, the "Redeem Team" takes on the reigning world champion Spain as their quest continues to take back gold for the USA in men's basketball. Track & Field qualifying continues in daytime. Also, track cycling gold medal final, women's singles badminton gold medal final and women's diving springboard semifinals.

NBC LATENIGHT: Featured in latenight are track & field gold medal finals in heptathlon and women's shot put, along with women's beach volleyball quarterfinals

CABLE: On MSNBC, two live men's soccer quarterfinal matches with Brazil vs. Cambodia and Argentina vs. The Netherlands. In baseball, USA takes on Canada. Live on USA, women's and men's singles tennis gold medal finals and bronze medal matches, semifinals, and men's doubles gold medal finals. Also on USA, USA women's field hockey takes on New Zealand.

Saturday's coverage continues with the following:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 � DAY 8

NBC and NBC HD

10:00 a.m. � 6:00 p.m. Men's Basketball � USA vs. Spain (LIVE) Track & Field Men's & Women's Gymnastics � Trampoline Competition Beach Volleyball � Gibb/Rosenthal (USA) vs. Herrara/Mesa (ESP) Women's Diving � Springboard Semifinals Men's Water Polo � USA vs. Croatia Rowing � Gold Medal Finals Cycling � Track Gold Medal Final Women's Badminton � Singles Gold Medal Finals

7:30 p.m. � Midnight Swimming � Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) Men's 4x100m Medley Relay, 1500m Freestyle Women's 50m Freestyle, Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Track & Field � Gold Medal Finals Men's 100m Track & Field � Women's Marathon (LIVE)

12:30 a.m. � 2:00 a.m. Women's Beach Volleyball � Quarterfinal Track & Field � Gold Medal Finals Women's Heptathlon, Shot Put Women's 100m Quarterfinal, Men's 400 Hurdles Semifinal

CNBC and CNBC HD

Midnight � 4:30 a.m. Softball � USA vs. Chinese Taipei (LIVE) Boxing � 51kg, 75kg Competition (LIVE)

5:00 p.m. � 8:00 p.m. Boxing � 48kg, 75kg Competition

USA and USA HD

2:00 a.m. � 2:00 p.m. Women's Tennis � Singles Gold Medal Final, Singles Bronze (LIVE) Men's Tennis � Doubles Gold Medal Final, Singles Bronze (LIVE) Men's Track & Field � 20k Walk Women's Field Hockey � USA vs. New Zealand Cycling � Track Gold Medal Finals Men's Table Tennis � Team Semifinals

MSNBC

5:00 a.m. � 5:00 p.m. Men's Soccer � Quarterfinals Brazil vs. Cambodia (LIVE) Argentina vs. Netherlands (LIVE) Italy vs. Belgium Baseball � USA vs. Canada Women's Wrestling � 48kg, 55kg Gold Medal Finals Beach Volleyball � Xu/Wu (CHN) vs. Klemperer/Koreng (GER) Men's Badminton � Doubles Gold Medal Final Equestrian � Individual Dressage

TELEMUNDO

2:00 a.m. � 2:00 p.m. Men's Soccer - Quarterfinals (LIVE) Track & Field � Gold Medal Finals Swimming � Gold Medal Finals Men's Basketball � USA vs. Spain Baseball � Cuba vs. Taipei Women's Diving � Springboard Competition Beach Volleyball Boxing

6:00 p.m. � 7:30 p.m. Men's Volleyball

Midnight � 1:00 a.m. TBA

UNIVERSAL HD

24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage

NBC OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHANNEL

2:30 a.m. � 2:30 p.m. Men's Qualifying Round 2:30 a.m. � 4:15 a.m. Lithuania vs. Qualifier (LIVE) 4:45 a.m. � 6:30 a.m. Iran vs. Argentina (LIVE) 6:30 a.m. � 8:00 a.m. Angola vs. Qualifier 8:00 a.m. � 9:45 a.m. China vs. Qualifier (LIVE) 10:15 a.m. � 12:00 p.m. Spain vs. USA (LIVE) 12:00 p.m. � 1:45 a.m. Russia vs. Australia 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Spain vs. USA (2nd half re-air)

NBC OLYMPIC SOCCER CHANNEL

6:00 a.m. � 6:00 p.m. Men's Quarterfinals 6:00 a.m. � 8:00 a.m. Match #1 (LIVE) 9:00 a.m. � 10:45 a.m. Match #2 (LIVE) 10:45 a.m. � 12:30 p.m. Match #3 12:30 p.m. � 2:15 p.m. Match #4 2:15 p.m. � 4:00 p.m. Match of the Day re-air 4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Second Match of the Day re-air

NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:

Men's Badminton � Singles Bronze Medal Badminton � Mixed Doubles Semifinals & Gold Medal Finals Baseball Men's & Women's Field Hockey Sailing � Qualifying & Gold Medal Finals Men's Shooting � Skeet Gold Medal Final 50m Rifle Three Position Competition & Gold Medal Final Women's Fencing � Team Foil Semifinals & Gold Medal Finals Men's Fencing � Team Sabre Competition Men's & Women's Basketball Cycling � Track Events Equestrian � Individual Dressage Men's & Women's Handball Rowing Gold Medal Finals Men's Soccer Softball Men's Table Tennis � Team Semifinals & Bronze Competition Men's & Women's Tennis � Singles & Doubles Gold Medal Finals Women's Weightlifting - +75kg Women's Wrestling � Freestyle 48kg, 55kg Gold Medal Finals Freestyle 63kg, 72kg Water Polo

NBC PRIMETIME HIGHLIGHTS:

�Eight is the magic number of the Beijing Olympics, and if all goes according to plan, the men's 4x100m medley relay final will be the eighth and final gold medal race for Michael Phelps in Beijing. If so, he could have a chance at yet another piece of history. He could win his eighth gold medal of the Games, surpassing the single-Games record of seven set by Mark Spitz in 1972. By this point, Phelps should own the all-time record for career gold medals, surpassing the previous mark of nine.

�Call it "A Race for the Ages": 41-year-old mother and American record-holder Dara Torres vies for the title of "Fastest Woman in the Water".

�Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin & Co. will no doubt be looking to reassert themselves in the 4x100m medley relay. The Australians not only hold the world record in the women's 4x100m medley relay, are reigning world champions, but are also looking to defend their 2004 Olympic Gold Medal in the event.

�Tonight, the title of "World's Fastest Man" is at stake in the 100m final. American Tyson Gay, who ran the fastest 100m under any conditions in history at the USA Olympic Trials (a blazing 9.68), is the reigning world champion, but a pair of Jamaicans stand in his path: world record-holder Usain Bolt (a.k.a. "Lightning Bolt") and Asafa Powell, the 2007 world bronze medal champion.

NBC DAYTIME HIGHLIGHTS:

�Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Team USA want redemption after a third-place finish in 2004. The "Redeem Team's" current obstacle: Pau Gasol and reigning world champion Spain in a key live matchup.

�Teenage track cycling prodigy Taylor Phinney has had two clear cycling role models to emulate: his father, Davis, was the first American to win a stage of the Tour de France and his mother, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, won the first Olympic women's road race in Los Angeles in 1984. The next chapter for the Phinney family: Taylor chases a medal in the men's individual pursuit final.

NBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:

�Beach Volleyball's Olympic "Golden Girls" Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, who won gold in Athens and are three-time reigning world champions, hope to continue their gold medal defense.

USA NETWORK:

�The tennis competition heats up as some of the game's top stars chase Olympic gold.

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:

�Four years after failing to qualify for the Athens Games, the USA Baseball Team is back in the Olympics, looking to recapture its gold medal-winning form of 2000. The current challenge for Team USA: a border clash against Canada. Also, two live men's quarterfinal soccer matches with Brazil taking on Cambodia and Argentia against The Netherlands.

CNBC LATENIGHT HIGHLIGHTS:

�Looking for a dose of dominance? Try live coverage of the USA Softball Team, which put on a clinic in brilliance in 2004 (outscoring opponents 51-1) and seeks its fourth straight Olympic gold in 2008. Next in line to attempt to topple the USA juggernaut: Chinese Taipei.