Universal Sports

Universal Sports

Universal Sports and the Boston Athletic Association have a multi-year agreement that makes Universal Sports Network and UniversalSports.com the exclusive national television home, as well as worldwide multimedia destination, for the legendary Boston Marathon.

Universal Sports Network is home to three World Marathon Majors (WMM), offering complete and in-depth television and multimedia coverage of the Boston Marathon, Virgin London Marathon, real-Berlin Marathon, as well as the Los Angeles Marathon.

Universal Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, LP, is the premier multi-platform media destination for Olympic-related sports programming in the United States.  Offering more than 1,200 hours of original programming each year, Universal Sports has exclusive rights to world and national championship events in a wide array of sports, including swimming, track and field, gymnastics, cycling, skiing, figure skating and rugby. Whether on television, online, or on the go with mobile and tablet applications, Universal Sports offers a four-screen experience to fans of global sports every day of the year. For more information, please visit UniversalSports.com

 

 

B.A.A. Moment 9

1972 - Women Official Entrants in Marathon

Although Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon in 1966, it was not until the 1972 Boston Marathon that women could become official entrants due to a change in AAU rules.