U.S. Women's Sitting Team

2008 Paralympic Silver Medalist

The U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team shows off its silver medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Photo by Randy Richardson.

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The U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team celebrates its semifinal victory. Joe Campbell photo.NBC, Universal to Present Paralympic Coverage

(Nov. 7, 2008) – NBC and Universal Sports will present the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games presented by GE to television beginning this Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports with a 90-minute documentary narrated by NBC Sports' Bob Costas.

Following the special will be an unprecedented 28 hours of Paralympic event programming - including coverage of the U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team and its journey to a silver medal - on Universal Sports taking place Nov. 10-16.

NBC Sports' Paralympic special airs Sunday, Nov. 9 and goes in-depth with top Paralympic athletes as they trained for and competed in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. The 90-minute program, produced by Emmy Award-winning NBC Sports producer David Michaels, takes viewers on a journey into the lives of eight athletes plus the Wheelchair Basketball Team with compelling stories of determination. MORE

Oct. 7, 2008: USA Volleyball Represented at White House Reception
Sept. 14, 2008: U.S. Sitting Women Secure Paralympic Silver Medal
Sept. 12, 2008: U.S. Sitting Women to Play for Paralympic Gold
Sept. 10, 2008: U.S. Sitting Women Advance to Semifinals
Sept. 9, 2008: China Hands U.S. Sitting Women First Paralympic Loss
Sept. 7, 2008: U.S. Sitting Women's Team Opens Paralympics with Victory
Sept. 4, 2008: U.S. Sitting Women's Team Prepared for Paralympics
April 29, 2008: U.S. Women's Sitting Team Claims Bronze Medal at Intercontinental Cup
April 28, 2008: U.S. Women's Sitting Team to Play Ukraine for Bronze Medal
April 27, 2008: U.S. Women's Sitting Team Second in Pool; Moves on to Quarterfinals
April 25, 2008: U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team Sweeps Lithuania
April 24, 2008: U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team Competing in Egypt
March 21, 2008: U.S. Women's Sitting Team Downs Dutch in Final Exhibition
March 20, 2008: U.S. Sitting Women Sweep Netherlands in Exhibition
March 19, 2008: U.S. Women's Sitting Team Splits Two Matches with Netherlands
March 10, 2008: U.S. Women's Sitting Team to Host Netherlands in Chicago Area
Dec. 20, 2007: U.S. Women's Sitting Team Qualifies for 2008 Paralympic Games
Dec. 18, 2007: U.S. Women's Sitting Team Holds its Own Against China
July 16, 2007: U.S. Sitting Women Defeat Mongolia, Japan, But Fall to China
July 14, 2007: U.S. Women's Sitting Team Trounces Australia
June 29, 2007: U.S. Women’s Sitting Team Defeats the Dutch, 3-0
June 28, 2007: U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Puts Up Fight Against Netherlands June 28, 2007: U.S. Women’s National Sitting Volleyball Team Facing Netherlands This Week

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