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An interactive map about the New York Marathon on nytimes.com pulled together a lot of different elements under one umbrella. There were photos and audio clips at different points along the race route, and just boxes of text with snippets of information about the marathon. It might have been nice to see video clips, too. Maybe I looked at it too early in the day and they will be added later.

With the 2008 Summer Olympics set to start tomorrow in China, it’s worth a look at how this big event is being covered on the Web. NBC, which will televise the games, has gone all out with a monster site. It has updated news, video, photos, bios of athletes and individual pages for most sports.

The network also is offering viewers the chance to sign up for live video feeds and has an online Olympics game that people can play every day while the games are going on.  The site includes a lot of corporate. For example, Target sponsors a section with “inspirational stories” from the Olympics while Nissan sponsors a “drive to the finish” section that includes video and stories about dramatic finishes in track and field events.

Some may find all this corporate sponsorship a bit much, but I find it heartening to see so much advertising on the site.

Check out NYTimes.com’s Olympic event tracker. It’s not the prettiest feature, but it is very functional, allowing viewers to track events in their favorite sports. 

A New York Times article today describes an interesting battle brewing between the sports world and the news world. Developments in the way sports stories are reported is causing tension between the teams and the news organizations covering them.

According to the article, with bloggers detailing every word and news Web sites posting slideshows and videos, sports executives are looking to limit this ever-growing coverage - and drive fans to their team Web sites.

So the Times asks, “Who owns sports coverage?” Some sources in the stories suggest that these disputes may end up in court.