Eddie Olczyk

NBC Sports will feature 7 1/2 hours of coverage for the 149th GI Kentucky Derby, both on NBC and the NBC-owned Peacock Network on Saturday. Coverage begins at noon EDT. Additionally, Peacock and the USA Network will offer live coverage of Friday's GI Kentucky Oaks beginning at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Over the two days, NBC Sports will present 15 live races from Churchill Downs and for the first time, Telemundo Deportes will present coverage of the Derby, beginning Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Universo, and streaming on TelemundoDeportes.com and...

It's busy season for NBC's Eddie Olczyk. One of the few analysts on national television to dabble in multiple sports, the popular former hockey star is gearing up to broadcast the GI Kentucky Derby as well as the NHL playoffs this spring, and he joined the TDN Writers' Room podcast presented by Keeneland Tuesday afternoon to discuss it all. Calling in via Zoom as the Green Group Guest of the Week, Olczyk talked about his handicapping strategies, what horses he's eyeing for the first Saturday in May, his ordeal with...

Former NHL player and Xpressbet racing analyst Eddie Olczyk joins this week's TDN Writers' Room to give his top picks going into the last few rounds of Derby prep races and to share his story on beating stage 3 colon cancer.