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NEW YORK -- Pre-Olympics media reports about the Zika virus, polluted water and political unrest in Brazil raised awareness about the Rio de Janeiro Games and thus helped NBCs advertising sales, network executives said Thursday.The numbers reflect that, NBC Sports advertising head Seth Winters said. Advertisers are exceptionally bullish on these games.He said NBC had already sold $1.2 billion in national advertising time, at a pace about 20 percent above the 2012 London Games, and is holding back inventory for additional sales. The network hit its internal target weeks in advance, and often that doesnt happen until after the games start, if the target is reached, he said.NBC Universal Chief Executive Officer Stephen Burke has already predicted that he expects Rio to be the most profitable Olympics in history. NBC, which paid $1.2 billion for the broadcasting rights to Rio, made money from London, too.The London Games were a huge success for NBC, which averaged 31.1 million viewers across two weeks of prime-time coverage. In todays fragmented television world, nothing can come close to gathering such a large, diverse audience for that length of time.NBC Universal spreads its Olympic coverage across 11 television networks and is streaming all of the competition online. But roughly three-quarters of its ad sales come for the prime-time telecast on the broadcast network.We are hitting on all cylinders, Winter said.NBC will begin its prime-time coverage with an hour-long preview Thursday night, and will televise the opening ceremony on Friday.Winter said viewers will see some political advertising during the Olympics, but he wouldnt specify which campaigns have bought time.Miami Dolphins Jerseys . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. Cameron Wake Womens Jersey . "Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. http://www.authenticdolphinspro.com/Larry-csonka-dolphins-jersey/ . 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Citadel, another FCS school, moved its game to the campus of Division II opponent North Greenville and will play Thursday night instead of Saturday.But the biggest contest of the weekend is scheduled for Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium, where upward of 80,000 fans turn out to watch Southeastern Conference matchups.South Carolina administrators said Tuesday they were consulting with the SEC, the National Weather Service and local authorities and would make a decision about the game later in the week.Matthew is a Category 4 storm with winds up to 145 mph. It is on track to hit South Carolina and potentially disrupt the game at Williams-Brice Stadium.The storm was about 1,000 miles from Charleston on Tuesday. But forecasters predict the hurricane will move near or along South Carolinas coast late Friday into early Saturday as a Category 2 storm.Charleston Southern, located about 20 miles from the coast, canceled several sporting events the rest of the week, including its football game with Albany State. The school had pushed the game up to Thursday night before deciding to postpone it.South Carolina State, an FCS school thats about an hours drive from the coast, postponed its game Saturday against Bethune-Cookman.Citadel shuffled its game to Tigerville, home of North Greenville some 230 miles northwest of the Bulldogs home in Charleston.Souuth Carolina announced it has cancelled classes at its main campus for Wednesday and anticipated remaining closed Thursday and Friday.ddddddddddddIf South Carolinas game is changed or delayed, it would be the second straight season that weather has altered the Gamecocks football season. Last years deadly flooding after a weekend of unprecedented rain led the university to move a home game with LSU to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in part because many of the state troopers and safety officials necessary to hold a home football game were taking part in cleanup and recovery duties.A similar situation might occur if Matthew hits South Carolina.Haley said Tuesday that the ultimate call on whether to play the game would be made by the schools and the SEC.As of now, I cant imagine that happening, but certainly were going to continue to watch this, she said. I would love nothing more than to see this take a right-hand turn and go out to sea.South Carolina coach Will Muschamp said hes not involved in planning for the storm because hes too busy looking into how to slow down Georgias offense.Our administration is handling all of that through the SEC office, he said. All of my energy is game planning for the game. Whatever happens happens. Im not the least bit worried about it.No. 3 Clemson is on the road this week, playing Friday night at Boston College. The Tigers are scheduled to leave Thursday and should miss any potentially bad weather.The only other FCS game scheduled for Saturday in the Palmetto State was Furman hosting Samford in Greenville, far from the coastal areas where the storms heaviest impacts are expected. ' ' '