good fanart for the olympics?

[megamojo]

Has anyone found a good source of fanart (large pictures suitable for backgrounds in particular) for the Olympics? There's plenty of good pictures at http://www.nbcolympics.com, but they're wrapped up in flash slideshows which makes them a huge PITA to extract and use. I've tried a few google searches, both regular and image searches for some good pictures, but haven't been very pleased with what I've found. Anyone found some good stuff?

[Wade]

You could try Getty Images and search on Olympics.

[wayner]

What we need for an event like this is something like BMT that downloads new images every few hours or so.

[MitchSchaft]

From where, though? I figured someone would've put images up on the TVDB, but there are none.

[wayner]

Getty Images has hundreds (if not thousands) per day. The only downside is that they have watermarks. But they have dozens of Shaun White in action, Vonn, etc.

Try here
http://www.gettyimages.ca/Search/Sea...setType=image#

[MitchSchaft]

That's a good idea. I wonder if BMT 4.0 could have something like that added.

[wayner]

The only problem is that you might see Fanart of an athlete receiving a medal before the event is shown in NBC or before you have had a chance to watch the event.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by MitchSchaft

That's a good idea. I wonder if BMT 4.0 could have something like that added.

To be honest - this is something that could be used for all sports as you have to manually create Fanart for sports. I have done this for "NHL Hockey", "NBA Basketball" and "PGA Golf" - but it would be nice if you could have an easy way of refreshing the pictures.

[megamojo]

I agree. I was able to get some acceptable art from just google image searches, but frankly I was amazed at the lack of being able to find good art from "official" sources.