Warrior Games Begin Today

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — If you can’t catch the 2011
Warrior Games in person, don’t worry. Select events will be
broadcast live online at USParalympics.org/WarriorGames.

Activities kick off today with the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. MT
in Colorado Springs, Colo., where 220 wounded, ill and injured
servicemen and women from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy/Coast Guard,
Air Force and Special Operations will compete in seven sports.

Online broadcasts of the competition will include the wheelchair
basketball bronze and gold medal games on Friday, May 20, and the
sitting volleyball bronze and gold medal games on Saturday, May 21.
In addition, Versus will air a 2011 Warrior Games special on
Saturday, June 18, at 7 p.m. ET.