Editing Ato Boldon (section)

===Broadcasting===
At the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 World Championships]] in [[Seville]], [[Spain]], Boldon could not compete due to a serious injury. The [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] hired him to do commentary and analysis for their coverage of those Championships. He proved popular with the audience and was invited back as a track-side analyst for the BBC coverage of the [[United States at the Olympics|U.S. Olympic]] Track and Field Trials in 2000, from [[Sacramento]], [[California]].

From 2005 to 2009, Boldon was in the broadcast booth for the US television network [[CBS]] as part of their commentary team for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In June 2007, he made his debut for [[NBC Sports]] as an analyst for the 2007 US National Championships, and he also was an integral part of Versus and NBC's coverage of [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka World Championships]]. In 2008, he was the sprint analyst at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] for [[NBC]] Sports.<ref>NBC Television, ''Olympics Evening'', 16 August 2008</ref> Boldon was widely praised for his NBC work by the press, including the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[USA Today]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]'' which called him "one of NBC's best analysts, a blend of athletic smarts, charisma, precise analysis and brashness."<ref>Clarey, Christopher (19 August 2008).[http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/sports/OLYBOLT.php?page=1 As Usain Bolt resets the rules, experts wonder what the sprinter can't do]. ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''. Retrieved on 19 August 2008.</ref> In 2010, Boldon joined the only U.S. track and field broadcast team he had not previously been a regular part of, ESPN, after the departure of their long-time analyst, Larry Rawson. In 2012, he continued his role as the NBC track and field analyst for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]. In 2013, for his 2012 London Olympic commentary, Boldon became the first and only track and field broadcaster in US history to be nominated for a Sports Emmy Award. He was nominated in the category of Outstanding Sports Personality, Sports Event Analyst. [[Cris Collinsworth]], his friend and colleague from NBC Sports' Sunday Night Football, eventually won the Emmy, his fifth win in a row. Alongside Tom Feuer, Boldon has served as a game analyst for Track & Field events for the [[Pac-12 Network]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Pac-12 track and field continues this weekend in Pullman|url=http://pac-12.com/article/2014/05/14/pac-12-track-and-field-continues-weekend-pullman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524061033/http://pac-12.com/article/2014/05/14/pac-12-track-and-field-continues-weekend-pullman|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2014|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>

In 2017, Boldon joined ''[[NASCAR on NBC]]''{{'s}} broadcast as a features contributor.<ref>{{cite web|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/06/20/ato-boldon-nascar/|title=Ato Boldon to bring fresh eyes to NASCAR|publisher=[[NBC Sports]]|date=20 June 2017|access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>