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NEW YORK -- Athletes in Rio will compete to be the fastest sprinter and highest jumper at the Olympics this August. But theres another test underway as well: How well can virtual reality capture sporting events?NBC says it will provide 85 hours of virtual reality programming during the Rio Olympics in August -- though only to users of Samsung Galaxy smartphones and the Samsung Gear VR headset. Its the first time Olympics programming will be available in VR.Virtual reality coverage of sports, essentially 360 video, has been growing since VR headsets such as the Samsung Gear and Oculus Rift became widely available earlier this year. Sports broadcasters are betting that virtual reality will be the next big game-changing way to watch sports. But right now, the audience is limited to those that have smartphones and VR headsets, which can be pricey.Still, coverage is growing. In May, NBC broadcast the Kentucky Derby in 360 video. 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Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder is facing the prospect of season-ending neck surgery after an MRI revealed a herniated disk just above an area that was repaired two years ago.Fielder and outfielder Shin-Soo Choo were placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday by the slumping AL West leaders, who had lost 12 of 16 games going into their game at the Los Angeles Angels.Choo got an injection to help relieve lower-back discomfort.General manager Jon Daniels said Fielder on Monday reported having similar symptoms to those he felt before the 2014 surgery that limited him to 42 games his first season with the Rangers. Fielder was feeling weakness and discomfort in his neck and left arm.Dr. Robert Watkins, who examined both players in Los Angeles on Wednesday after MRIs the previous day, recommended surgery for Fielder after seeing the herniation between the C4 and C5 disks.Daniels said Fielder will return to Texas and get a further evaluation Friday from Dr. Drew Dossett, a specialist who performed Fielders previous neck surgery.Fielder had played in 547 consecutive games and hadnt missed consecutive games since August 2007 before a cervical fusion of two disks in his neck in May 2014.The way its been described to me, when you fuse vertebrae, it puts the additional stress either above or below it in that joint, Daniels said. The fusion that he had is intact, there are no issues with that. But apparently somewhere along the line the herniated disk surfaced above that spot in his neck.Both Fielder and Choo are signed through the 20220 season.dddddddddddd The Rangers traded second baseman Ian Kinsler to the Detroit Tigers for Fiedler in November 2013, and later that offseason signed free agent Choo to a $130 million, seven-year deal.Fielder is hitting .212 with eight homers and 44 RBI in 89 games this season. Choo is hitting .260, with a .372 on-base percentage, in 33 games.In his short debut in 2014, Fielder hit .247 with three homers and 16 RBI. Fielder rebounded with a .305 average, 23 homers and 98 RBI in 158 games last year.Daniels said he wasnt sure how long Fielder had been feeling the symptoms, but was aware of the teams primary DH commenting to some people that he was trying to fight through the discomfort.Some of the things we were seeing, the struggle for him to get the ball in the air pull side, very similar to some of the things that we were seeing early in 2014, Daniels said. I dont know exactly for how long, but I think its reasonable to say this definitely did have an effect on his performance.Choo missed 54 games this season during two earlier stints on the disabled list. After missing 35 games because of a right calf injury, Choo returned for only one game before going back on the disabled list with a left hamstring issue.With Choo, we have a little more clarity, Daniels said. We expect him back in a couple of weeks.Texas recalled infielder Hanser Alberto and outfielder Delino DeShields from Triple-A Round Rock. ' ' '