NBC's Beijing Winter Olympics announcing teams will call the games from Connecticut - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 01-19-2022, 08:51 PM

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Due to pandemic concerns, NBC Sports has opted not to send any of its announcing teams to China. “The announce teams for these Olympics, including figure skating, will be calling events from our Stamford (Conn.) facility due to COVID concerns,” NBC Sports' Greg Hughes told USA Today. "We’ll still have a large presence on the ground in Beijing and our coverage of everything will be first rate as usual, but our plans are evolving by the day as they are for most media companies covering the Olympics.”

Lindsey Vonn will report on the Winter Olympics for NBC Sports

The four-time Olympian and the winningest woman in alpine skiing World Cup history, who made her debut earlier this month, "will provide a perspective unique to an athlete known for excellence, intensity, and determination on the world’s biggest and most competitive stage," said Molly Solomon, Executive Producer & President, NBC Olympics Production.

TMC · 02-12-2022, 07:15 AM

Beijing Winter Olympics have become the "sadder, quieter, scarier" games

"In the gloom of the Beijing Winter Olympics, luck is a relative term," report The Wall Street Journal's Ben Cohen and Joshua Robinson. "The Games are supposed to be an ebullient, global sporting bonanza, but they have never felt so downbeat. Rather than 'Faster, Higher, Stronger—Together,' the Olympic motto, the Beijing Games so far have been sadder and quieter. Olympians compete in nearly empty arenas without friends or family. Some wear N95 masks, in practice and even in competition, to limit the risk of infection. The rest live with the daily fear of testing positive, being sent to isolation and watching years of training slip away."

01-19-2022, 08:51 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,226	NBC's Beijing Winter Olympics announcing teams will call the games from Connecticut https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...19/6585943001/ Due to pandemic concerns, NBC Sports has opted not to send any of its announcing teams to China. “The announce teams for these Olympics, including figure skating, will be calling events from our Stamford (Conn.) facility due to COVID concerns,” NBC Sports' Greg Hughes told USA Today. "We’ll still have a large presence on the ground in Beijing and our coverage of everything will be first rate as usual, but our plans are evolving by the day as they are for most media companies covering the Olympics.” Lindsey Vonn will report on the Winter Olympics for NBC Sports The four-time Olympian and the winningest woman in alpine skiing World Cup history, who made her debut earlier this month, "will provide a perspective unique to an athlete known for excellence, intensity, and determination on the world’s biggest and most competitive stage," said Molly Solomon, Executive Producer & President, NBC Olympics Production.

02-12-2022, 07:15 AM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,226	Beijing Winter Olympics have become the "sadder, quieter, scarier" games "In the gloom of the Beijing Winter Olympics, luck is a relative term," report The Wall Street Journal's Ben Cohen and Joshua Robinson. "The Games are supposed to be an ebullient, global sporting bonanza, but they have never felt so downbeat. Rather than 'Faster, Higher, Stronger—Together,' the Olympic motto, the Beijing Games so far have been sadder and quieter. Olympians compete in nearly empty arenas without friends or family. Some wear N95 masks, in practice and even in competition, to limit the risk of infection. The rest live with the daily fear of testing positive, being sent to isolation and watching years of training slip away."