NBC Sports announced Friday that Mary Carillo, Andrea Joyce, and Jimmy Roberts will return to Olympics coverage this summer for the 2024 Paris Games.
“Mary, Andrea, and Jimmy have provided the compelling reporting and storytelling that is a hallmark of our Olympic presentation. We are thrilled to have them back on our team for Paris,” said Rebecca Chatman, Vice President and Coordinating Producer, NBC Olympics Production, in a statement.
This will be Carillo’s 16th Olympics assignment and her 13th for NBC. The tennis legend will serve as a reporter and call Olympic tennis matches. She will also “serve up a sampling of Parisian and French culture through numerous feature stories that have become synonymous with NBCU’s Olympic coverage.” Carillo is also calling the 2024 French Open for NBC starting Sunday.
“When you cover as many Olympics as I have you inevitably come to think you know how to judge every sport,” said Carillo on the announcement. “Doesn’t matter that you’ve never tried most of them, especially all those crazy winter events. Doesn’t matter that you only watch them for a few days every four years. Does that stop you from declaring that it was the luger’s blunder on turn 27 that cost him the gold? Hell, no. That the forward lean on that last ski jump was premature? That the fall lines in the Nordic combined must be obeyed! Is it any wonder that by the end of it all when you order coffee you find yourself saying, ‘Triple lutz salchow twizzle. With oat milk.’ It sucks you in, the weeks of the Olympic Games. And if you’re as lucky as I am, every morning you text your two great friends, Andrea and Jimmy. You write, ‘Heading down to breakfast.’ And they come. And it’s gold.”
This will be Joyce’s 17th overall Olympics and 13th with NBC. She’ll be reporting on the diving competition and serving as a sports desk reporter.
Meanwhile, this will be Roberts’ 20th Olympics and 12th covering for NBC. He’ll serve as a sports desk reporter.
NBC and Peacock will provide coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 between July 26 and Aug. 11.
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