NBC Olympics Archives - Awful Announcing

Tony Reali met with NBC about potential Olympic role

Reali's ESPN contract expires this summer, and his efforts to stay in Bristol haven’t gained traction.

IOC could give NBC a gift during 2026 Winter Olympics

Events like bobsled, luge, and skeleton might be contested in Lake Placid rather than Italy.

NBC needed a special camera angle for Katie Ledecky’s dominance at Olympics

Ledecky was the only swimmer in the frame when she finished the Women's 1500-meter freestyle final.

Giant men’s basketball number fits with overall impressive Sunday Olympics viewership for NBC

The U.S.-Serbia men's basketball clash beat the U.S. team's gold-medal game in Tokyo, as well as an NBA Finals game this year.

Roku’s Drew Adams talks ‘awesome single point of discovery’ of NBC Olympic Zone

"The hope is they come and they say, 'Hey, this was great, it made my streaming a lot easier, there's value in this.'"

Paris Olympics rain hampers sports media and NBC coverage

"I think the rain is giving the NBC folks fits. Only so much you can do with camera lenses and that much water."

Paris Olympics opening sparks political drama

"It makes me nervous when Mike Tirico threatens to talk about geopolitics."

NBC’s U.S. Olympic Trials produce highest viewership since 2016

An average of 7.6 million viewers tuned into Sunday's conclusion of the trials on NBC and Peacock.

SNL’s Colin Jost will host Olympic surfing coverage in Tahiti

SNL star Colin Jost is getting the unique assignment of covering the Olympic surfing competition thousands of miles from Paris.

Maria Taylor will host late-night Paris Olympics coverage for NBC, be on Team USA boat for Opening Ceremonies

"I feel like I owe a lot to the athletes and the Olympics in general because of what that event now means to me and what it represents."

Leslie Jones joining NBC’s Summer Olympics coverage again

Leslie Jones is heading to Paris with NBC.

Rick Cordella announced as new NBC Sports President

Cordella has been with NBC Sports dating back to 2006

NBC is shutting down the U.S. linear Olympic Channel in September

Five years after its launch, the NBC U.S. linear Olympic channel (a NBC/IOC/USOPC partnership) is shutting down.

Adnan Virk talks hosting Winter Gold on Peacock: “To me, it’s been a total sprint.”

"This is the Olympics! This is a metaphor for life; you get kicked down, you get up again, you win a gold medal, and all is right with the world."

NBC catches flak for Mikaela Shiffrin coverage after Olympics heartbreak

"Just processing a lot for sure and I feel really bad.”

Lindsay Czarniak talks hosting Olympic coverage on USA: “You forget how moving the Olympics are.”

"The things that feel familiar are the people and the work ethic that everyone covering an Olympics seems to share during these Olympic weeks. There is an energy in the building that is unmatched."

Lindsey Vonn will join NBC’s Beijing Olympics broadcasts as a primetime correspondent

"I am excited to share my perspective along with my insight on what athletes might be feeling during high pressure moments."

All NBC event announcing teams for the 2022 Beijing Olympics will be calling events remotely from Connecticut

Many of these events were initially planned with remote announcers, but figure skating, snowboarding and alpine skiing were supposed to have on-site commentators.

NBC’s Tara Lipinski tells Julie Stewart-Binks “I would feel very nervous” about Beijing Olympics as an athlete given COVID

"Obviously, it's going to be a very different type of an Olympics. There's probably a little sadness in that for the athletes."

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