![]() Yet in December, the White House announced the U.S. The Chinese government, to be clear, rejects or dismisses all of this. WORDEN: Using beloved sporting events to cover up, in the case of the Beijing Olympics, crimes against humanity, including torture, slave labor, forced labor, mass incarceration, pernicious surveillance and a strategy that has persecuted 13 million Chinese citizens in Uyghurs and Turkic Muslims.įOLKENFLIK: And the Chinese are cracking down on journalists, too. MINKY WORDEN: The first thing that comes to mind is sports washing. Minky Worden is the director of global initiatives for Human Rights Watch. Most of the network's team is operating from studios in Connecticut due to the pandemic. The fact that these games are in China, ruled by the increasingly autocratic Communist Party, complicates matters for NBC. SOLOMON: You were experiencing the emotion and the pride of the American flag bearers - so very excited about February 4.įOLKENFLIK: NBC has paid billions upon billions for the right to broadcast the Games, and it's the single-largest source of revenue for the International Olympic Committee. She talked about capturing excitement even though - thanks, COVID - there's no one in the stands. And to me, it was one of those spine-tingling moments.įOLKENFLIK: Solomon spoke last month in a preview for the press. MOLLY SOLOMON: A favorite feature of mine that we introduced in Tokyo, we actually talked live to the flag bearers as they walked into the stadium. Molly Solomon is executive producer of NBC's Olympic broadcasts. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.ĭAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom (ph) - sorry, I get a bit carried away by the opening of the Games, and that's kind of the point. At the heart of all three is NBC, the game's exclusive broadcaster in the United States. It's the start of 17 days of grand spectacle, competition and controversy. “Mike’s natural gifts as a broadcaster and passion for storytelling are just two reasons he is the perfect choice to host the biggest, most distinguished sports event in the world.The opening ceremony for the 2022 Olympic Games is tomorrow. “Bob Costas and the Olympics has been one of greatest pairings in sports broadcasting history, and there isn’t anyone better suited to inherit his mantle than Mike Tirico,” said Jim Bell, president of NBC Olympics Production and Programming. ![]() At NBC, he’s covered such varied events as The Open, The Ryder Cup, and the Breeder’s Cup World Championships. Tirico began making his bones at ESPN more than 25 years ago as a SportsCenter anchor, then began calling and covering games for just about any sport imaginable. Tirico made his Olympics debut last summer at Rio, dipping a toe in with an NBC daytime hosting gig and serving as host of the Closing Ceremony. It’s been a wonderful run, but I just felt now was the right time to step away and I’m grateful that NBC left that decision to me.” ![]() I always felt that, in a certain sense, I was carrying the ball for them. “I’m especially appreciative of all the talented and dedicated people I worked for and with on those broadcasts. It often indicates a user profile.Ĭostas has served as the primetime host of every Olympic Games broadcast by NBC since 1992. “It has been both a privilege and an incredible personal and professional experience to have been part of NBC’s Olympic coverage all these years,” said Costas, who has the longest tenure of NBC’s sports announcers - a whopping 37 years. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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