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Maybe it does in Asia just because that's 1 of the only times they go head to head with players from MLB. But if you ask anyone outside of Japan for his biggest career achievements, I doubt winning the WBC is going to be that high up there. Baseball isn't a sport that lends itself well to having a major international tournament on the scale of the Olympics. Combine that with the fact that it's difficult to get all of the best players all together, it will never have the kind of worldwide recognition other sports might.

Well, so long as that Comcast money keeps flowing. The IOC did them a huge favor this last time around not opening up negotiations for the other networks, basically telling NBC "thanks for everything over-paying for the last 2 deals, here's the next 6 Olympics at a discount." We'll see what happens down the road. I agree they won't award both Games, but it's not the most impossible outcome if only to lock in Salt Lake before the IOC starts negotiating a new TV deal

Meh. I agree with heywoodu.. a lot of athletes will say they're going to. And then they'll get to Tokyo and not actually do it.

Sapporo and Salt Lake will be the 2030 and 2034 hosts in some order. I think we'll see Sapporo get 2030 in order to distance Salt Lake from LA 2028. Won't hurt matters that 2034 will be the first Olympics of a new TV contract after NBC's current deal expires

Official release from NBC.. NBC OLYMPICS PRESENTS EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF 2020 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES FROM LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND Date Time (ET) Event Thurs., January 9 8 p.m. Opening Ceremony Fri., January 10 8 p.m. Day 1 Sat., January 11 8 p.m. Day 2 Sun., January 12 8 p.m. Day 3 Mon., January 13 8 p.m. Day 4 Tues., January 14 8 p.m. Day 5 Wed., January 15 8 p.m. Day 6 Thurs., January 16 8 p.m. Day 7 Fri., January 17 8 p.m. Day 8 Sat., January 18 8 p.m. Day 9 Sun., January 19 8 p.m. Day 10 Mon., January 20 8 p.m. Day 11 Tues., January 21 8 p.m. Day 12 Wed., January 22 5 p.m. Day 13 Wed., January 22 10 p.m. Closing Ceremony All coverage is same day delay. Each night's block 3 hours long, save for the ceremonies

Thanks. I hope this doesn't turn into a Vancouver 2010 situation where the Opening Ceremony takes a backseat to the news of someone's passing in the host city.

Terrible news from Lausanne on the eve of the Opening Ceremony.. Performer fighting for her life after Lausanne 2020 Opening Ceremony dress rehearsal accident

Amen to that

Money. Probably costs them nothing to show a highlight program. They'd have to spend to fire up their studios and control room to show live events. I'll be curious to see what they use Olympic Channel for in Tokyo. I read that the basketball and soccer specialty channels are going away. Wouldn't mind if they do the same thing as PyeongChang where Olympic Channel is all news and highlights.

Finally an announcement from NBC acknowledging there will be TV coverage of the Youth Winter Olympics.. 2020 Youth Winter Olympics TV schedule 3 hour nightly program on the Olympic Channel (the linear cable TV version in the United States). Plus presumably all of the streaming coverage from the online version of the Olympic Channel.

What a finish by Klaebo to beat all the Russians to the line. Wasn't sure he would be able to pull that off. Great 2nd half of the race!

Better than we're getting here. I have seen absolutely no mention of the Games anywhere by NBCUniversal. Even TV guide listings don't have the coverage mentioned, although the US version of Olympic Channel does have it in their program listings. Looks like it will be a 2 hour window for the Opening Ceremony with 3 hour nightly windows during the games, so that's certainly an improvement over 4 years ago.

The American commentators calling the races agree that this all is somewhat of a shock to Johaug to have her closest pursuers on her heels. And if I understand correctly, the start order of the pursuit tomorrow is based solely on today's results rather than overall standings. So Oestberg will be with her from the start.

Just looked at the standings in group B. Every team has played 2 games and has 1 win and 1 loss. That's crazy

This is probably the most American thing I can post right now.. College Cornhole Championships, live on ESPNU!

I'm not a morning person. 5:30am is too early for me. During the Olympics, I would happily make that happen. Not so much for the Tour de Ski.

Tour de Ski to wake up the morning. Disappointed in the Americans' performance. Looking forward to the sprints tomorrow. Olympic Channel here in the US is airing that live, so I'll DVR it for first thing when I wake up in the morning!

Not sure what happened to Diggins and Maubet Bjornsen. That's a shame considering the Americans were off to such a good start in the World Cup season

I work mostly as a video editor and schedule supervisor now. Wait until you see what I've got cooking up for this summer. For the 2018 Olympics, I did a big spreadsheet in Google docs with all the event schedules plus the TV coverage. Trying to do something similar for Tokyo.

You assume correctly. I think I asked someone over there to tell me if there was a forum that's more Olympics than Olympic bidding. This looks like exactly what I'm looking for!

Thank you! Glad to be here. Been looking for a forum online for discussion the Olympics and Olympic sports. Looks like I'm in the right place! I'm actually from NYC. The "Quaker2001" name is a reference to where and when I went to school. I am indeed in the media. As I told another poster, I actually worked for NBC once upon a time, including working in Salt Lake at the Olympics in 2002. Definitely one of the more fun sports experiences of my life!

One of the great rivalries in sports lives up to the billing. Hopefully this isn't the only USA-Canada game in this tournament. Would be awesome if we got a repeat of the 2017 final.