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Possible spoiler alert...

I owe NBC an apology. They focused mostly on non-Americans in the men's Nordic combined - especially on the surprise winner from Germany. They interviewed him and....DRUMROLL...showed the medal ceremony with no Americans among the top 3! Did someone forget to hit the 'homer' button in the NBC truck? Is Dick Ebersol asleep? If he is, don't wake him - this was close to the old-school ABC way, i.e., the right way.

I only wish NBC would stop the ADD procedure of cutting from event to event - we aren't idiots and we CAN focus on one event from start to finish even if NBC can't. In this case, they pushed the medal ceremony to the very outro of the broadcast. Everything's on tape delay - they have no excuses.

Glad to see Dick Button back on a skating broadcast - he finally threw in the towel at ABC I guess since they won't have the Olympics for the foreseeable future. I think he's also had a health scare in the past year or so.

Did NBC deep-six the chirpy female (forget her name) that does women's skating? I heard the name Scott Hamilton but haven't seen him yet.

Of course, it wouldn't be an NBC Olympic broadcast without the umpteenth mention of Michelle Kwan. As another poster said before the games started, I can't wait to watch her not win again. She is injured, which is unfortunate, but still can't bring herself to answer a question directly - God knows Jeremy Schaap tried. It's either an attempt to fool herself or to hang onto her commercial viability but the Daily Kwan Drama - DKD (TM) - is already starting to grate. Her personal press officer, Christine Brennan, will have two weeks worth of fluff to offer in USA Today whether she competes or not.

Looking forward to Slutskaya's performances.