Awful Announcing
"MY2022, an app mandated for use by all attendees of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, has a simple but devastating flaw where encryption protecting users’ voice audio and file transfers can be trivially sidestepped."
Heroux tested positive for COVID-19 in December, and hasn't been able to produce enough repeated negative tests to meet China's standards.
ESPN won't have a presence in Beijing at the Winter Olympics.
"I am excited to share my perspective along with my insight on what athletes might be feeling during high pressure moments."
Many of these events were initially planned with remote announcers, but figure skating, snowboarding and alpine skiing were supposed to have on-site commentators.
Tirico is leaving Beijing early to host the Super Bowl, but he'll also be handling some remote hosting of Olympics coverage.
Once again, the Opening Ceremony won't be tape delayed.
"Obviously, it's going to be a very different type of an Olympics. There's probably a little sadness in that for the athletes."
Watching the Winter Olympics should be a lot easier this year.
Three new Winter Olympics docs are coming to Peacock this month.
"I thought 'I just did this [quarantine/bubble] for three weeks, I cannot do it again. It's not good for me to do again.' And I'm going to hate not doing it, in particular if the NHL guys go, I'm going to hate it. I'm going to feel like I missed out. But I just couldn't do it."
Harris was the first woman basketball player to score a basket in the Olympics and be drafted by the NBA.
Yes, this is an indication of how much of NBC's current strategy focuses on sports, but it also has a lot to do with the latest Super Bowl date ever.
