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Mikaela Shiffrin hits the slopes

in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics taking place Feb. 9-25

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With football firmly in our rearview mirrors, it’s now time for more than

2,400 hours of skiing, skating, bobsledding, ice hockey and more as NBC and its broadcast partners carry the 2018 Winter Olympics from PyeongChang, South Korea.Airing Feb. 8-25 on NBC, NBC

Sports Network, CNBC, USA Network, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app, these games will see nearly 3,000 athletes from 88 nations (plus Russian athletes) competing in seven sports for 102 medals, among them Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White, David Wise, Elana Meyers-Taylor, Mikaela Shiffrin, Nathan Chen and Chloe Kim. There will be four new events – big air snowboarding, freestyle skiing, mass start speed skating and mixed doubles curling – and viewers across the nation will get to see prime-time and late-night competition live at the same time thanks to South Korea being 14 hours ahead of New York and 17 ahead of Los Angeles.“There’s no spoiler alert with a call

from your aunt on the East Coast if you live in California, that, ‘Hey, did you see this person or that person win a medal?’ “ points out Mike Tirico, who succeeds Bob Costas as NBC’s Olympics studio host. “… They’ll see it all as it’s happening, it’ll be on live across the country in the evening and then a little bit later on late night on the East Coast, which is prime time on the West Coast. So I think that’s going to be

the major difference in the coverage of these games.”There will be a few glaring

absences in PyeongChang, probably the most significant being Russia, which was banned because of a doping scandal. Any Russian athletes competing will do so under the aegis “Olympic Athlete From Russia” or O.A.R, which should make the medal ceremonies interesting.Also missing in men’s ice hockey

are the players from the NHL, which has opted not to pause its 2017-18 season for the games, thus ending a run of five consecutive Olympics.“I think we’ll see perhaps a

return to that magical 1980 feel,” Tirico says, “if the U.S. team can become one that makes a run in the tournament, because we’ll have

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a lot of college players involved, which is the real essence of that ‘Miracle on Ice’ team. So maybe there’ll be some new names and some amateurs to root for.”As for the athletes themselves,

they’re locked, loaded, qualified and ready to compete. The 18 days in PyeongChang promise to provide a lifetime of memories for all concerned – and probably even a few surprises, as history has taught us.The smart ones learn to expect the

unexpected.“That’s the biggest thing about

the Olympics,” says Meyers-Taylor, a U.S. bobsledder and two-time medalist, “is you never know what’s going to happen so you have to be prepared for all kinds of possibilities.”

OYLYMPIC VENUESPyeongChang Mountain Cluster•AlpensiaBiathlonCentre•AlpensiaCross-CountrySkiingCentre•AlpensiaSkiJumpingCentre•OlympicSlidingCentre•PhoenixSnowPark•JeongseonAlpineCentre•YongpyongAlpineCentre

Gangneung Coastal Cluster•KwandongHockeyCentre•GangneungCurlingCentre•GangneungHockeyCentre•GangneungIceArena•GangneungOval

Non-Competition venues•PyeongChangOlympicPlaza•PyeongChangOlympic Stadium•PyeongchangOlympic Village•GangneungOlympicPark•GangneungOlympicVillage

Mike TiricoWhat’s trending in PyeongChang...

•In the NBC Broadcast booth, Mike Tirico takes over for Bob Costas as the network’s primetime Olympics host.

•Is it bobsleigh or bobsled? Olympic terminology refers to an event as “bobsleigh” while in North American English it is “bobsled.” You can call it what you want, but bobsleigh is starting to be used more often.

•Along with live coverage and no tape-delay on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, and the USA Network, expect an upward trend of streaming via NBCOlympics.com to continue for the PyeongChang games. Yes, there’s an app for that!

...and, what’s not •Russia was banned from

participation in the PyeongChang winter games for past doping violations. Well, sort of. Certain athletes from Russia can compete in PyeongChang, but they must do so under the “Olympic Athletes from Russia” banner. Their flag will not be flown, their anthem will not be played and Russian government officials are banned from the games.

•The Men’s Ice Hockey tournament will surely be different because the

NHL is not allowing its players to compete. With dozens of players from Russia’s KHL expected to participate, ironically the gold medal favorite will be the Olympic Athletes from Russia.

•The world tensions involving North Korea are being blamed for sluggish ticket sales to Olympic events. That said, South Korean president Moon Jae-in is keeping the door open for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to send athletes to PyeongChang, which is just 80 km (50 miles) from the North Korean border.

BY GEORGE DICKIE

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Theheadline-makingstoryforOlympicHockeyatthePyeongChangOlympicsisthefactthattheNHLwillnotsendplayerstothesegames.Thisistheresultofnumberofissues,primarilythefailureoftheIOCandNHLtoagreeonanumberofitems.Thus,themen’shockeyteam,headed

byWisconsinBadgershockeycoachTonyGranato,consistsofformerNHLjourneymen,collegeplayersaswellasplayersactiveinEuropeanleagues,including,atthemoment,Russia’sKHL.2006TeamUSAveteranBrianGiontawillserveasTeamUSAcaptain.WithouttheNHLplayers,themen’shockey

tournamentsurewillproveinteresting.AlthoughRussiaisbannedfromtheOlympics,certainathleteswillbeallowedtoplay.WiththeKHLfeaturinganumberoftopRussianplayers,andapparentlynotstandingintheway,thismakesthe“OlympicAthletesfromRussia,”astheyarebeingcalled,thelikelyfavorite.Thewomen’shockeytournamentissure

tobeexcitingwiththeTeamUSA/TeamCanadarivalryasintenseasever.TheCanadians,whohavewonthelastfourgoldmedals,beatingtheU.S.forthreeofthem,defeatedtheAmericansagain3-1inapre-Olympictune-upbackinDecember.Two-timesilvermedalistHilaryKnightleadsTeamUSA.Dates: Feb. 10-25 Brian Gionta

TeamUSAmen’shockeycoachTonyGranatohasalongcareerontheiceandbehindthebench.Astand-outleftwingerincollegefortheWisconsinBadgers,Granatohadalreadybeendraftedin1982bytheNewYorkRangers.AfteroneminorleagueseasonintheIHLhe

wasinNewYorkwhereheledtheteaminscoring,butwastradedinhissecondseasontotheLosAngelesKings.Granatospent14seasonsintheNHL,includinghisfinalfiveyearswiththeSanJoseSharksbeforetakingonanumberofcoachingjobs,includingnearlythreeyearsasheadcoachoftheColoradoAvalanchewhereheposteda104-78-17record.

Granatoiscurrentlyinhissecondseasoncoachingforhiscollegealma-mater,theUniversityofWisconsin–Madison(Badgers)whilealsohandlingTeamUSA.

Full Name:AnthonyLewisGranatoBorn: June25,1964Hometown:DownersGrove,Illinois,Sport:Hockey-USAMen’sCoachExperience: NHLPlayerandcoach.Currentlycoachesmen’shockeyfortheWisconsinBadgersAchievements: NHLAll-Star,1996-97

Tony Granato

ICEHOCKEY

PROFILED


MikaelaShiffrinistheyoungestslalomchampioninOlympicalpinehistory;afeatsheaccomplishedwhenshewonagoldmedalattheSochiOlympicsin2014Nowfouryearsolderandwithseveralcompetitionsunderherbelt,ShiffrinispoisedtobeamongthetopcompetitorsonthemountaininPyeongChang.ShecomesintotheseOlympicsatthetopoftheWorldCupandWorldSkiChampionships,havingwonbothtitlesin2017.HerstrongrunistheSlalombutshedidearnasilvermedalintheGiantSlalomtogowithherGoldattheFISAlpineWorldSkiChampionshipsinSt.Moritz,Switzerland.

Althoughshe’sonly22,shehassevenyearsexperienceontheU.S.SkiTeam.

Full Name:MikaelaPaulineShiffrinBorn: March13,1995Hometown:Vail,ColoradoSport:AlpineSkiingDisciplines: Slalom,GiantSlalom,SuperG,Combined,DownhillAchievements: Olympicgoldmedal,Slalom,2014;WorldChampionshipgoldmedal,Slalom,2013,2015,2017;WorldCupChampion,2017

Mikaela Shiffrin

Justine Dufour-Lapointe

Alpineskiinganditsvariousdisciplines-slalom,giantslalom,supergiantslalom(SuperG),combined,anddownhill-remainsoneofthemorepopularwinterOlympicsports.

Sinceitsdebutin1936thenumberofeventsforbothmenandwomenhascontinuedtogrow.Alpineskiinghasseenit’sfinestcompetitorscomefromEuropeancountriesaswellastheU.S.Austriaholdstherecordwith114medals,including9atSochiin2014.

TheU.S.TeamispinningsomeofitshopesonMikaelaShiffrin,whowhenjust18becametheyoungestslalomchampioninOlympichistoryatSochi;anhonorsheholdsasWorldchampionaswell.LyndseyVonnissettoreturnaftermissingSochiin2014.

Meanwhile,six-timeOlympicmedalistBodeMillerwillreturntotheOlympics,butthistimehe’llbeananalystforNBC.

Dates: Feb. 11-15, 17-18, 21-24

Takedownhillskiingandaddsomeacrobaticstoitandyou’vegotFreestyleSkiing.Disciplinesincludeaerials,moguls,cross,slopestyleandhalfpipe.AllarefairlynewOlympicevents,withhalfpipeandslopestylebeingintroducedin2014.

Nodoubt,thepopularityoftheXGameshascontributedtothesurgeinpopularityinthese

sportsmadeupofyoung,daringathletes.FortheU.S.Team,DavidWisehopestoreturntodefendhis2014goldmedalinthemen’shalfpipe.

AninterestingstorylinethatcoulddevelopinPyeongChangisthecompetitionbetweenCanada’sDufour-Lapointesisters(Maxime,ChloeandJustine)whoallcompeteinthemoguls.Justine,theyoungestatage24,tookhomeagoldmedalatSochiwhileChloegrabbedthesilvermedal.TeamCanadasurewouldlovetoseethesisterssweepthepodium.Dates: Feb. 9, 11-12, 15-23

Mikaela Shiffrin

PROFILED


NORDIC COMBINED:AnotherOlympicsportthat’sbeenfeaturedineveryWinterOlympicgamesisNordicCombined.Thesportisexactlywhatitsnameimpliesandthatisacombinationofcross-county,orNordicskiing,andskijumping.

NorwayhasdominatedthissportssincetheearlydaysincludingsweepingthemedalsinthefirstfourWinterOlympics,andcontinuetohavesuccess.AtSochiin2014Germany’sEricFrenzelwongold.ForTeamUSA,BryanFletcher’sheartwarmingstoryofgoingfromchildhoodcancersurvivortoOlympianisonefortheages.ThiswillbehissecondtriptotheOlympicsasFletcherwasalsoinSochiin2014.Dates: Feb. 14, 20, 22

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

BIATHLON:PerhapsthemosthistoricWinterOlympicsportistheBiathlon,whichisacombinationofcross-countryskiracingandrifleshooting.Thechallengefacingabi-athleteisbeingabletoshootaccuratelyafteranenduringskiworkout.

TheU.S.continuestoimproveinBiathlonbutthissportbelongstotheEuropeancountrieslikeSweden,Norway,France,GermanyandFinland.Norway’sOleEinarBjørndalenhaswonmoremedalsthananyWinterOlympian,period.Dates: Feb. 10-12, 14-15, 17-18, 20, 22-23

CROSS COUNTRY:AnoriginalWinterOlympicssport,Cross-CountrySkiinghasbeenpartoftheGamessincetheirinceptionin1924atChamonix,France.Women’seventsbeganin1952.

AtSochiin2014theScandinaviancountries-Norway,SwedenandFinland-cleanedupwithNorwaywinning11medals,includingfivegoldmedals.TheU.S.Women’steamcouldpullafewsurprises.JessieDigginswonasilvermedalandKikkanRandallwonbronzeatthe2017NordicWorldSkiChampionshipsinLahti,Finland;afirstforTeamUSA.Dates: Feb. 10-11, 13, 15-18, 21, 24-25

ThereisnotanotherOlympianatPyeongChangwhowillbeasdecoratedasNorway’sOleEinarBjørndalen.Knownas“TheKingofBiathlon,”Bjørndalenwillbe44-years-oldbythetimehestrapsonhisskisandthrowsagunoverhisshouldertocompeteintheOlympicBiathlonevents.

Bjørndalenhas13Olympicmedals,includingeightgold.Amongthemarefourhewonin2002atSaltLakeCitywhenhewongoldmedalsinallfourdisciplines(Individual,Sprint,PursuitandRelay)thatwerecontestedatthattime.

He“sort-of”retiredafterwinninggoldinPursuitatSochiin2014,beingelectedtoapositionwiththeIOC.ButheresignedtobegintrainingforwhatwillbehissixthtriptotheWinterOlympicGameswherenoonewillbesurprisedifhehelpsNorwaycontinuetheirBiathlonsuccess,andmakesyetanothertriptothepodium.

Full Name:OleEinarBjørndalenBorn: January27,1974Hometown:Drammen,NorwaySport:Biathlon/CrossCountrySkiingAchievements: 8Olympicgoldmedals;20WorldCupgoldmedals;6WorldCuptitles

PROFILEDOLE EINAR BJØRNDALEN

Bryan Fletcher

Jessica Diggins


PerhapsthemostdaringofWinterOlympicsports,andonethathasbeencontestedateveryWinterOlympicgames,isSkiJumping.TheEuropeanstraditionallydominatetheseevents,especiallythemen’sevents.Awomen’seventwasaddedatSochiin2014withGermany’sCarinaVogtbeingthefirsttowinagoldmedal.She’llhavesomecompetitionfromJapan’sSaraTakanashiandperhapsevenSarahHendricksonofTeamUSA.TheU.S.hasonlymedaledonceinSkiJumping,whileNorwayleadsallnationswith30medalsoverall.Dates: Feb. 8, 10, 12, 16-17, 19

JapanesefigureskaterYuzuruHanyu,whotheNew York Timesrecentlycalled“MichealJacksononice,”appearedtobemorethancapableofbeingthefirstmen’sfigureskatertorepeatasagoldmedalistsinceDickButtonin1952.Thentragedystruck.

HanyuwasinjuredinearlyNovemberwhenhesufferedaligamenttearinhisrightanklewhilepracticing.Suddenly,Japan’sdreamsforoneoftheirmostpopularathletes,andtheirfirstmen’sskatertowinagoldmedal,werequestionableforthe2018WinterOlympics.

ButHanyuhaspressedonanddespitethefactthathewithdrewfromthe2017Japanese

NationalChampionships,hewasnamedtoJapan’sOlympicteaminDecemberandispoisedtocompeteinPyeongChang.Thequestionishowhealthyhe’llbeandhowmuchthetimeawayfrompracticeaffectshisperformance.

Full Name:HanyuYuzuruBorn: December7,1994Hometown:Sendai,Miyagi,JapanSport:FigureSkatingAchievements: Olympicgoldmedal,Singles,2014;WorldChampionshipgoldmedal,Singles,2014,2017

Ben Hebert

FigureSkatingistheoldestWinterOlympicsport,whichwasactuallycontestedintheSummerOlympicsbeginningin1908.Singlescompetitionforbothmenandwomenandpairsarethetraditionaldisciplines,withicedancingaddedin1976.Elegance,athleticism,beautyand

gracealongwithacompetitivespiritdefinethissport’sbestcompetitors.In2014theRussiansdidwellintheirhomecountry,butsomewillbesittingouttheseOlympics.OnebigquestionisifJapan’s

YuzuruHanyucantophisrecordsettingwaysinthemen’ssinglesinSochiin2014.Dates: Feb. 9, 11-12, 14-17, 19-21, 23, 25

Afteramorethan50yearhiatus,curlingreturnedasanOlympicsportin1998andhasbeengrowinginpopularityeversince.Infact,forPyeongChang,mixeddoubleswillbeaddedasaneventtothemen’sandwomen’stournaments.

CanadahasthrivedintheOlympiccurlingcompetitionwithboththemen’sandwomen’steamsmedalingateveryWinterOlympicssincethesportreturned.2010goldmedalistBenHebertreturnsforTeamCanada.Dates: Feb. 8-25 Yuzuru Hanyu

Carina Vogt

Ben Hebert

Yuzuru HanyuPROFILED

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PerhapsthetruemoderniconoftheWinterOlympicsisthebobsled,orbobsleigh,whichisoneofthemostpopularOlympicsportsandoneofthefinalmedalsawardedinthefour-maneventwheresleddersreachspeedsof85mph.

Germany,SwitzerlandandtheU.S.ownthemostmedalsinthissportbutthespotlightinthesegamescouldshifttoCanadaandKaillieHumphrieswhoseeksathree-peatinthewomen’sevent,whichcouldalsoseeateamfromNigeriacompete.Dates: Feb. 18-21, 24-25

Whatiscalled“thefastestsportonice,”lugeinvolveslayingonyourbackonasledthatcango90mph.GermanysweptthegoldmedalsinallfoureventsatSochiin2014.

TeamUSAhasithopespinnedhighonapairofnortheasternracersinthemen’ssingleseventintheformofChrisMazdzerandTuckerWest,aswellasErinHamlinofthewomen’steam.

WestmayhavethemostinterestingstoryofanyOlympianinthathegrewuppracticinglugeona700-foot,backyardtrackhisfatherbuiltforhimwithlightsandaPAsystem.Dates: Feb. 10-15

WhenCanada’sKaillieHumphrieswonagoldmedalinthetwo-womenbobsleigheventattheSochiOlympicsin2014,shebecamethefirstfemalebobsleddertodefendanOlympictitle.Nowshe’sgoingforathree-peatassheheadstoPyeongChang.

Asawomen’sbobsledder,Humphrieshasaccomplishedalot.Notonlyhasshewonhershareofcompetitionsandmedalsbutshe’shelpedtakehersportintonewterritory.

Four-person(mixed-gender)bobsleddingwheremenandwomencompetewithandagainsteachother,iscatchingonoutsidetheOlympics,thanks,

inparttoHumphries’participationinsuchevents.OnecanonlywonderhowlongitwillbebeforetheseareincludedinwhatiscertainlyoneofmostpopularWinterOlympicssports.Fornow,Humphrieswilltrytopilotherwaytotriple-gold.

Full Name:KaillieHumphriesBorn: September4,1985Hometown:Sendai,Calgary,AlbertaSport:BobsleighAchievements: Olympicgoldmedal,2010,2014;WorldChampionshipGold2012,2013

Chris Mazdzer

LUGE

Kaillie Humphries

Nobrakes,headfirstandontheirbellies,Skeletonathletesareadaringbunchinasportthatremindsoneofridingarailsledasakid.SkeletonwaspartofthefirstOlympicsin1924andwouldnotbecontestedagainuntil1948.ItwouldendureanotherlongdroughtuntilitresurfacedinSaltLakeCityin2002.

Forthemen’steam,2014bronzemedalistMatthewAntoinereturnswhilethewomen’steamincludesKatieUhlaender,whofinishedfourthatSochi,behindRussianElenaNikitinawhohasbeencitedfordoping.Dates: Feb. 15-17

SKELETONMatthew Antoine

Kaillie Humphries

PROFILED


Sincemakingit’sOlympicdebutatthe1998NaganoGamesinJapan,SnowboardingisnotjustapopularOlympicsport,butaninfluentialone;consideringthathalfpipeisnowalsopartofFreestyleSkiing.ThesportalsomadeShaunWhiteahouseholdnameandanOlympiclegend.

Australia’sScottyJamesisthemantobeatinmen’shalfpipe.Forthewomen’steam,17-year-oldChloeKimoftheU.S.giveshercountryhighhopesinthehalfpipeasshemakesherOlympicsdebut.Dates: Feb. 10-16, 19, 21-24

LookoutPyeongChang,andmoveoverShaunWhitebecauseherecomesScottyJames.TheyoungAustraliansnowboarderhasbeentearingupthehalfpipeintheXGamesandisexpectedtobeoneofthetopcompetitorsforOlympicgold.

ThiswillbeJames’thirdtriptotheOlympics.HewenttoVancouverin2010atage15,andagaintoSochiin2014,butdidnotcontendforamedal.NowJamesisdominatingtheXGamesandconsistentlyimprovingininternationalcompetition.Hefinished2017rankedNo.1inmen’shalfpipeinboththeWorldSnowboardTourandWorldCupstandings

TheAustraliansarehopingthatJames,whospendsmuchofhistimeintheU.S.,canbringthemgoldafterawardinghimtheAustralianInstituteMaleAthleteoftheYearAwardin2017.

Full Name:ScottJamesBorn: July6,1994Hometown:Warrandyte,Victoria,AustraliaSport:SnowboardingDiscipline:HalfpipeAchievements:XGameshalfpipegoldmedalist,2017;BurtonU.S.Openhalfpipesilvermedalist,2017;SnowboardingWorldChampionshipsgoldmedal,2015,2017.

PROFILEDScotty James

Scotty James

Speedskatingwillbea

verybusysportatthePyeongChang

Olympicswith15totalevents.Men’sSpeed

SkatingwaspartofthefirstWinterOlympicsin

1924withwomen’seventsbeingaddedatLakePlacidin

1932.TheDutchhavealwaysbeen

dominantinSpeedSkatingwith105totalmedals,including23(8gold

medals)atSochiin2014.SvenKramerandIreenWuestreturntorepresentthe

Netherlands.Kramerisgoingforathirdgoldmedalinthe5,000-meterandseekinghisfirst

inthe10,000.Wuestwillcompeteinthewomen’s1,500and3,000onthebigoval.

Dates: Feb. 10-16, 18-19, 21, 23-24

HostingcountrySouthKoreahasthemostmedals(42)inShortTrackracingsinceit’sinceptionin1998,whiletheAmericansarelookingforthenextApoloAntonOhno.2014OlympichopefulJohn-HenryKruegergetsanotherchanceforOlympicgloryaftermissingSochiduetohavingtheswineflu.

TeamUSAhasbeenstronginthiscompetitivesportwhereathletesraceagainsteachotherratherthantheclock.Butit’sbeentheKoreanswhohavesurgedinrecentOlympicGamesandwillbeontheirhomeice.Dates: Feb. 10, 13, 17, 20, 22

John-Henry Krueger

Ireen Wust

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OPENING CEREMONY 2/9Alpine Skiing 2/11-2/15 M; 2/17-2/18 M; 2/21-2/24 M

Biathlon 2/10-2/12 M; 2/14-2/15 M; 2/17-2/18 M, 2/20 M, 2/22-2/23 M

Bobsleigh 2/18 Q; 2/19 M; 2/20 Q; 2/21 M; 2/24 Q; 2/25 M

Cross-Country Skiing 2/10-2/11 M; 2/13 M; 2/15-2/18 M; 2/21 M; 2/24-2/25 M

Curling 2/8-2/12 Q; 2/13 M; 2/14-2/22 Q; 2/23-2/25 M

Figure Skating 2/9 Q; 2/11 Q; 2/12 M; 2/14 Q; 2/15 M; 2/16 Q; 2/17 M; 2/19 Q; 2/20 M; 2/21 Q; 2/23 M

Freestyle Skiing 2/9 Q; 2/11-2/12 M; 2/15 Q; 2/16-2/18 M; 2/19 Q; 2/20-2/23 M

Ice Hockey 2/10-2/20 Q; 2/21-2/22 M; 2/23 Q; 2/24-2/25 M

Luge 2/10 Q; 2/11 M; 2/12 Q; 2/13-2/15 M

Nordic Combined 2/14 M; 2/20 M; 2/22 M

Short Track Speed Skating 2/10 M; 2/13 M; 2/17 M; 2/20 M; 2/22 M

Skeleton 2/15 Q; 2/16-2/17 M

Ski Jumping 2/8 Q; 2/10 M; 2/12 M; 2/16 Q; 2/17 M; 2/19 M

Snowboard 2/10 Q; 2/11-2/16 M; 2/19 Q; 2/21-2/22 Q; 2/23-2/24 M

Speed Skating 2/10-2/16 M; 2/18-2/19 M; 2/21 M; 2/23-2/24 M

Closing Ceremony 2/25

Event Dates of Events Q=Qualifying event M=Medal event

THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26


When the XIII Winter Olympic Games were held in Lake Placid, New York in 1980, the concept of allowing NHL players to participate in the Olympics was in its infancy. Still, the Russian, or Soviet Union, team was considered the best with years of international play under their belts.

Other than 1960, when they were upset by the United States, the Soviet Union had won the gold medal in men’s hockey at five of the previous six Winter Olympics dating back to 1956, and were the favorites again in Lake Placid.

Herb Brooks, who for the third time had just led the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers to a National Championship, was chosen to coach the U.S. team. He selected what would be the youngest national team ever to compete in the Olympics and set out to have them in peak physical condition for the Olympic hockey tournament. The result was a young, physical team that came through the preliminary rounds of the tournament unscathed and set the stage for a medal round matchup with the Russians.

The game was tied 2-2 after the first period, and the Soviets led 3-2 after the second. Two goals in the third period, including team captain Mike Eruzione’s shot with ten minutes remaining, put Team USA ahead for good. As the final seconds ticked off the clock, ABC sportscaster Al Michaels uttered the now-famous phrase, “Do you believe in miracles? YES!”

A 4-2 win over Finland a few days later secured the gold medal for the U.S. Brooks became a national hero, as did Eruzione and goalie Jim Craig. Several players from both teams went on to have NHL careers. The game came to be known as the “Miracle on Ice” and was the subject of a 2004 movie called “Miracle,” which featured Kurt Russell playing the part of Brooks.

Stunned by the loss, the Soviets refused to have their names inscribed on their silver medals. They went on to win gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. In 2015, ESPN produced a documentary about the 1980 Soviet hockey team called “Of Miracles and Men,” as part of their “30 for 30 series.”

BY DAN LADD


BY DAN LADDWhen the Olympic torch goes out in PyeongChang on Feb. 25, it will not be

the end of Olympic competition. Beginning on March 9 - exactly one month from the opening ceremonies of the XXIII Winter Olympics - the XII Winter Paralympic Games will get under way and run through March 18.

Over 600 of athletes from an estimated 80 countries are expected to attend, a trend that continues upward.

The roots or the Paralympics date back to the post-World War II era when disabled veterans sought to compete in athletics. In 1976 the first official Winter Paralympics were held in Sweden where amputees and visually impaired athletes represented their countries in both alpine and cross-country skiing. The Paralympics has since expanded and in PyeongChang will feature 80 events in six sports: Alpine skiing - biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey, snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

The Paralympics are now traditionally held following both the Summer and Winter Olympic games and in the same host city. TV coverage continues to expand around the world, including on NBC Networks in the U.S.

Past Winter OlympicsI 1924 Chamonix, France

II 1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland

III 1932 Lake Placid, United States

IV 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

V 1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland

VI 1952 Oslo, Norway

VII 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

VIII 1960 Squaw Valley, United States

IX 1964 Innsbruck, Austria

X 1968 Grenoble, France

XI 1972 Sapporo, Japan

XII 1976 Innsbruck, Austria

XIII 1980 Lake Placid

XIV 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

XV 1988 Calgary, Canada

XVI 1992 Albertville, France

XVII 1994 Lillehammer, Norway

XVIII 1998 Nagano, Japan

XIX 2002 Salt Lake City, United States

XX 2006 Turin, Italy

XXI 2010 Vancouver, Canada

XXII 2014 Sochi, Russia

XXIII 2018 PyeongChang, South Korea

Canceled OlympicsTwo Winter Olympics were canceled during World War II. Had they taken place the 1940 Games would’ve been held in Sapporo, Japan and the 1944 Games Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

Future Winter OlympicsXXIV 2022 Beijing, China

The Winter Olympics: Past, Present and Future

Paralympics showcase the hero/athlete


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2018 12 PM OLYMPIC Return To Sochi

Ladies’ Figure Skating.Alookbackattheladies’figureskatingcompeti-tion.(CC)SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2018

12 PM OLYMPIC Return To So-chi Snowboarding.Alookbackatsnowboardingcompetition.FromSo-chi,Russia.(CC)

2 PM OLYMPIC Return To Sochi Pairs Figure Skating.Alookbackatthepairsfigureskatingcompetition.(CC)

4:30 PM OLYMPIC Going for Gold Olympic Roundtable.Olympicdis-cussionandanalysis.(CC)

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2018 12 PM OLYMPIC Return To Sochi

Freestyle Skiing.Alookbackatthefreestyleskiingcompetition.(CC)

2 PM OLYMPIC Return To Sochi Ice Dance.Alookbackattheicedancingcompetition.(CC)

MONDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2018 1 PM OLYMPIC Return To Sochi

Freestyle Skiing.Alookbackatthefreestyleskiingcompetition.(CC)

3 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympic Trials Speed Skating: Women’s 3000 & Men’s 5000.FromMilwau-kee,Wisconsin.(Taped)(CC)

4:30 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympic Trials Speed Skating: Men’s and Women’s 1000.FromMilwaukee,Wisconsin.(Taped)(CC)

8 PM NBCSN Return To Sochi Men’s Ice Hockey: USA vs. Rus-sia.Alookbackatthemen’shockeygame.FromSochi,Russia.

10 PM NBC The Best of the U.S: The 2018 Winter Olympics(CC)NBCSN Return To Sochi Ladies’ Figure Skating.Alookbackattheladies’figureskatingcompetition.

11 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympic Trials Short Track Speed Skating.FromKearns,Utah.(Taped)(CC)TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2018

12 PM OLYMPIC Return To Sochi Ice Dance.Alookbackattheicedancingcompetition.(CC)

1 PM OLYMPIC Return To Sochi Ladies’ Figure Skating.Alookbackattheladies’figureskatingcompeti-tion.(CC)

3 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympic Trials Short Track Speed Skating.FromKearns,Utah.(Taped)(CC)

4:30 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympic Trials Short Track Speed Skating.FromKearns,Utah.(CC)

5 PM NBCSN U.S. Olympic Trials Short Track Speed Skating.FromKearns,Utah.(Taped)

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2018 12 PM OLYMPIC Return To Sochi

Ladies’ Figure Skating.Alookbackattheladies’figureskatingcompeti-tion.(CC)

2 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympic Trials Ski Jumping.FromtheUtahOlympicParkinParkCity,Utah.(Taped)(CC)

3:30 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympic Trials Short Track Speed Skating.FromKearns,Utah.(CC)

5 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympic Trials Short Track Speed Skating.FromKearns,Utah.(Taped)(CC)

5:30 PM NBCSN U.S. Olympic Trials Speed Skating: Men’s and Women’s 1000.FromMilwaukee.(Taped)

11 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Alpine Skiing, Curling.Alpineskiing(men’sdownhilltraining);mixeddoublescurling(U.S.vs.OAR).(Same-dayTape)THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2018

1 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Films Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory.Alookatthe2006WinterGamesthatincludesfeaturedathletesinterviews.(CC)

3 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Films Albertville 1992: One Light, One World.HighlightsfromtheOlympicGamesofAlbertvillein1992.(CC)

5 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Films Calgary ’88.(CC)


8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing.Figureskatingteamevent(men’sandpairs’shortprogram);freestyleskiing(moguls).(Live)(CC)NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Curling, Alpine Skiing, Luge.Mixeddoublescurling(U.S.vs.Switzer-land);alpineskiing(men’sdownhilltraining);luge.(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Films Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Greenspan’s Sto-ries of Glory.Alookatthe2002

WinterGamesthatincludesfeaturedathletesinterviews.(CC)

10:30 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Films Bud Greenspan Presents Vancou-ver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glo-ry.Alookatthe2010WinterGamesthatincludesfeaturedathletesinter-views.(CC)

11:35 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs South Korea.CurlingsiblingsMattandBeccaHamiltonrepresenttheU.S.againsthostSouthKoreainmixeddoubles.Bothalsoqualifiedtocompetewiththeirrespectivemen’sandwomen’steamsinnextweek’scompetition.(Live)

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2018 12:30 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Films

Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Green-span’s Stories of Glory.Alookatthe2002WinterGamesthatincludesfeaturedathletesinterviews.(CC)


5 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Films Bud Greenspan Presents Vancou-ver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glo-ry.Alookatthe2010WinterGamesthatincludesfeaturedathletesinter-views.(CC)

7:30 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Films Albertville 1992: One Light, One World.HighlightsfromtheOlympicGamesofAlbertvillein1992.(CC)

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.MikeTiricoandKatieCourichostcoverageoftheOpeningCeremonyfromPyeongC-hangOlympicStadium.(Same-dayTape)(CC)

9:30 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Films Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory.Thestoriesofsomeoftheathleteswhoparticipatedinthe1994OlympicWinterGames.(CC)SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2018

12 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympics DailyFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

12:30 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olym-pics DailyFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

1 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Speed Skating, Biathlon, Curling.Speedskating(women’s3000m);biathlon(women’s7.5km

sprint);mixeddoublescurling.(Same-dayTape)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding, Short Track, Ski Jumping, Luge.Snowboarding(men’sslopestylecompetition);shorttrack(goldmedalfinal);skijumping;luge.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Snowboarding.OlympicIce;snowboarding(men’sslopestylegoldmedalfinal).(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel News

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Men’s Alpine Ski-ing.Figureskatingteamevent(icedanceandladies’shortprogram);alpineskiing(men’sdownhill).(Live)(CC)

9:45 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Curling, Snowboarding.Mixeddoublescurling(U.S.vs.Fin-land);snowboarding(women’sslope-style).(Live)

11:30 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Figure Skating.Figureskatingteamevent(pairs’freeskate).(Live)(CC)SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2018



1 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

1:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Curling, Luge.Mixeddoublescurling(tiebreaker);luge;medalceremonies.(Same-dayTape)

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Speed Skating, Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing.Speedskating(men’s5000mgoldmedalfinal);biathlon(men’s10kmsprint);cross-countryskiing.(Same-dayTape)(CC)

5:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic Ice, Biathlon.TheU.S.entersPyeongChangwith

Your Winter Olympics Listing Guide


multipleshotsatafirst-everOlympicmedalinbiathlon.(Same-dayTape)



7 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Snowboarding, Luge.Figureskatingteamevent;alpineskiing;freestyleskiing;snow-boarding;luge.(Live)(CC)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

8 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Snowboarding, Curling.Snowboarding(women’sslopestylegoldmedalfinal);mixeddoublescurling(semifinal).(Live)

11:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Curling, Speed Skating.Mixeddoublescurling(semifinalre-play);speedskating(men’s5000mgoldmedalfinal).(Same-dayTape)

11:35 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Women’s Alpine Skiing, Women’s Snowboarding.Alpineskiing(women’sgiantslalomgoldmedalfinal);snowboarding(women’shalfpipecompetition).(Live)(CC)MONDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2018




3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing, Ski Jumping, Luge.Freestyleskiing(men’smo-guls);skijumping(women’sindi-vidualnormalhill);luge(women’s).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

5 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Hockey, Olympic Ice.LiamMcHughisjoinedbyco-hostTanithWhiteandanalystScottHamiltonfor‘‘OlympicIce.’’(Same-dayTape)CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics Mixed Doubles Curling, Semifinal: Teams TBA.(Same-dayTape)(CC)




8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Speed Skating.Alpineskiing(men’scombined);snowboarding(halfpipe);speedskating(women’s1500mfi-nal).(Live)(CC)NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Curling, Hockey.Mixeddoublescurling(semifinalreplay);hockey.(Same-dayTape)

11:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding, Curling.Snowboarding(men’shalfpipe);mixeddoublescurling(bronzemedalmatch).(Live)TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2018


12:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Short Track, Curling.Shorttrack(goldmedalfinal);mixeddoublescurling(bronzemedalmatchreplay).(Same-dayTape)OLYMPIC Winter Olympics DailyFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.


3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Speed Skating, Luge, Cross-Coun-try Skiing.Speedskating(men’s1500mgoldmedalfinal);luge(wom-en’ssingles);cross-countryskiing.(Same-dayTape)(CC)

4:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies, Hockey.Coverageofnotablepo-diumceremoniesfromtheMedalsPlazainPyeongChang.(Same-dayTape)

5 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics Mixed Doubles Curling, Gold-Med-al Match: Teams TBA.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Figure Skating.Figureskatingcoveragefeaturesearlygroupsinthepairs’shortpro-gram.(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding.Figureskating(pairs’short);alpineskiing(women’sslalom);snowboarding(men’shalf-pipe).(Live)(CC)

10:10 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Sweden vs Switzerland.

SaraGrahnleadsSwedenagainstLiviaAltmannandSwitzerlandinGroupBpreliminaryaction.(Live)

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2018 12 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympics

DailyFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.



1:15 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Women’s Curling, Medal Ceremonies.DenmarktakesonSwedeninawomen’scurlingroundrobinopener.Plus,notablepodiumceremonies.(Same-dayTape)

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Luge, Nordic Combined.Luge(doublesgoldmedalfinal);NordicCombined(men’sindividualnormalhill/10kmfinal).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

5 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Hockey Game of the Day.Hockeygameoftheday(replay).(Same-dayTape)CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Japan.TheU.S.andJapan,twocountrieswhichhavenevermedalledinwomen’scurling,collide.AllfivemembersoftheUSAteam,consist-ingofNinaRoth,TabithaPeterson,AileenGeving,BeccaHamiltonandCoryChristensenaremakingtheirOlympicdebuts.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Figure Skating.Figureskatingcoverageincludesthepairs’goldmedalfinal.Plus,‘‘Olym-picIce.’’(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Skeleton, Speed Skating.Figureskating(pairs’);alpineskiing(men’sSuper-G);skeleton;women’sspeedskating.(Live)(CC)

10 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Finland vs Germany.Finland,whichhaswonthebronzemedalinthelasttwoWinterOlympics,facesGermanyinGroupC.(Live)(CC)

10:10 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Canada.Pow-erhouseteamsUnitedStatesand

CanadabattleeachotherinGroupApreliminaryaction.(Live)THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2018

12 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Biathlon.LowellBaileyshootsandskisforabiathlonbreak-throughinthemen’s20kmindividualevent.(Same-dayTape)OLYMPIC Winter Olympics DailyFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.



2 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics U.S. vs Italy.TheUnitedStatessquadgetsbackontheiceforitssecondgame,whiletheItalianscompeteintheirthird.TheU.S.haswonjustoneOlympicmedal(bronzein2006),whileItalyhasnevermed-alled.(Same-dayTape)

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Women’s Cross-Country Skiing, Men’s Speed Skating.Cross-coun-tryskiing(women’s10kmgoldmedalfinal);speedskating(men’s10000mgoldmedalfinal).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

5 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Hockey Game of the Day.Hockey(gameofthedayreplay).(Same-dayTape)CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Switzerland.Switzerland,whichfinishedonepointoutofthemedalsinSochi,takesontheUnitedStatesinaroundrobincontest.TheSwissteamisledbyskipSilvanaTirinzoni,whiletheAmericancaptainistwo-timenationalchampionNinaRoth.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Figure Skating.Figureskatingcoveragefeaturesearlygroupsofthemen’sshortpro-gram.(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Snowboard-ing, Skeleton, Freestyle Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing.Figureskating(men’sshort);snowboard-ing;skeleton;freestyleskiing;cross-countryskiing.(Live)(CC)

10 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics U.S. vs Slovakia.ChrisBour-


queandtheU.S.faceLadislavNagyandSlovakia.(Live)(CC)

11 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Curling, Cross-Country Skiing.Men’scurling(U.S.vs.Swe-den);cross-countryskiing(men’s15kmgoldmedalfinal).(Live)

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2018 12 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympics

DailyFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.



2 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics South Korea vs Switzerland.HostcountrySouthKoreameetsSwitzerlandonDay3ofthewom-en’scurlingcompetition.EunjungKimskipstheSouthKoreanside,whileSilvanaTirinzonileadsthisyear’srepresentativesfromSwitzer-land,whichfinishedfourthinSochi.(Same-dayTape)

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Speed Skating, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping.Speedskating(women’s5000mgoldmedalfinal);cross-countryskiing(men’s15km);skijumping.(Same-dayTape)(CC)

5 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Hockey Game of the Day.Hockey(gameofthedayreplay).(Same-dayTape)CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Denmark.DenmarkandtheUnit-edStatessendtheirmen’scurlingteamsoutontheiceforroundrobinaction.Four-timeOlympianJohnShustercaptainstheU.S.,whileRasmusStjerneskipsforDenmark,whichhasneverwonanOlympiccurlingmedal.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Figure Skating.Figureskatingcoverageincludesthemen’sgoldmedalfinal.Plus,‘‘Olym-picIce.’’(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Skeleton.Figureskating(men’sfinal);alpineskiing(women’sSuper-G);freestyleskiing;skeleton.(Live)(CC)

10 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Women’s Hockey, Quarterfi-nal: Teams TBA.(Live)(CC)

10:10 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Canada vs Czech Re-public.CodyGoloubefleadsteamCanadaasittakesonToma?Kun-dratekandtheCzechRepublicinGroupA.(Live)SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2018




1:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Skeleton, Ski Jumping, Hockey.Skeleton(women’sgoldmedalfinalruns);skijumping(men’sindividuallargehill);hockey.(Same-dayTape)

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Freestyle Skiing, Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing.Freestyleskiing(men’saerials);biathlon(wom-en’s12.5kmmassstart);cross-coun-tryskiing.(Same-dayTape)(CC)

5 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics U.S. vs Canada.DefendingOlympicwomen’scurlingchampionCanadabattlestheUnitedStatesinamatchupofNorthAmericanrivals.RachelHoman,EmmaMiskew,JoanneCourtney,LisaWeagleandCherylBernardtrytoclaimCanada’ssixthmedalinasmanyOlympictries.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Men’s Freestyle Skiing.GusKenworthyrepresentsastrongU.S.teaminthefreestyleski-ingslopestylequalifyinground.(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing, Short Track, Skel-eton, Ski Jumping.Alpineskiing(men’sgiantslalom);shorttrack;skeleton(women’sgoldmedalfinal);skijumping.(Live)(CC)

10:10 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Germany vs Norway.ChristianEhrhoffleadsGermanyasittakesonNorway.(Live)

11:30 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Alpine Skiing, Men’s

Freestyle Skiing.Alpineskiing(men’sgiantslalomgoldmedalfinalrun);freestyleskiing(men’sslope-style).(Live)(CC)SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2018



1 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Cross-Country Skiing, Hockey.Cross-countryskiing(men’s4x10kmrelaygoldmedalfinal);hockey(gameofthedayreplay).(Same-dayTape)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing, Speed Skating, Biathlon.Freestyleskiing(men’saerialsgoldmedalfinal);speedskat-ing(men’steampursuit);biathlon.(Same-dayTape)(CC)

4 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Norway.Theeighthdrawofmen’scurlingcompetitionfeaturestheUSAfacingNorway.Teamscon-sistofJohnShuster,TylerGeorge,MattHamiltonandJohnLandsteiner(USA),andThomasUlsrud,TorgerNergaard,ChristofferSvaeandHaa-vardVadPetersson(NOR).(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Speed Skating, Bobsled, Cross-Country Skiing.Figureskating(icedance);freestyleskiing;speedskating;bobsled;cross-coun-tryskiing.(Live)(CC)NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic Ice, Figure Skating.Fig-ureskatingcoveragefeaturesearlygroupsintheshortdancecompeti-tion.Plus,‘‘OlympicIce.’’(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsFromPyeongChang,SouthKorea.

10:15 PM NBCSN 2018 Win-ter Olympics Freestyle Skiing, Women’s Hockey.Freestyleskiing(men’saerialsgoldmedalfinal);women’shockey(semifinal).(Live)MONDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2018

12 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympics Daily

12:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Canada.North

AmericanrivalsCanadaandtheUnitedStatesbattleinDraw9ofmen’scurlingcompetition.TheCanadianshavemedalledineveryOlympicssincecurlingwasreintro-ducedin1998,includinggoldmedalsinthelastthreeGames.OLYMPIC Winter Olympics Daily

1 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Channel News

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Ski Jumping, Men’s and Women’s Speed Skating.Skijumping(men’steamlargehillfinal);speedskating(men’s500m,wom-en’steampursuit).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

3:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Hockey Game of the Day I and II.Hockey(gameofthedayreplays).(Same-dayTape)

5 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs China.TheUnitedStateswomenplaytheirsecondmatchofthedaywhentheymeetChinainDraw9.TheChineseteam,skippedbyBingyuWang,stillhavetobattlepre-tournamentfavoritesCanadaandSwedentocompleteroundrobinplay.(Same-dayTape)(CC)


6:30 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olym-pics Daily

7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing.OlympicIce;figureskating(icedanc-ingfinal);alpineskiing(women’sdownhilltraining).(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel News

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Bobsled.Figureskating(icedancefinal);freestyleskiing(women’shalf-pipe);bobsled(two-manfinal).(Live)(CC)

10:10 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Men’s Hockey, Elimina-tion Round: Teams TBA.(Live)

11 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Channel NewsTUESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2018

12 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Nordic Combined, Short Track, Women’s Curling.NordicCombined(men’sindividuallargehill/10kmgoldmedalfinal);shorttrack;women’scurling.(Same-dayTape)OLYMPIC Winter Olympics Daily




3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Biathlon, Nordic Combined.Biathlon(mixedrelayfinal);NordicCombined(men’sindividuallargehill/10kmgoldmedalfinal).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

5 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Hockey Game of the Day.Hockey(gameofthedayreplay).(Same-dayTape)CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Switzerland.Switzerlandcom-pletesitsroundrobinschedulewithamatchagainsttheUnitedStates.TheSwissmenfailedtomedalinSochiin2014,butgarneredabronzeinVancouverin2010.TheU.S.isseekingitsfirstmedalin12years.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Figure Skating.Figureskatingcoveragefeaturesearlygroupsintheladies’shortpro-gram.(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel News

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing, Figure Skating, Bobsled, Snowboarding.Alpineskiing(women’sdownhill);figureskating(ladies’shortprogram);bob-sled;snowboarding.(Live)(CC)

10 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Hockey, Quarterfinal: Teams TBA.(Live)(CC)

10:45 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Women’s Curling.Cana-davs.GreatBritain;SouthKoreavs.OAR.(Same-dayTape)


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2018 12 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympics

Daily 12:30 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olym-

pics Daily 1 PM OLYMPIC Olympic Channel

News 1:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter

Olympics Men’s Curling, Medal Ceremonies.Men’scurlingcover-agefeaturesaroundrobinmatchbetweenU.S.andGreatBritain.(Same-dayTape)

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Speed Skating, Men’s Cross-Country Skiing.Speedskat-ing(teampursuitgoldmedalfinal);cross-countryskiing(men’steamsprintfinal).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

5 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Hockey Game of the Day.

Hockey(gameofthedayreplay).(Same-dayTape)CNBC 2018 Winter Olympics U.S. vs Sweden.DefendingsilvermedalistSwedenclosesoutroundrobinplaywithamatchagainsttheU.S.TheSwedishsquadconsistsofskipAnnaHasselborg,vice-skipSaraMcManus,secondAgnesKno-chenhauer,leadSofiaMabergsandalternateJennieWahlin.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Women’s Curling.CanadatakesonOARinawomen’scurlingmatch.Plus,LiamMcHughhosts‘‘OlympicIce.’’(Same-dayTape)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel News

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Bobsled, Cross-Country Skiing.Alpineskiing(men’sslalom);free-styleskiing(men’shalfpipe);bob-sled;cross-countryskiing.(Live)(CC)

10:45 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Women’s Hockey, Gold Medal Game: Teams TBA.(Live)


11:35 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Alpine Skiing.Inthesecondrunofthemen’sslalom,MarcelHirscherlookstocapturehisfirstOlympicgold.(Live)(CC)THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2018




1:45 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Men’s Curling, Semifi-nal: Teams TBA.(Same-dayTape)

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Women’s Biathlon, Men’s Nor-dic Combined.Biathlon(women’s4x6kmrelaygoldmedalfinal);NordicCombined(men’steamlargehill/4x-5km).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

4:45 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Hockey Game of the Day.Hockey(gameofthedayre-play).(Same-dayTape)

5 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Curling, Semifinal: Teams TBA.(Same-dayTape)(CC)



7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Olympic Ice, Figure Skating.Figureskatingcoveragefeaturesearlygroupsintheladies’freepro-gramcompetition.(Live)OLYMPIC Olympic Channel News

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Short Track.Figureskating(ladies’goldmedalfinal);alpineskiing(women’s);snowboard-ing;shorttrack.(Live)(CC)

10 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Curling, Short Track.Shorttrackfinalsincludethemen’s500m,women’s1000mandmen’s5000mrelay.Plus,men’scurling.(Same-dayTape)


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2018 12 PM OLYMPIC Winter Olympics

Daily 12:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter

Olympics Women’s Curling, Medal Ceremonies.Coverageofawom-en’scurlingsemifinalmatch,plusnotablepodiumcelebrations.(Same-dayTape)OLYMPIC Winter Olympics Daily


3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Men’s Biathlon, Figure Skating Review.Biathlon(men’s4x7.5kmrelaygoldmedalfinal);figureskating(ladies’review).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

4 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Hockey Game of the Day I and II, Olympic Ice.LiamMcHughisjoinedbyTanithWhiteandScottHamiltonfor‘‘OlympicIce.’’Plus,hockey.(Same-dayTape)

5 PM CNBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Women’s Curling, Semifinal: Teams TBA.(Same-dayTape)(CC)




8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Bobsled, Speed Skating.Alpineskiing(teameventfinal);snowboard-ing(men’sbigair);bobsled(four-man);speedskating.(Live)(CC)NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Men’s Biathlon, Women’s Curling.Biathlon(men’s4x7.5kmrelaygold

medalfinal);women’scurling(semifi-nal).(Same-dayTape)


11:35 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s and Women’s Snow-boarding.Snowboarding(men’sandwomen’sparallelgiantslalomgoldmedalfinals).(Same-dayTape)(CC)SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2018


2 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Hockey Game of the Day.Hockey(gameofthedayreplay).(Same-dayTape)

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Speed Skating, Men’s Cross-Country Skiing.Speedskat-ing(men’sandwomen’smassstartgoldmedalfinals);cross-countryski-ing(men’s50km).(Same-dayTape)(CC)

4 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Men’s Curling, Olympic Ice.LiamMcHughisjoinedbyTanithWhiteandScottHamiltonfor‘‘Olym-picIce.’’(Same-dayTape)

7 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olym-pics Women’s Curling, Gold Medal Match: Teams TBA.(Live)

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Gala, Bobsled.Figureskatingcoveragefeaturesthegalaevent.Plus,thefour-manbob-sledcompetition.(Live)(CC)

10:30 PM NBCSN 2018 Winter Olympics Men’s Hockey, Gold Medal Game: Teams TBA.(Live)

11:30 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics(Same-dayTape)(CC)SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2018

3 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Women’s Cross-Country Ski-ing.CompetitioninPyeongChangconcludeswiththewomen’s30kmcross-countryskiingevent.(Same-dayTape)(CC)

7 PM NBC Olympic GoldFromPy-eongChang,SouthKorea.(CC)

8 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony.FromPyeongC-hangOlympicStadium.(Live)(CC)

11:35 PM NBC 2018 Winter Olym-pics Closing Ceremony.FromPy-eongChangOlympicStadium.(CC)MONDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2018

12 PM NBCSN Return to Pyeo-ngchang Figure Skating: Ladies’ Singles.

1 PM NBCSN Return to Pyeongc-hang Short Track.

11 PM NBCSN Return to Pyeong-chang Speed Skating.

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