As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games approach and Covid-19 concerns mount, NBC Sports will not send any of its announcing teams to China, a spokesperson told USA Today Sports, Wednesday afternoon. (USA Today)
NBC broadcasting teams had been scheduled to travel to Beijing in order to cover figure skating, Alpine skiing and snowboarding, but they will no longer be going. However, NBC’s Olympic host Mike Tirico will still be traveling to China to cover the first few days of the games, before heading to Los Angeles to call the Super Bowl. (The Hill)
NBCUniversal, under pressure from human rights groups, on Wednesday said that its broadcast coverage of the 2022 Beijing Olympics will include the “geopolitical context” of China as the host nation. (Reuters)