9%?

Sure, I would. But I’d also expect people to hate me for it, and I’d consider that hate the cost of doing business.

Come on now, let’s call it what it actually is: the Fat Man Relay.

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I’d be much more irritated if Luke Russert hadn’t spent 8 years at NBC; if this year’s favorite to be the 45th President weren’t the spouse of the 42nd President; if the 43rd President weren’t the son of the 41st President.

I loved the shot.

I always like Collins, Carillo, and McEnroe when NBC still had Wimbledon. It was almost like having three color commentators.

I hope so, too.

I never got to throw a hammer. I’d love to know what it’s like.

Exactly. Hammer, discus, shot, javelin, pole vault, high jump? Wrestling, boxing, weightlifting? Badminton?

Best scandal.

Oh, jeez. I can write a few sentences that simultaneously address multiple concerns.

For the record, you do realize my criticism concerns the lack of coverage of the field events?

Manipulative, overly sentimental and cloying?

You both realize that neither of you “Proclaimers of Trolldom” know the difference between track and/or field?

They don’t have gymnastics in the winter games?

Nah, it’s still there when he pontificates during SNF.

That’s why Mary Carillo’s so great. She’ll get a 5-, 10-minute chunk between events to tell a story, and she’ll tell it. And then it’s over. It’s so much better than what are basically biographical bumpers NBC slips into competition coverage.

Ha. The prophecy was fulfilled!

Sochi, London, Vancouver, Beijing, Torino, Salt Lake City.