Salon.com > Bob Costas moment of silence http://www.salon.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:25:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 NBC blows it again http://www.salon.com/2012/08/06/nbc_blows_it_again/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/06/nbc_blows_it_again/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:59:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12973497 Years from now, millions of Americans, including myself, will remember exactly where we were when Usain Bolt won the 100m in London in 9.63 seconds -- the second fastest time in history. We were in front of our TVs watching horse jumping (on NBC) and women’s volleyball (on MSNBC).

The 100m final is, traditionally, the glamour event of the Olympics, the marquee race of the games. That was especially true this time with Bolt, who dazzled in Beijing, looking to become just the second man in Olympic history to win consecutive gold medals in the event. (Carl Lewis is the other.) And the greedy, calculating bastards who run NBC decided everyone in the U.S. should watch horses jumping over obstacles while the fastest man in the world won his gold -- so they could make more money by running it in prime time.

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