ESPN did the run-up for tonight's LSU-South Carolina women's basketball game in a big-time way. First women's college basketball game ever in the ABC Saturday primetime window. Well done.

NEW: My latest CBC sports column for CBC Olympics: Chasing greatness at the Olympics: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

NEW: My latest CBC sports column for CBC Olympics: Chasing greatness at the Olympics: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

Column: Explaining what the path looks like for the U.S. and Canada with all the chaos in the Olympic bracket www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...

NEW PODCAST: @sportsmediawatch.bsky.social and Ben Strauss on ESPN's all-year promotion for its upcoming Super Bowl; the NBA All Star Game as a media play; The Washington Post sports section and whether another publication be a sports player in DC. TO LISTEN: swap.fm/l/4apy5A6Fma...

NEW PODCAST: @sportsmediawatch.bsky.social and Ben Strauss on ESPN's all-year promotion for its upcoming Super Bowl; the NBA All Star Game as a media play; The Washington Post sports section and whether another publication be a sports player in DC. TO LISTEN: swap.fm/l/4apy5A6Fma...

I find myself even a couple of hours still stunned that Ilia Malinin did not hit the podium today.

Something behind the scenes most don't know: Gannon considers Lipinski and Weir among his closest friends. That chemistry is what makes that team so well. Also: Gannon was a point guard in college for a national championship team. He has an ethos, from very young, to make others involved and star.

NEW: Olympic column for CBC Sports: The Quad God fell to earth. READ: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

Ilia Malinin (USA) goes for Gold at 4:48 p.m. ET today.

NEW PODCAST: The guest is Kenan Kamwana Holley, the director of Prime Video's excellent new four-part docuseries: "Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association" LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE: swap.fm/l/4apy5A6Fma...

STORY: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

NEW PODCAST SHORT: A new doc shows the Julius Erving you never saw — when he was like Michael Jordan every night. The guest is Kenan Kamwana Holley, an Emmy Award documentarian who directed "Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association." swap.fm/l/4apy5A6Fma...

Going harder on freestyle skiers and Super Bowl halftime singers than those who enabled the horrific Jeffery Epstein.....

The Milan-Cortina men's snowboard cross final was an incredible race. Make sure you watch the replay.

NEW PODCAST SHORT: A new doc shows the Julius Erving you never saw — when he was like Michael Jordan every night. The guest is Kenan Kamwana Holley, an Emmy Award documentarian who directed "Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association." swap.fm/l/4apy5A6Fma...

The IOC disqualified him this morning over his helmet featuring images of Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia.

NEW COLUMN FOR CBC Olympics: Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych is the most important athlete at the Olympics right now Here's why: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

I cannot thank CBC Sports enough for letting me write daily on the Olympics. It's been incredible to throw myself back into this world and a reminder of how much I love the event. Grazie.

NEW COLUMN FOR CBC Olympics: Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych is the most important athlete at the Olympics right now Here's why: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

Every person serving in Congress — and every person running for the House and Senate — should be asked why Maxwell was moved to a minimum-security prison.

Just horrific news tonight.

NEW: The Swedes are kicking butt on snow, and adultery hits the Olympics. My column for CBC Sports: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

NEW: The Swedes are kicking butt on snow, and adultery hits the Olympics. My column for CBC Sports: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

NEWS: The actual numbers from the Super Bowl are now in, per Nielsen. •Seahawks-Patriots averaged 124.9 million viewers, second-most watched SB in U.S. history behind last year. •The halftime show averaged 128.2 million viewers in the U.S. Full global viewership will be available early next week.

Women's Basketball news: The South Carolina-Tennessee game on Feb. 8 averaged 1.5 million viewers on ABC — most-watched women's basketball game of the 2025-26 regular season.

An obvious Monday morning take: The Santander signing has to rank as one of the worst in franchise history given where that money could have spent. There is time to change that take but brutal. That said: I think the Blue Jays are a better team without Santander.

I cannot see anyone coming close to the United States women's hockey team in this tournament. Too good this cycle.

The definition of irony: The IOC, whose members stay in five-star hotels during the Olympics, banning Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from wearing a helmet with the photos of athletes, including children, who were killed during Russia's invasion.

Not a headline one often sees at the Olympics: Tearful Norwegian confesses to cheating on girlfriend after bronze medal win www.reuters.com/sports/biath...

Fascinating one from Oliver Kay: The day Manchester United and the New York Yankees teamed up – and the missed opportunity www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...

This was Andy Kaufman level.

🚨🥇 My Day 4 Olympics viewing guide! An absolutely stacked day... 💥 9 gold medals 💥 U.S. mixed doubles curling gold medal match 💥 U.S. vs. Canada women’s hockey 💥 Breezy/Shiffrin team combined, Malinin, Diggins, more

Olympic Column No. 4 for CBC Sports: Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson take on the world in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Tuesday www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

NEW PODCAST: SI's Jimmy Traina comes on for a post-Super Bowl media podcast. We discuss NBC's broadcast, ESPN taking over next year, why Jimmy does not watch the Olympics and why I would not do First Take for $10M (or any dollar figure) a year. LISTEN: swap.fm/l/4apy5A6Fma...

Every person serving in Congress — and every person running for the House and Senate — should be asked why Maxwell was moved to a minimum-security prison.

NEW PODCAST: SI's Jimmy Traina comes on for a post-Super Bowl media podcast. We discuss NBC's broadcast, ESPN taking over next year, why Jimmy does not watch the Olympics and why I would not do First Take for $10M (or any dollar figure) a year. LISTEN: swap.fm/l/4apy5A6Fma...

ESPN/ABC will be airing the Super Bowl next year. Which means the pregame show starts right now.

Are Bills happy that the Patriots are getting waxed or absolutely incensed given how they think the Bills could have matched up here?

I remember this cover for many reasons but especially for the Michael Farber story ("WHY CANADA MUST WIN"). Covering those Games in Vancouver, as I did as a New Yorker then, it became very obvious how much pressure was on THAT team to win a home Olympics.

The cover of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, 16 years ago today:

The staging on that halftime show was incredible. That's genius-level stuff to make that pop for a mass television/streaming audience.

Some thoughts on Lindsey Vonn: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

It's interesting. Tony Romo gets bashed for talking a lot but I think Cris Collinsworth talks more during a game than any other analyst.

A small thing but something those airing a Super Bowl should always be great at? The music choices to break. The best places reflect the cities or unique things about a specific matchup.

My third Olympic column for CBC Olympics and CBC Sports: Lindsey Vonn, Malinin vs. Sato, and how quickly we move on Story: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

The Andre The Giant of schedule posts.

As always, today is yet another interesting day for Bluesky to measure growth on sports content.

My third Olympic column for CBC Olympics and CBC Sports: Lindsey Vonn, Malinin vs. Sato, and how quickly we move on Story: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

With the below caveats from Richard noted... NBC says its Saturday Olympics broadcasts averaged 28.5 million viewers, making for the most-watched day of Winter Olympics coverage since the 20th day of the 2014 Games. That is a span of 43 Winter Olympics shows on the network.