NBC has really done these Games a disservice, IMO. Instead of covering them as sporting events, they have Oprah-fied them.
Bingo. I’m having problems trying to watch all “sports” these days. Too many touchy feely sob stories and not enough sports. I went from being a total NASCAR fanatic to being a casual observer only interested in who won the race. I don’t even watch any of the races anymore. AS you said, they’ve “Oprah-fied” all sports. To heck with them. I’ve got better things to do.
Yeah, it’s NBC. They screw up all the coverage. I used to enjoy watching the Olympics in other countries being only focus on their own athletes, though they do, and they show MORE sports on their tv coverage. I know now with the internet you can see any sport you want, but we used to be exposed to all kinds of sports just by normal tv watching. And beach volleyball is not the only sport at the olympics.
It’s the difference between male and female.
Female: overcoming the tragedy and keeping the family together, sniff
Male: meeting the challenge and bringing success to the family