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THE XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
February 10, 2014  | By David Bianculli

Various Networks, Check local listings

 

You can watch any of today’s Olympics events live on NBCOlyympics.com – but today, the TV networks present mostly tape-delayed coverage. Curling, for example, which starts its competition live at midnight ET, is shown on TV beginning at 3 a.m. ET on NBCSN, with taped coverage of Germany vs. Canada. Other taped curling events include women’s curling at 5 a.m. on USA Network, with U.S. vs. Switzerland, and men’s curling, also on tape delay, at 5 p.m. ET on CNBC, when the U.S. plays Norway. And check out Norway’s uniforms – eight different outfits, each more attention-getting than the last. Here’s a Norwegian player, for example, in a pair of rose-painted knickers from a recent Olympics practice round. He’s got to have a lot of stones to wear that – but, like all curling athletes, he’s got a lot of stones, right at his feet. There are other sports on TV today, of course, including cross-country skiing, snowboarding, and speedskating on NBC in prime time. But, as always, I’m pushing curling. What’s not to love about what amounts to heavyweight shuffleboard on ice?

 
 
 
 
 
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