Tag: NBCUniversal

"I've done the gold medal game now three straight Olympics, but the NHL players weren't there the last two. So definitely a different feeling."

"The amount of work that was involved for that guy and the grace with which he handles himself is incredible."

"Maybe the new number one seed of sports broadcasters. Bob Costas had it back in the day. Then Jim Nantz, and now I think Mike Trico has the gold."

"If the league aggressively markets the rivalries born in Milan Cortina, the personalities that emerged on the Olympic stage and the playoff races about to heat up back home, this can become more than a two-week spike. It can become a bridge."

"NBC Sports didn’t change the games. It didn’t alter the rules, the athletes or the stakes. It simply changed the lens."

"Fanta will handle play-by-play duties next Tuesday night for the matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers."

"The broadcast peaked at 9.8 million viewers between 7:00 and 7:15 p.m. ET as Team USA secured a 48-45 win over the World squad."

"NBC had the Super Bowl in the middle of the Olympics. Then had the NBA All Star game in the middle of the Olympics. But they’re not going to stop having the Olympics. They still want their Olympics prime time, so they moved everything up."

"I want to make sure that I’m doing the due diligence for all of those people who have been watching for decades."

"Oh my gosh. How does Mike do it? What a warrior, what a great guy."