I knew Lindsey Vonn won Olympic gold in the woman’s downhill ski hours before it aired in the perpetual present on NBC. I also knew Vonn crashed in the super combined way before NBC even pretended it happened. Sports are not fun to watch on tape delay, especially in the Internet age, where we technophiles are constantly jacked into a stream of news.
COLUMN: NBC taking drama out of Olympics with delayed coverage
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CST;
updated 12:27 p.m. CDT, Monday, June 21, 2010
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