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Commentary: With an enhanced focus on the mental well-being of athletes, journalists and commentators must take these factors into account while still doing their jobs.
NBC seemed determined to document every single one of Mikaela Shiffrin's tears, to the point of failing to even show the next few skiers that took to the treacherous course known as Ice River. In a different era, AKA before last summer, this sort of coverage would have been accepted, almost expected. But times have changed since Simone Biles bared her mental-health issues to the world at the Tokyo Games, and other athletes have followed her lead.
Commentary: With an enhanced focus on the mental well-being of athletes, journalists and commentators must take these factors into account while still doing their jobs.
By Paul Newberry / The Associated Press BEIJING—When Mikaela Shiffrin careened off the course, another expected gold medal slipping away before she hardly got started, the announcers from NBC let her have it. “One of the bigger shockers in Olympic alpine skiing history,” play-by-play man Dan Hicks bellowed. “Almost a…
BEIJING — When Mikaela Shiffrin careened off the course, another expected gold medal slipping away before she hardly got started, the announcers from NBC let her have it. “One of the bigger shockers in Olympic alpine skiing history,” play-by-play man...