Give it time. You know The Kween rules. I happened to see this today.
Figure Skating Star Michelle Kwan’s New Life as a U.S. Ambassador
The Olympic medalist has remade herself as a champion of democracy in her role in Belize.now.tufts.edu
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But ABC hasn't had the Olympics since 1988. The landscape for television, and broadcasting has changed a lot since then, and their coverage today would probably be very similar to NBC because NBC's broadcast reflects the way sports are presented across various networks, sports, and countries.
I did almost mention the Kween earlier in the thread but was able to control myself. This time.I can't believe that this thread has turned to cruising instead of Michelle Kwan!
Oh, that was fun - Dick Button or, later, David Santee. Button even tried small talk with the real Frau Muller.
Another podcast conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsriQg2hl3U
Phil Hersh's review of Gracie's memoir:
Gracie Gold faces her traumatic past in stunningly candid memoir — Globetrotting by Philip Hersh
Mental health, figure skating, depression, rape, Olympics, Gracie Gold
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I will NEVER forget the time Dick Button was interviewing Scott Hamilton in the KnC and a fan in the stands dropped a bouquet of flowers down for Scott--stems first, right into his eye. Scott said something like "Ack, my eye!" and sat there with his eye streaming while Dick pressed on with questions and Scott tried to answer .I still remember the interview with Brian Orser right after his scores in Calgary telling him, "great skate but you finished second." WTF?!
For the drama. Gymnastics also started doing this kind of practice within the last 5 (or maybe 10) years, and they've never had anywhere to hide in that sport to begin with.
Well, yeah, but is it really necessary? I don't think most fans watch skating so they can see skaters sitting on a couch. If the sport wants to care about athlete mental health....
In most professional sports if an athlete chooses NOT to talk to the media there is a penalty. Now I don't believe that's true in college sports, but there is a precedent for athletes being "grilled" (Watch the Super Bowl Sunday for a real life example) As for the couch, this is happening in a lot of Olympic sports. All the ski, snowboard sports come to mind immediately. They even tried something like this for gymnastics individual events. ( I remember at World's last year when Simone finished one of her events the athletes currently in 1, 2 and 3 immediately moved without even waiting on the scores
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Trusova skated before Shcherbakova so nothing would’ve happened there. They go backstage and have to deal with reporters instantly as it is, but in this case of the kiss and cry, she would’ve had no reaction at the time (except being very happy, probably).Imagine if someone had tried to stick a mic in Trusova or Valieva's face after THAT Olympic free skate.
But they aren't usually ushered to media immediately after. They go back in the locker room and get at least a few minutes before the press conference starts or reporters are allowed into the locker room. Yes, some reporters are on the field but when it comes to the losing side, they are more likely to talk to the coach in the immediate aftermath than players.
I think you mean Elfie Schlagel at the 97 World Pros. She flicked her hand and walked right past her, and both Al Traurwig and Sandra Bezic commented on the poor behavior on Oksana’s part. I also remember a pro competition either in ‘96 or ‘97 where the CBS team tried to interview her and she was getting visibly annoyed with the questions. Maybe the Ladies Pro.
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OK, well in pro comps, I would agree with the commentators there. I know that the skaters all wanted to do well and many (Kristi, Paul, Kurt, Denise B...) put a lot of effort into their training and choreo, and certainly had a right to be disappointed with a bad skate....but those comps existed for entertainment value and the skaters were being paid a lot of money to be there.
I believe skaters can decline an on camera interview with NBC at nationals without too much trouble. But they generally cannot avoid the mixed zone backstage. Usually it is required that you walk through that. At the Olympics though, the NBC reporter would typically be in the mixed zone with the other reporters (albeit with priority access) and thus probably harder to decline at that event. But it’s happened many times at nationals that Terry or whoever has said they tried to get so and so for an interview but they were not successful. I’ve seen similar at Canadian nationals. That epic melt down Sale/Pelletier had in 2002 comes to mind. CTV/TSN said they tried to get an interview but were told no. They did go to the press conference and the mixed zone after the event though. The next night they agreed to do the on camera interview and the guy from TSN noted it briefly before the interview started.
Oksana Baiul - All that jazz - Worldpro 1997 AP
Oksana Baiul - All that jazz - Worldpro 1997 AP
This is what I thought of. I'll try to find the other instance from CBS.
Oksana Baiul - All that jazz - Worldpro 1997 AP
Oksana Baiul - All that jazz - Worldpro 1997 AP
This is what I thought of. I'll try to find the other instance from CBS.
But don’t Tara and Johnny take pride in publicly declaring they’ll speak their mind even if it goes against “party line”. They seemed like they a made a big showing of that when they thought Nathan was getting underscored in comparison to Adam back in the day.
