A laudatory article about tremendous athletes simply not able to perform at a medal level this time.  Just the opposite of the NBC coverage of these and too many past Olympics where all focus is on medals and nothing about the rest of those who have worked just as hard.  The NBC Broadcasting Crew is predominately old and male.  One of the few women is actually from Britain with a heavy accent.  The peformances of Al Hartwig and Bob Costas reflect their idotic interview and commentary techniques unrelated to athletic performance.  Other countries, especially Canada, broadcasters have extolled the virtues of all of their athletes and encourage them at every phase.  They don't engage in the Twitter gossip and unrelated body and parentage issues of the NBC misogynists.  NBC has, apparently, dredged up every old sports broadcaster they could find instead of utilizing some of the excellent young talent available.  Hopefully, someone else gets the next Olympics.