There’s also figure skating’s team event, the women’s Skiathlon with American Jessie Diggins, and the first luge runs on the icy sliding track. » READ MORE: After striking gold in Paris in 2024, can NBC do it again at the Winter Olympics in Milan?

NBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics coverage began with love for Savannah Guthrie, the Today show host, who pulled out of the coverage amid her mother’s disappearance. Terry Gannon and Mary Carillo stepped in to host the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina,

NBC was wise to bring in Shaun White for the Parade of Nations, but capturing the scale of the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics will be a challenge.

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The network will be broadcasting both major sporting events on the same day.

A snowboarding legend is facing backlash after a hot mic incident caught him talking down the big air Olympic final on Saturday.

NBC anchors and executives are crisscrossing the globe to cover a trifecta of major sporting events in the next few days from the Super Bowl and NBA All Star game at the opposite ends of California to the Winter Olympics in Milan.

As athletes all over the world gear up for the XXV Winter Olympics, NBC's role in bringing the Games to audiences remains one of the most defining chapters in sports television. While NBC has been the exclusive broadcaster of the Summer Games since 1988 and the Winter Games since 2002,