Mike Tirico at Winter Olympics: Our Country Loves Sports And It Brings Us Together Unlike Anything Else
NBC Sports broadcaster Mike Tirico spoke about how sports bring Americans together as this year’s Winter Olympics come to a close.
MIKE TIRICO: And because of a drought that almost lasted a half-century, those teams are revered. They are held onto forever. And what happened today doesn’t take away from the greatness of those teams or the meaning that those teams have in U.S. hockey. But what you saw today was the build of a generation, inspired perhaps by that team that lost in 2010 in Vancouver to the Sidney Crosby golden goal in overtime, or the team where T.J. Oshie had all those shootout goals in 2014. That’s when these guys were doing what you’re doing, watching on TV, and they were young, and they were living the dream. So, for all the young people out there, not just the hockey, but all the Olympics you’ve watched, those dreams are formed now. Go chase them and get them, because our country loves sports, and they bring us together like nothing else. And if you didn’t know that, and if you haven’t been watching the last two weeks, you saw it in Team USA Hockey winning the gold over their arch rival Canada here in Milan to wrap up these 25th Olympic Winter Games.
