As Medals Pile Up, Norway Worries: Are We Winning Too Much? I love everything about this article.
Instead of holding back its athletes, Norway is trying to lift others everywhere else. It has conceived the Alpine athletics version of the Marshall Plan. For seven years, it has invited competitors from all over the world to visit for a weeklong training camp. A separate camp is offered to World Cup coaches. Attendees pay to get there, and Norway covers all other expenses.
2018 PyeongChang Games are the least-watched Olympics ever. Yes, but all networks are down nowadays. “NBC’s primetime viewership beat its broadcast brethren by a whopping 82%.”