The final QISE primetime begins with the end of the women's biathlon, with Torico from the Duomo sending us to Klaebo.  There's a Tucci wrap up, the Speed Skating rerun, and a Kurt Russell-narrated Hockey tribute for the game happening later.  Also, the coaches are interviewed.

We begin the final weekend, but back to Prime Time last night (post-Hockey game)--Torico from the Duomo sends us off to Men’s Aerials finals.  They really need to do something to differentiate this from Ski Big Air/Ski Slopestyle/Ski Jump.  The announcer says says the US had a “good day” but did not advance to the finals--how is that a good day?  It’s like he’s awarding participation trophies.  China wins gold.

Back to Prime Time last night--we get the final moments of the US’s Women’s Hockey win, then Tirico (at the Duomo) sends us to the early runs of Figure Skating, including Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito.  Neither were in the medal picture after the short program.

Back to Prime Time last night--first off, my DVR didn’t record it, so I’m forced to watch it on Peacock.  Which means I can’t skip through commercials--and it’s difficult to skip thru events I’ve already seen (and generally the events are reruns).  Anyway--

Back to Prime Time last night--Torico promos Women’s Skating, then sends us off to Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit Finals.  A commentator says time does not matter--how philosophical. Italy takes the gold, US the silver. 

Back to Prime Time last night--Torico intros the evening with the Women's Hockey victory,  then it's off to Men's Slalom.  Almost half of the competitors went off the course.  There’s a point just before a competitor begins their run where his coach yells at him to get going, and based on the noises they made, I’m convinced at least one of them is Klingon (petaQ!)

We start earlier than normal in the coverage, as I had an activity yesterday afternoon.

Things may be a little truncated, as I've got an activity scheduled later today. 

Back to Prime Time last night--it’s Women’s Hockey time, as they take out host country Italy.  But of course the main story has to be: “Quad God Falls From Grace”, right?  Nope--Mike (from the Duomo) is pretending it didn’t happen yet.  Interesting call, NBC.

Back to Prime Time last night-- It's been 46 years since the “Miracle on Ice”, and now that the US Hockey team has gamed the system by packing it with NHL players, they're doing pretty well--big surprise.

Tirico kicks off Prime Time with the last moments of Women’s Moguls.  The analyst noted that a competitor had not competed for awhile “due to a knee injury”.  I have no idea how that could have happened.  US takes gold AND silver.

Let’s jump into last night’s Prime Time, with Torico sending us straight to Cross Country Sprint.   Klaebo is back!   And the US qualified for the final--Klaebo takes it, with the US’s Ogden winning his second silver.

Let’s jump into last night’s Prime Time, with the finale of the curling match--the two Coreys move ahead!  Torico is finally in Milan, reporting from the Duomo-adjacent set.  Over to Men's Team Combined Alpine Skiing (quite a mouthful).  The downhill portion shows off the graphics and drone work.  Play-by-play announcer Dan Hicks is at the top of his game.

With the Superb Owl out of the way, NBC can finally concentrate on QISE--until the NBA All-Star Game :(  Off to last night’s delayed prime time--

Things will be chopped up a bit today, due to the Superb Owl butting in.

Before we get into Milan’s Opening Ceremony, a quick note on the “preliminary events” (some sports take longer than QISE is technically scheduled, so they start early). 

We’re back with our coverage of what we call the Quadrennial International Sporting Event, to avoid the ire of the QISE Committee.  The winter games of 2026 are being held at dual cities--Milan and Cortina d’ Amezzo, Italy, with the latter holding the majority of the outside events (you will see “Milano Cortina” listed--it’s not a cookie).  Cortina hosted the games 70 years ago, so we’ll see which, if any, of the facilities are being re-used.