I think we all have our fair share of complaints about NBC's Olympic coverage. But if you're looking for a silver lining, just be grateful that you don't have to watch the Olympics on TVes. Their "analysis" makes even Tiki Barber look smart.
"Never in the Olympic Games, any mortal, any living being has been able to win eight gold medals. Only Michael Phelps in the Olympic Games of Munich in the year 1972, over there in the Germany of Hitler, where he refused to give him the medals himself back then."
Wow. I don't speak Spanish, so I can't verify the accuracy of these subtitles, but I'm familiar enough with words like "ocho", "Munich" and "Michael Phelps" to know that Venezuelan TVes announcer Willie Oviedo is quite confused.
If this were all true, it would have been the greatest Olympic story of all time. Combine Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Jesse Owens, and basically we could have seen what would have been, if Chuck Norris' beard had ever entered the Olympics.
But seriously... where is this guy getting his information? I'm pretty sure most announcers have some notes, a computer, hopefully they did a bit of research and (one would think) a cursory knowledge of the sport that they're announcing for.
This Announcer Has a Firm Grasp of History [Deuce of Davenport]
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