“Bad Luck” Has Kept Tokyo Olympics TV Ratings Below Forecasts, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Concedes, But Profits And Peacock Perks Remain

Rob Kardashian, 34, has one word to describe Devin Bookerand his fellow Team USA Olympic men’s basketball teammates: “Legends.” That’s exactly what the former Keeping Up with the Kardashians star commented on Devin’s latest Instagram post that showed the 24-year-old NBA star — who is dating Rob’s sister Kendall Jenner, 25 — rocking an Olympic gold medal.

She is the first American woman to win the 800m since the 1968 Mexico City Games. #TokyoOlympicspic.twitter.com/WmJq2dYulrPrior to earning bronze in this 800-meter final, the 24-year-old Rogers earned a second-place finish in the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

Olympics.This year’s field included another billionaire relative — Egypt’s Nayer Nassar is the son-in-law of Bill Gates.“I support many athletes in the Tokyo Olympics at the moment,” Gates wrote on Instagram. “But there is no athlete I support more than my son-in-law Nayel Nassar.

this year's Tokyo Olympics nearly a week ago, Tom Daley stirred up his fan base when he came out to cheer on fellow Olympic athletes — and get some knitting in.Daley, 27, was spotted in the stands during the Women's 3m Springboard Final on Day 9 of this year's Olympic Games, and he passed the time between dives knitting something out of pink and purple yarn.It's hard to tell if it's a scarf, a beanie or some other item of clothing, but the very fact that the accomplished gold medalist busted out

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“Please don’t make the Olympics into the Oscars,” Bill Maher pleaded in his show-ending New Rules monologue in tonight’s return of Real Time to HBO after a month’s break.

Simone Biles is opening up about her «twisties» problem. After exiting both the team and individual all-around competitions at the Tokyo Olympics, the 24-year-old gymnast took to her Instagram Story on Thursday to do a Q&A, revealing when her twisties started, how they feel and if she's still struggling with them.Biles noted that she was not experiencing the twisties, a mental block where gymnasts lose track of their position midair, before she left the U.S.

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won the gold medal in the women's Olympic gymnastics all-around on Thursday, her dad spoke to the show about her victory.«There's no word that can express this right now,» he admitted. «My wife, everybody, the whole community’s here and they were all holding their breath.»Speaking to the same outlet in a separate interview, Suni said of her dad, «I wish he was here.»«This has been our dream forever,» she said.

54 million signups to date, a figure Comcast revealed along with its second-quarter earnings results Thursday. That’s a significant increase from the 42 million signups the service reported at the end of Q1.Shell also said it’s “impossible to understate the importance of the Olympics to NBCUniversal,” which are not just a financial asset to Comcast, but “operationally across the company.” “We have 4,000 people, literally, working on it.

Olympic Games title in the women's gymnastics all-around. She edged Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an entertaining and hotly contested final while Simone Biles cheered from the stands.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTV ratings have fallen, top athletes have dropped out and live crowds aren’t around to cheer, but executives at Comcast still believe in the power of broadcasting the Olympics.“We’ve had some bad luck,” acknowledged Jeff Shell, chief executive of Comcast’s NBCUniversal, which has the rights to telecast the sports extravaganza, during a call with investors on Thursday.

Jade Carey finished ninth in the qualifiers for the women's all-around gymnastics competition at the Olympics, behind two of her teammates. But on Thursday, she will compete for a medal — as a replacement for Simone Biles.A day after removing herself from the team final on Tuesday, Biles withdrew from Thursday's individual all-around competition to focus on her mental well-being, USA Gymnastics said.

Dominique Moceanu is showing her support for Simone Biles' decision to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics by reflecting on her own struggles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.The former gymnast was just 14 years old when she competed as part of the «Magnificent 7,» the iconic gymnastics group that won the first-ever team gold medal for the United States.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal hopes its broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics gives American viewers a grand sports spectacle they can watch at any time they like.

Simone Biles' shocking withdrawal from the team gymnastics competition at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, her fellow athletes and famous fans are sending messages of support.The defending gold medalist in vault, floor exercise, all-around and the team competition, Biles left the competition floor with the Team USA medical trainer after her first rotation on the vault.

pic.twitter.com/yI0W262O2iIndeed, during her race Jacoby could be seen in those same pink googles. The teen, who was the first person from Alaska to make the U.S.