Author: Christine Brennan, USA TODAY

After struggling at the 2018 Olympics, Nathan Chen has been near perfection, winning three world championships. He’s a favorite at Beijing Olympics.

Little girls come along, jump their hearts out at the Olympics and win their medals and leave. Not Mariah Bell.

There is something significant to be celebrated by simply putting on an Olympic Games in the midst of a global pandemic.

Here is a list of my favorite Winter Olympics moments, either those I watched on TV or from press row. It starts with The Miracle on Ice.

NBC’s broadcasting teams for figure skating, Alpine skiing and snowboarding had been expected to be in Beijing.

Mariah Bell won her first U.S. title, but positive COVID-19 tests by Amber Glenn and likely Olympic pick Alysa Liu hung over the competition.

On Thursday at the US Figure Skating Championships, even Gracie Gold’s competitors stopped what they were doing to witness her on-ice performance.

Lesley Visser, who worked with John Madden at CBS, remembers her dear friend teaching the intricacies of football during trips on the Madden Cruiser.