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Phil Rosenthal: 7 things about NBC's Olympics coverage, including an idea for Scott Hamilton

Here are seven things about NBC's Winter Olympics coverage:

Listen to the music: "The Tara and Johnny Show" is a hoot, though - fair or not - the interplay of NBC figure skating commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir has lost some of its authentic feel as it has been appropriated by Google for ads.

But watching the ice dancing coverage with Tanith White in their analyst role opposite announcer Terry Gannon, perhaps you heard something you don't always get from Lipinski and Weir: the

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