In the... 2010, it was, Olympic games, NBC, the official broadcaster in the U.S., had so &quot;sliced and diced&quot; its presentation that I found its main coverage unwatchable.  However, on one of its lesser affiliates, it was carrying... &quot;second or third tier&quot;, per its judgement, sports coverage largely intact.<p>One particular item on it, that I ran across just by chance channel-surfing, was coverage of the women&#x27;s curling.  Complete games, quietly but informatively commentated.  This introduced me to curling (beyond a passing &quot;stones on ice&quot; familiarity), and I ended up really enjoying it.  To boot, it came down to Canada versus Sweden in a rather exciting set of rounds of elimination.<p>Some of it can be fairly parochial and&#x2F;or simple, but the CBC et al. also put out some pretty good stuff.  Including items that don&#x27;t try to be more than they are, but do an excellent job at that.<p>Hopefully, under Trudeau et al., they will be released from the manufactured chokehold that has been squeezing the life out of them.  And, any force that cuts down crap such as the ueber-commercialization of the Olympics, I welcome.