Were any Americans working Tuesday?
Even in our fractured age, the Olympics remain a reliably monocultural enterprise in the United States. Down ratings years are usually followed in short order by up ratings years averaged 12.7 million viewers on NBC/Peacockastutely pointed out Wednesday, that is a higher figure than every game of the '24 NBA Finals as well as the first round of the '24 NFL draft.
Biles would still be a transcendent figure if that audience were cut in half, but here again is proof positive of her status as one of the 21st century's towering athletic figures.Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest.
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