NBC figure skating announcers Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, right, prepare for a telecast. Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesBy the time Johnny Weir called Yuzuru Hanyu’s short program “liquid silk” it was clear—we had to study Johnny’s jargon. Ahead of the women’s free skate on Friday morning in Pyeongchang, the figure skating at these Olympics has been a frozen roller coaster. Throughout all of it, Tara Lipinski and Weir, the one-time Olympians who have become stars as NBC’s lead figure-skating commentators, have explained and emoted everything there is to understand and feel about the sport. So to get a sense of what makes the broadcasts so mesmerizing, we decided to rewatch the video to analyze the analyst and break down the words that makes Weir a uniquely ebullient broadcaster.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 21, 2018 07:41 UTC