Introduction : Olympic television : broadcasting the biggest show on Earth Stories we tell : the development of Olympic television Stories shaped : interviews with NBC producers and sportscasters Nationalized stories : portraying us vs. portraying "the world" Stories segmented by biological sex : men and women in the Thirty-First Olympiad Racialized stories : stacking and difference at the Rio games Stories reverberated : the impact of Olympic media consumption Deciphering stories : the legacy and future of Olympic media |