An unhappy reminder for NBC's volleyball analyst at Olympics

NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes experience as an Olympian can give an announcer special insight — even the most painful kind.

NBC's Kevin Barnett knew what members of the U.S. women's volleyball were feeling Saturday when they had to rebound from a painful loss in the semifinals to play in a bronze medal match two days later.

[...] there's no time to waste in three-round Olympic boxing matches, and that occasionally left NBC's B.J. Flores sounding breathless in his call of the gold medal bantamweight fight between Cuban Robeisy Ramirez and American Shakur Stevenson.

Analyst Julie Swail was adroit with her insights on the women's triathlon, spotting the gamesmanship between American Gwen Jorgensen and Nicola Spirig of Switzerland as they ran together, neither wanting the more taxing task of running in front.

NBC's Bob Costas describing the host country's men's soccer team winning the gold medal in a shootout over Germany.

American runner Paul Chelimo seemed to be expecting a congratulatory interview with NBC Lewis Johnson about winning the silver medal in the 5,000 meter run, and he looked stunned when Johnson informed him he'd been disqualified.