If your head is spinning and you don’t know where to turn with so many different Summer Olympics events happening all at once in Paris, look no further than Snoop Dogg to be your guiding light — weed-smoking pun intended.
Mike Tirico is just the sports-versatile veteran needed for NBC Sports’ coverage, but he was kind enough to invite Snoop into the studio to take the mic for a highlight segment. The legendary rapper was more than up to the task, with his unique delivery and wordsmith artistry providing a fresh change-up to typical Olympic coverage.
Snoop’s Greatest Hits!! Checc it out 👊🏿🏅 #FollowTheDogg pic.twitter.com/vttMFYOsl6
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) July 29, 2024
Now that is what you’d call Doggy Fizzle Televizzle. While you can’t help but be impressed with Snoop’s deft ability to get through some swimming hijinks, connecting France’s rugby win to American football, and providing humor for an otherwise sad-looking cycling wipe-out, it was his description of an epic badminton point that served as the high point:
This will be the best thing you watch all day. 😂 #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/SpyGkLOHJn
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) July 29, 2024
We had the luxury of seeing Snoop in the broadcast booth for a Brewers-Reds MLB game earlier this season, but putting him on the international stage of the Summer Olympics is next level.
Give us more of this at the Olympics. Crash-coursing random sports every four years is taxing. nobody really knows what’s going on in a sport like badminton. Celebs taking celeb shots at highlight packages and guesting on telecasts is a no-brainer.
Also, congratulations if you had a Snoop Dogg-Billie Jean King meet-up on your Olympics bingo card.
Met the incomparable @SnoopDogg. ✅
Both of us were born and raised in Long Beach, California, and graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
LBC forever in our hearts.#Olympics #paris2024 pic.twitter.com/GlQ9DxzRvi
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) July 29, 2024
This rivals Flavor Flav sponsoring the USA women’s water polo team and snapping pictures with First Lady Jill Biden.
I love all the support Women’s Water Polo is getting,,, ya boy is so appreciative that the First Lady came to the First Game . THANK YOU @flotus Dr. Jill Biden for all the support of you and your family 🙏🏾🫶🏾#olympics pic.twitter.com/QHe53NTpsa
— FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav) July 27, 2024
Maybe we can get Snoop’s take on Caitlin Clark’s Olympic snub next. Good on Dawn Staley for addressing Clark’s omission, but I wouldn’t mind seeing the NBC team be a little more critical in their coverage on that particular topic.
Because I don’t know, has the USA women’s basketball team even played a game yet? I’ve seen nothing so far…
