I would bet a steak dinner that when the 4 x 10 km mens cross country ski relay race is televised this winter (if indeed it even reaches the screen) the announcer will tell us that they ski 6 mile legs. This has happened for the past two winter Olympics. This is an incredibly exciting event, for the past two times decided by literally centimeters (between Norway and Italy). And the American networks make such a horrible mess of it. When the viewer sees the skiers racing past signs reading 100 m (left in the race), we may hear "One hundred yards to go!". This has been very painful because the TV networks could do so much for our cause if they would just bite the bullet and actually say the M word out loud. HARRY WYETH
