The London Olympics Sap-o-Meter

Yet sap can also be bittersweet, as Taylor Ritzel?s team gold in the women?s eights rowing event demonstrated. As NBC?s Terry Gannon explained, Ritzel was ?certainly racing with a bit of a heavy heart. The youngest of eight kids, she lost her mom to breast cancer almost two years ago, and one of the last things her mom told her is, ?I want to see you race at the Olympics.? ? NBC?s coverage of women?s gymnastics, which featured ample coverage of Douglas? tearful mother, put mom in the sap stratosphere with seven mentions on the night.

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