when you have the environment, it trickles down to all levels of usa swimming and us olympic sport. ave to keep in mind here that when we talk about the olympics movement, we are talking about the swim clubs. all over the country, where kids are swimming and groomed by sexual predators. >> we have community waging in saying: >> we are not just talking about sexual overtures, but egrajous forms of abuse. >> a lot of governing bodies seem to be insular and handle the issues internally, acting as judge and jury. they do things like remove member status from the coaches. how can they do this and then not have to report these things to law enforcement. >> well, they are not mandatory reporters under the law, but i want to take a step back and talk about sexual abuse in a broader sense. when you look at what sexual abuse is, it's an abuse of power. it is - as an attorney, i cannot have a romantic or sexual relationship with a client. physician or clergy member, counsel members. there are rules that the sports governing bodies are reluctant to adopt. it took the united states olympic commit

olympic sports coming out. >> it's exciting to have something new to root for. it used to be that you had to tune into the x games. athletes in the sport of free kating will be able, for the first time, to compete for olympic gold. jessica taff got up to two of our hopes. >> for free-skiing athletes, this is an opportunity of a lifetime to showcase talent. >> we in no idea this would be an olympic sport. a lot of us, childhood dreams were about the x games, not the olympics. that was the olympics up until sochi. >> known for his flawlessly executed run, the indiana native started skiing at the age of five. >> i started to do it flips on my skis at the age of 11. i grew up 5 minutes away from a 350 foot hill that i skied on every day after school and on the weekends. >> the sport is a costly one. nick had to get creative to continue to ski. >> my families unstable. they weren't able to support me with all my skiing endeavours. i had to take the initiative and go out and finance my career. i was an entrepreneur back then and went to my mum and gave her an idea that i had.

yes the olympic games professional athletes use custom made sports equipment to maximize performance and to make sure it caters to the exact needs the russian team uses ski specifically designed and shaped on comping machines they take into account weight strength aggressiveness body type to size and. each is wax to make sure they slide faster than their competitors or even designated wes's on hand to help now that we've seen our snowboard go through the process of getting clean to allow at the final stage of the stage we're going to actually whacks it we're using wax as well as hard and all you really have to do is this now what this does is that it covers the holes that are on the board and once those holes are covered with wax you then slide the hot over it it's almost kind of like out the snowboard and this is done for performance wise so when you're out on the slopes you're going to be foster. with a little bit of grip. every country has its own ski program made up of experts to help the athletes perform at the highest level each it's top secret and far too technical for the lik

keep tweeting us we'll get to those after the break. ♪ >>> we're back discussing the abuse some athletes face on their olympic journey in sportsre is actually a greater prevalence of sexual abuse at the elite level. john i asked you to give us some of the worst examples of physical and psychological abuse. let's talk about some of the most egregious sexual abuse. >> yes, unfortunately i have had underage clients perform oral sex on coaches. i have had athletes who have been raped overseas. i have had athletes who have been sexually assaulted at the olympic training center. and that's in taiwan doe, when you look at speed skating, i have had athletes who have been abused by known predators, and again, in usa swimming, several coaches who have abused athletes in the united states and across the globe, and unfortunately a lot of those coaches have not been banned from coaching. >> i want to introduce nancy, senior director of advocacy at the women's sports foundation. my gosh, nancy, you think of any one thing that john just brought up, and you would think those would be making global headlines, yet we don't hear about these stor

used to overcome hateful views? >> they cannot be. we have tried in the past to make the games about something other than sport, and it has backfired. i don't think we should try again. the olympicssport. we don't need to use it as a platform for anything else? >> do you think the obama administration was wrong to put two openly gay athletes on the delegation? >> hard to say. hard to say. we have seen the olympics transcend boundaries. therefore, it is intriguing and inviting. but again, it has failed in the past and it will fail now. i don't think the olympics should be about anything other than athletes making their dreams come true. >> thanks to picabo street and my colleague olivia sterns. for more on liberty mutual's top 10 responsible sports moments of 2013, head to responsible- sports.com. coming up, we look at the future of publishing. i will speak to the executive of a company that is helping millions of magazines transition to the digital world. ♪ >> have you ever wanted to publish your own magazine? it might be easier than ever thanks to a company called issue. some people say it is like youtube for publishers. joining me now is the ceo. this is an interesting one beca

olympic events. >> there's a man with his finger on the pulse. >> jimmy: yes, that's exactly right. bob costas. yeah, you should do this. >> yeah, i think so. >> jimmy: yeah, and put us some new sportsll would be sanctioned immediately. >> jimmy: yes. now, familiarize -- i'm not familiar with nutball. what is that again? >> well, you lay about -- you sit about eight feet across from your buddy on a carpet. and just take a ball or a bone or a shoe and just try to hit each other in the nuts. >> jimmy: yeah, there you go. that's it. it's a great -- costas, call him. >> or battle shots. we played that last time. >> jimmy: ah, man, we played this game last time you were on the show. we wore sailor hats, and we played like battleship. but it was called battle shots. and instead of -- what were we drinking, shots of beer? >> beer and we added tequila at the last second. >> jimmy: we didn't add tequila. we didn't add tequila at the last second. you added tequila at the last second. i had to do the rest of the show like -- [ mumbling ] tell me what your movie's about. [ jimmy snores ] i've got to say -- so "jackass 3," when you came on for that -- which we loved that as well. it screened at

how do you operate doing brigade rumors good sports and such experts to use it as resold i'm not an olympic hockey player but i'm much a. week. my son. the. state of the union address due later today is a chance for the u.s. president to take stock and to set the agenda but it comes at a time when americans are increasingly negative about how they view their own country and asked in one word to describe the u.s. many citizens chose divided or troubled some think the situation is getting worse while just a small number of think things are changing for the better as artist lucy catherine off reports previous promises made in barack obama's key political address don't always been promises kept it. looking to put the toughest year of his presidency behind hamburger rock obama will deliver his sixth state of the union address to congress and the american people here in washington on tuesday yet again joe mystic issues are expected to take center stage as the president tries to pivot away from the controversies that march twenty thirty and now as the past few years have shown promises made are no

much to him the international olympic committee has acknowledged the significance of kenya as performance at the most recent wintry day. stephen kaye joins us in the sports center with the details below there. hey guys at the friday which means much needed rest for many of us but it's more training for the figure skating queen as she chases olympic history. she's going for back to back figure skating gold medals and if she succeeds she would be the first to be zealous and scatter reno with back to nineteen eighty eight and the ioc on their homepage recognized team's historic content in a headline story which also took a look back at her groundbreaking career twenty three year old is the favorite to repeat as the olympic champion in her swan song performance at the sochi games. and now staying with winter sports the south korean boss lee dual has done it once again in the second round of the north american cup in new york. i would one use only and great men's final won their second goal but the lake placid course with a combined time of one minute fifty one point seven one seconds. meanwhile the other south korean team won bronze after prepping silver the

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sochi marks his second olympic games, and good luck to nick. henry joins us from comcast sports net. i'm pretty sure there's no football game going on and so there's a lot of really other compelling sports going on. >> absolutely. just one football game going on, and i'm sure all the 49er fans are watching it right now. >> i'm thinking. >> we'll still provide you with an update and the flying tomato secures another spot on the u.s. olympic team in sochi, and speaking of snow, the commissioner of the nfl will be braving the elements as welcome february. we'll tell you about that story, and it was the first afc championship game in history featuring two starting quarterbacks aged 36 or older. manning versus brady. highlights are ahead. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. no quarterback has ever won a super bowl with two different teams, but with a victory today peyton manning has a chance to be the first to do it. let's see. afc championship game, patriots at broncos. second quarter, 4-0 denver. peyton manning to former patriot wes welker for a 14-yard game. later on the drive, know

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us. straight ahead from the olympic to his the world cup. this year is a big year in sports, dave joins to us give us his predictions for 2014. >>> today amounts data dive rings in the new year by the numbers. the times square celebration brings in about a million people who will have about 2,000 pounds of confetti dropped on them at midnight. another billion people around the world are expected to watch the waldrop. since 1907. times squares has selling broughted for all all but two years during world war ii when lighting restrictions can set the party. it's become a cash do you. the marriott marquee is charging $3,500 for you to have a direct view to watch the ball and your savings drop. new york clubs are expensive. the average tick net 2011 cost $75, once signed. alcohol will flow. one in four bottle of champagne sold throughout the year fly off the shelfs in the week between christmas and knew year's. that helps the 44% of american adults who plan to kiss someone at the stroke of midnight. celebrations stretch around the world from another million people lining sydney's

us. straight ahead from the olympic to his the world cup. this year is a big year in sports joins to us give us his predictions for 2014. new lights use low wattage led rights, neither harmful for the trees nor dangerous for the kids that may touch them. >> many play-off spots in the n.f.l. are still to be decided. mark morgan is here to explain it all. >> hey, a lot of anxiety in dallas, wondering what the dallas cowboys would do. tony romeo underwent back surgery. kyle ortman will start quarterback in the eagles game. sher een williams of the fort worth star telegram weighs in. >> that lees this game in the hands of kyle orten, he made 69 starts. he's 35 and 34. but has not thrown a pass as a starter and only thrown 15 passes over the last two years. it takes the pressure off the cowboys. no doubt about that. they can go in, play loose and >>> today amounts data dive rings in the new year by the numbers. the times square celebration brings in about a million people who will have about 2,000 pounds of confetti dropped on them at midnight. another billion people around the w

us about that. you know, attending the olympics is on every sports fan's bucket list whether it's the winter or summerersion the olympics presents the biggest sports event that have year which leaves hundreds of thousands of fans to flock to the cities of the various events. but sochi is lagging way behind on ticket sales. only 70% of the 1.1 million tickets have been sold leaving 300,000 still remain. now by comparison the 2010 olympic games in vancouver sold 97% of its 715 million ticket allotment. there are various reasons for the slow sales but experts believe security concerns is reason number one. >> there are two people with a promise of surprise, that's why everybody should be concerned. >> now another major issue is location. sochi is not the easiest city to travel. most flights have to go through moscow, and most are available only through germany and turkey, that's why they expect russian citizens to make up 75% of the spectators of the games, which leads to the issues of economic. the average monthly salary in russia is less than $900. which means most locals may find it difficult to purch

this morning nbc bay area's janelle wang introduces us to two california olympians both competing in the new olympic sports half pipe free skiing. >> reporter: when 20-year-old maddy bowman secured her spot for sochi this month, brita sigourney was the big person to congratulate her with a big embrace. maddy from lake tahoe and brita from carmel are elite half pipe free skiers. they often trade number one and number two spots in competition just as often as they trade laughs. >> we joke with each other all the time. there's never high tension in the start gate with us. we're always giving each other high-fives and hugs when we do well. it's just -- she's my best friend. there's not much rivalry there. >> reporter: it helps to have someone so close who can relate to the dangers of the sport. >> what we do is dangerous, but that's what we love. we love to push the limits and we love to go big and challenge ourselves and scare ourselves. and i mean, sometimes the limits push back, but it's kind of sometimes the price you have to pay and sometimes that price is really heavy. >> reporter: she's talking about th

spirit and i don't leave the brightest star in south korea's olympic delegation and an italian sports sell it seems to agree stephen kaye joins us to explain other big eyes. sky sports italy heap praise on the twenty three year old figure skating queen newspaper to win another elliptical saying that she's more than just the scanner she's a rockstar. kenneth l figure skating see a resurgence in popularity in recent years after stepping into the scene in two thousand and six. since then she's won two golds at the worlds and the twenty ten vancouver olympics figure skating call fellow nationals and figure skating fans across the globe are anticipating her final olympics appearance a fitting swansong to her career. and moving on to the premier league sunderland goal past manchester united to reach the league cup finals where they'll face manchester city for the trophy was a dramatic penalty shoot out win where two shots past the keeper including one by keith o'neill were enough to effects. now let's move onto that there is a night match up starting in the pbl boulders that the ttc sixty five to sixty one but now it's time for a game

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upcoming asian games has gotten a bit deeper seated chase in the sports center to tell us all about it steve in the eyes. that's right the olympic council of asia has announced that north korea will be able to have their mens and womens football teams compete they're expected to participate as they did in the last three days yet but he didn't make it clear until now that he would take part in the latest edition. and with that said the seventeen agencies will take place in the sun started september nineteen. meanwhile south korea's marine boycott no one has his sights set on the asian games trading industry amid to defend his vehicles from two thousand and ten. seeking to repeated the one hundred two hundred and four hundred meter events the twenty five year old son needed added to his medal collection at the victorian state championships in melbourne to boost his confidence. there he won the gold to the two hundred and four hundred meter events and moving on south korea has earned its second spot in skillet in the winter olympics as the italians fizzled out at the latest world cup ranks ninth in the humiliated at the points kore