Bob Costas, this is your moment.
If Ryan Lochte has any sense, he'll head straight for NBC Sports’ highly respected Olympic host, come clean about what really happened at that gas station in Rio and apologize for causing an international incident between Brazil and the U.S.
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Going back to Jim McKay at the '72 Games in Munich, this is why prime-time Olympic hosts get paid the big bucks: to tackle a non-sports story that has taken over the Olympics.
Costas will be fair, but he won't treat Lochte gently.