The Mountain Time Zone guide to watching the Paris Summer Olympics

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Pity all of us in the Mountain Time Zone. Sometimes, it’s just weird.We have learned to live with incomprehensible television broadcast schedules. Network programming that will appear at “8 p.m. Eastern, Central and Pacific” might be on here at 9 p.m., 6 p.m., or 8:15 p.m.Mostly, it doesn’t matter. We figure it out. But when a global event like the Summer Olympics arrives, the schedule becomes important. Particularly when so many of the U.S. federations, and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee itself are headquartered here in Colorado Springs. So many athletes are either from here or live part of the year here to take advantage of the altitude (we can call them Coloradans in training), that there is a lot to cheer for over the next couple of weeks. But Paris is eight hours ahead of us, meaning if you want to watch your favorite events or athletes live, you’ll probably have to forgo some sleep, avoid the boss during the workday or both. If you miss something, there…

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