Where are the 2018 Winter Olympics?
Great place to start. This year's international competition will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
That's PYUNG-CHUNG for those of you who aren't fluent in Korean.
Pyeongchang is actually a county in a northeastern province of South Korea, located just over 100 miles from Seoul, the nation's capital and the home of the 1988 Summer Olympics. It has a population of about 43,000, and its local claim to fame is its average elevation of 700 meters, which apparently offers residents "one of the best places for health, rest and sports in the world."
Side note: You'll see a lot of logos that stylize Pyeongchang as "PyeongChang," with an upper-case "C," but the county officially has only the "P" capitalized. Get ready for a nightmare of misspellings.
When are the Olympics?
The entire slate of Winter Games competition will be broadcast across various NBC platforms from Feb. 8-25, with some curling and the Opening Ceremony coming first. (Note: The ceremony will actually be seen Friday, Feb. 9, at 6 a.m. Eastern -- or at 8 p.m., replayed -- for those watching in the United States.)
If you're talking times specifically, you'll want to note that, since the Olympics will be broadcast live from South Korea, there will be a 14-hour difference between local time and Eastern time. Here's the full breakdown of time differences:
Eastern time: 14 hours
Central time: 15 hours
Mountain time: 16 hours
Pacific time: 17 hours
Pyeongchang time is also ahead of all those time zones, so if NBC is broadcasting live at 8 p.m. ET, that means it is actually 10 a.m. the following day in Pyeongchang. An event broadcast live at 8 a.m. ET, meanwhile, would actually be a 10 p.m. event in South Korea.
How can I watch the Olympics?
If you're planning on watching live, the first thing you can do is make sure to clock some nap time during the afternoon.
In all seriousness, we've got an entire breakdown of how to watch the 2018 Winter Games right here at CBSSports.com, but here's the gist of your options for tuning in:
You can watch on TV, where NBC, NBCSN, CNBC and USA Network will share live programming, including prime-time coverage
You can watch online at NBCOlympics.com, on the NBC Sports app or through fuboTV, which you can try for free
Just as a refresher, what are all the Winter Olympics sports?
No need to be embarrassed. We all need a refresher sometimes. Here's the complete list of sports at the 2018 Winter Games:
- Alpine skiing
- Biathlon (cross-country skiing and rifle shooting)
- Bobsledding
- Cross-country skiing
- Curling
- Figure skating
- Freestyle skiing
- Ice hockey
- Luge
- Nordic combined (cross-country skiing and ski jumping)
- Short track speedskating
- Skeleton sledding
- Ski jumping
- Snowboarding
- Speedskating
