Split Time: Gold Medal Mel

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 12. WITH the Olympics just about a year-and-a-half away, we're starting to feel some of the media excitement that graces our sport once every four years. What's it going to take in 2012 to top 2008? Maybe more importantly, what can we do now to set up our sport to maintain interest in 2013, 14, and 15? What type of athletes would help us get to that mainstream sports media status?

To answer these questions and more, we've brought a guy who has seen this sport at the top level from both sides as an athlete and a member of the media. Gold Medal Mel, Melvin Stewart joins Split Time Host, Garrett McCaffrey.

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