February 22, 2018
A Saint on a Global Stage

The Star Tribune of Minneapolis sums it up as “the call heard ’round the world.” People on social media are talking about “goosebumps,” “tears,” “best since ‘Do you believe in miracles?’”
St. Scholastica’s own Chad Salmela has become a part of 2018 Olympics history for his emotional color commentary as the American women dramatically won the U.S.’s .
This is the fourth Olympics as an NBC commentator for our cross country running coach and former Nordic ski coach, who this year is performing his duties from the network’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.
has his own reactions to the event and its giddy aftermath. So does . “Definitely the greatest live broadcast call in Olympic history,” says  “NBC’s call of historic finish is golden,” exults the . Other chatter includes , as well as ,Ìý and GoMN.