Kwan on NBC team at skating worlds

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Michelle Kwan and Vice President Joe Biden cheer athletes at the Special Olympics earlier this month in Boise, Idaho. Credit: Greg Kreller / AP-Idaho Press Tribune

Michelle Kwan will be part of NBC’s broadcast team for the upcoming World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, according to Chicago Tribune sources.

The five-time world champion will be joining Bob Costas and Dick Button in giving overviews and reflections during the live telecast of the women’s free skate final March 28. This will be Kwan’s debut as a TV commentator.

Kwan had declined an opportunity to work for NBC after she withdrew from the 2006 Olympics with an injury because she said she would have felt uncomfortable commenting on skaters against whom she had been planning to compete.

If her NBC debut goes well, and Kwan decides not to attempt a comeback for the 2010 Winter Games, count on her being a part of the broadcast team in Vancouver as well.

-- Philip Hersh