Sitting at the desk in his dressing room on July 30, Scott Hanson was in full prep mode, furiously scribbling notes, plucking out key sports, athletes and moments that he wanted to feature when he went on the air to host Gold Zone in about an hour and a half.

Hanson was surrounded by screens. A TV on the wall, a laptop to his right, and an iPad in front of him, where a live video feed showed Simone Biles competing on the vault.

“Her stuff is way more advanced than everyone else, right? And the U.S. is going to have such a lead [in the women’s team gymnastics event], we think,” Hanson said as Biles completed her routine, reciting a flurry of facts as he browsed a printed copy of NBC’s “Daily Olympian,” a sort of in-house newspaper for NBC Sports employees working out of the company’s Stamford, Connecticut headquarters during the games.