So you thought the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will start on Friday.   Nope, today....Wednesday . Yes, today, you can see preliminaries for Curling, Luge, Snowboarding and Alpine skiing. Women's Ice Hockey preliminary rounds begin on Thursday, February 5:  U.S. versus Czechia at 10:40AM ET.  The American team goes on to play Finland on Friday, February 7 at 10:40AM ET, Switzerland at 2:40PM ET on Sunday and Canada on Monday at 2:10PM ET.  Finals in Milan on February 19.  They are favored to beat Canada for the gold medal. The Opening Ceremony is on Friday, February 6, 2PM ET or 9AM Hawaii time. Then on Saturday, February 7, the first medal event, Men's Downhill Alpine Skiing.  Closing ceremony on Sunday, February 22, at the Verona Arena.  At 2PM ET on Peacock, with the Prime broadcast on NBC at 8PM ET. Oh, living at 15 Craigside in Honolulu,  I just learned that I can get Peacock free .  Standard cost is $8/month.  Got to get on t...