 At the same 1988 Winter Olympics, the "Battle of the Carmens" was used to describe the rivalry in the ladies figure skating competition between East German Katarina Witt and American Debi Thomas.On February 22, 2010, CTV's lead sportscaster Brian Williams did a skit with the anchor of "NBC Nightly News", another Brian Williams, at CTV's Olympic set.Some in the media dubbed this the new "Battle of the Brians", as NBC's Williams compared his own modest set to CTV's expensive Olympic studio.