Brian Williams won’t like this column. It’s about him.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is Friday evening in Paris — a time check of six hours away, nine in Vancouver — and I can’t think about another Olympic beginning, another ceremony, another chance to go live to the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium or any other venue without first thinking of the legendary Williams and all he did for CBC and every other network that was fortunate enough to employ him.