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Biden Has Some Sports Issues On His Plate
Sports matters. There will be at least four sports issues facing President-elect Joe Biden after he assumes the highest office in the United States on January 20th, 2021. The most immediate is the...
View ArticleAmid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics `focused on hosting’
TOKYO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled. Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed...
View ArticleAP sources: USA Basketball eyeing 60 players in Olympic pool
MIAMI (AP) — USA Basketball is casting a wider-than-usual net in its roster selection for this summer’s rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, two people with knowledge of the situation said Saturday. Additions...
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Canada Is Struggling With COVID-19
Sports is being impacted. The COVID-19 news out of Canada has not been very good for the sports world and there is a question that needs to be addressed. How will the National Hockey League handle...
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The Games Must Go On
Too much money is on the line. The opening ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is just 38 days away and there are questions about the feasibility of holding the event during the COVID-19 pandemic....
View ArticleThe Phelps factor: Kalisz claims return trip to Olympics
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Even though he retired from swimming five years ago, Michael Phelps’ impact was felt on the opening night of the U.S. Olympic trials. Chase Kalisz, who says Phelps is like a big...
View ArticleLochte flops: Olympic career likely over after 7th in 200 IM
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After beating only one other swimmer, Ryan Lochte was the last one to climb from the pool. He struggled to lift himself out of the water, undoubtedly feeling all of his 36 years...
View ArticleTodd Frazier brings passion, power to US Olympic baseball
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (AP) — Sitting in the dugout at tiny Yogi Berra Stadium as he prepared to play for the Frontier League’s Sussex County Miners, Todd Frazier recalled reading a quote from former...
View ArticleShocker: US falls to Nigeria 90-87 in pre-Olympic opener
LAS VEGAS (AP) — This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer. Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, either. If there was any expectation of invincibility for the Americans heading...
View ArticleUS women soccer team looks strong in their quest for a 5th gold medal
TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. women’s national soccer team is in a bubble of its own making for the Tokyo Olympics, and it’s not just because of coronavirus restrictions. The World Cup champions have become...
View ArticleOlympics: US Women gets blanked by Sweden 3-0 in soccer opener.
TOKYO (AP) — Sweden didn’t have to bunker down on defense against the Americans this time. Stina Blackstenius scored a pair of goals and the Swedes stunned the United States at the Olympics with a 3-0...
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The Costly Tokyo Olympics Is At The Halfway Point
The Paralympics is coming. in the middle of the pandemic. Much of the circus has departed Tokyo but there is another round of athletic events to go with the Paralympics portion of the 2021...
View ArticleNHL players are not happy about being barred from the Winter Olympics
Brad Marchand is not happy. Neither is Vladimir Tarasenko. And they are not alone. A handful of NHL players are voicing their frustration over the league’s decision barring them from participating in...
View ArticleEXPLAINER: The Winter Games, a different kind of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The first so-called modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens. But the inaugural Winter Olympics were not held until 1924 in Chamonix, France. Calvin Coolidge was the American...
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Saudis Plan To Go After World Cup And Olympics
The country has the money to land both events. Somebody invented the term “sportswashing” which describes someone or some country using sports to improve a reputation to take attention away from...
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Mexico Wants The 2036 Summer Olympics
A number of countries plan to bid for the Games. For politicians and business leaders of countries there is something seductive when they think about the Olympics. They want to host the event although...
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Victoria Australia Premier On Mega Sports Events: All Costs And No Benefit
Victoria has bailed out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The people who are responsible for spending public money for major sports events in Victoria, Australia didn’t get the memo from their...
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Salt Lake City Will Be Getting The 2034 Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City backers claim no public money will be used in presenting the Games but that is not true. The people who want to bring the 2034 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City and the mountains of...
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de Coubertin: An Olympics Hero Or Villain?
de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, wanted no women to compete in his event. France really does not know how to honor the father of the modern Olympics. Is Baron Pierre de Coubertin a...
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The Olympics Event Is Not Only About Sports
People make political statements on the Olympics stage. The Olympics season is here, the two-week gala festival that is supposed to show the world the best athletes available. It is supposed to be a...
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