The Olympics almost seem like they were designed for the streaming era. In the not-so-distant past, only a few dozen hours of each Olympics were shown on television. Cable channels allowed more sports to be seen, but even into the 2000s Olympic broadcasts consisted mostly of track and field, gymnastics,Continue Reading
TOKYO — Norie Kosaka knew better than to get her hopes up. A volunteer at the Olympic Games, she had been assigned to work at the opening ceremony on Friday night and naturally assumed she would be one of the workers placed outside Olympic Stadium or tucked into some farawayContinue Reading
After a yearlong delay, the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is almost here. But with social distancing and no fans, the ceremony, much like the Games, will look a lot different. When is the opening ceremony? The opening ceremony for the Olympics is scheduled for Friday night inContinue Reading
When the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the medal stand at the Mexico City Games to protest the oppression of Black Americans, they gave voice to generations of the athletes eager to speak their minds, even as the International Olympic Committee and athletic federationsContinue Reading
In defeat, Devin Booker said that the youthful Phoenix Suns had hoped to skip many of the brutal roadblocks that can quickly vanquish a team with championship aspirations. Like a broken hand. Or a finnicky hamstring. Or running into a juggernaut of a team led by perhaps the greatest shooterContinue Reading
President Biden hosted a celebration with the 2021 Super Bowl champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Tuesday morning at the White House, continuing a recent run of celebrations with title-winning athletes. Once again, Tom Brady stole the show. Mr. Brady, the Tampa quarterback who has missed several presidential team visitsContinue Reading
Plenty of reservations were expressed from all sides involved, but the Oakland City Council voted to accept an amended financial term sheet that keeps negotiations moving forward for a new stadium for the Athletics. In advance of Tuesday’s vote, in which terms were laid out for a $12 billion redevelopmentContinue Reading
For South Korean archers, winning Olympic gold medals feels almost like a given — they have claimed 23 of the 34 golds awarded in the sport since 1984. It’s getting to the Games that’s tough. Just ask Chang Hye-jin, who won two gold medals at the 2016 Olympics in RioContinue Reading
Luke Prokop, 19, a prospect with the Nashville Predators, on Monday became the first player with an N.H.L. contract to publicly announce that he is gay. Prokop, who is from Edmonton, Alberta, made his announcement in an Instagram post, writing, “From a young age I have dreamed of being anContinue Reading
Never tell Jordan Spieth that he’s back. “I hate that, ‘He’s back,’ ” he said last month. “I never went anywhere.” True, he still strolled the grounds at PGA Tour events in recent seasons but Spieth, a former world No. 1 in men’s golf, had fallen to 92nd in theContinue Reading
