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
