Summer Olympics

Extra innings: Baseball head again pitches Olympics to MLB

World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari, right, accompanied by Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, left, and Nippon Professional Baseball…

May 14, 2020

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70% of U.S. Olympic sports applied for PPP funds

Urgency to produce at Tokyo in 2021

May 9, 2020

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In Olympic sports, canceled events mean fewer member fees

spells financial trouble

May 7, 2020

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Cost-cutting: More than 30 at U.S. Olympic Committee take severance

Furloughs and involuntary layoffs are expected to begin as soon as next week. CEO Sarah Hirshland told the staff of…

May 7, 2020

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Olympians look to help young athletes during shutdown

The captain of the U.S. men’s water polo team is adjusting his training, too. He also misses playing alongside his…

May 3, 2020

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IOC official disagrees COVID-19 vaccine needed for Olympics

John Coates, an International Olympic Committee member from Australia who is a lawyer, said he had seen the opinion but…

April 29, 2020

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Tokyo Olympics in 2021 difficult without vaccine

Medical Association gives a second warning

April 29, 2020

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Tokyo Olympics: Questions, few answers in face of pandemic

The New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from…

April 28, 2020

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Study: Olympians should push for collective bargaining

Athletes currently dependent on sponsors

April 23, 2020

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U.S. Olympic Committee to cut up to 20%

of Tokyo Games would be ‘devastating’

April 21, 2020

Professional Sports

In COVID-19 world, anti-doping goes to in-home testing

World-champion sprinter Noah Lyles is one of 15 American athletes who have volunteered for in-home drug testing as part of…

April 16, 2020

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Tokyo 2020: ‘No B Plan’ for another Olympic Postponement

Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, said organizers are proceeding under the assumption the Olympics will open on…

April 14, 2020

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For an Olympic canoeist, training alone its own kind of social distancing

It’s the other 20-some hours each day that remind him how abnormal things really are. Right about now, Eichfeld, a…

April 14, 2020

Professional Sports

40 years later, vote to skip Moscow Olympics still ‘horrible’

vote in Colorado Springs backed President Carter

April 12, 2020

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Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games still in doubt

of precautions leave some worried about 2021

April 10, 2020

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Olympians become trainers to help those stranded at home

stuck at home get world-class instruction

April 9, 2020

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Athletes Village for Olympics could house virus patients

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been talking about the possibility of occupying the massive development on Tokyo Bay, which is…

April 3, 2020

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Simone Biles on 2021 Olympics: ‘Nothing is set in stone’

Simone Biles is pressing on to the 2021 Olympics. While she’s confident her body will be fine next summer, she…

April 1, 2020

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The countdown clock is clicking again for the Tokyo Olympics

postponed one year

April 1, 2020

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Date set: Olympics to be held July 23 through Aug. 8 of 2021

Tokyo organizers said Monday the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021 — almost exactly one year after…

March 30, 2020

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Tokyo Olympics: Summer dates likely in 2021 for Games

Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and…

March 29, 2020

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No games, big losses for governing bodies of U.S. Olympic sports

crisis faces U.S. Olympic sports

March 27, 2020

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Olympic postponement gives Durango wrestler Nick Tarpley time

COVID-19 pushes back U.S. Team Trials for wrestler with neck injury

March 27, 2020

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Olympics looking for a new date for opening, closing

Ceremonies the first step to 2021 plan

March 27, 2020