This week UNINTERRUPTED Canada announced LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Drake, and Adel ‘Future’ Nur will serve as Executive Producers for “Black Ice” a full-length feature documentary following the “history, influence, and racialized journey of Black hockey players and explores the…
By Toshiki Hashimoto KAWAGOE, Japan (Reuters) - Xander Schauffele's triumph at the Tokyo golf on Sunday was especially emotional for his swing coach father Stefan, whose own Olympic dreams were crushed nearly 40 years ago. Stefan Schauffele had hoped to represent Germany…
TOKYO (AP) — American swimmer Lilly King doubled down on criticism of Russian athletes hours after the president of the Russian Olympic Committee said his teams' medals are the “best answer” to critics who questioned why the country is allowed to compete…
Georgian Silver Medalists Banished From Olympics for Breaking COVID Rules originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Six people, including two silver medalists from the country of Georgia, have been banished from the Olympics for breaking the Games’ COVID-19 protocols, according to organizers.…
Max Whitlock rose to the occasion once again to successfully defend his Olympic pommel title at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo. The 28-year-old went first in the eight-man final and posted a score of 15.583 that proved unbeatable, with Chinese Taipei’s Chih…
Max Whitlock rose to the occasion once again to successfully defend his Olympic pommel title at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo. The 28-year-old went first in the eight-man final and posted a score of 15.583 that proved unbeatable, with Chinese Taipei’s Chih…
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 has not been the coronavirus superspreader event that some feared it might become, but emotions - ranging from the ecstatic to the arguably toxic - have been shared freely in the heady atmosphere of…
Caeleb Dressel Sets Olympic Record For Gold in 50m Freestyle originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston America has officially found its next men’s swimming star. Caeleb Dressel made that perfectly clear with yet another dominant performance, this time to capture gold in…
It’s the familiar cadence. Two weeks of practice. A scrimmage or two. Another week of practice. And then the season-opening game. After a year when the world was turned upside-down, high school football is back again. Monday marks the first day of…
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - For the world's top competition climbers gathered in Tokyo ahead of the sport's Olympic debut on Tuesday, there is one name on everyone's lips -- Slovenia's Janja Garnbret. "When we're talking about female competition of course…