A collection of 17 posts
Beijing 2022's “closed loop" is an effort to prevent the spread of omicron while also putting on an event that is very important to the Chinese government domestically and internationally.
After one year of postponement, the Tokyo Olympics went on as planned. Back in June, NHK reported that 10,000 volunteers had quit [https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/thousands-tokyo-olympics-volunteers-quit-nhk-2021-06-02/] ahead of the Games. This week, coronavirus cases in Tokyo are surging, with record-breaking daily
Loren Gabel sits on the bench at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri, breathing in and out, feeling the sticky floor beneath her skates, her legs buzzing. She can hear the gentle hum of the crowd and the voices of her teammates bouncing off
The NWSL published key dates and COVID-19 protocols [https://prod-nwsl-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/wp/uploads/2021/01/2021SeasonProtocols_0127.pdf] for its 2021 season in a Wednesday morning release [https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/2021-nwsl-challenge-cup-set-to-be-played-in-home-markets-kickoff-scheduled-for-april-9] . Under the schedule, all players will report to camp
Sports organizations have continued to announce schedules and hype their upcoming games and seasons on social media as if these are normal times – but of course they aren't, and every organized sporting event is burdened now by very serious public health questions as they attempt
2020 will probably long be remembered as a year of reckoning in North American professional sports, but it will leave behind a question of what that reckoning was actually about, or if anything came of it. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the true cost of