January 12, 2022
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.
August 01, 2021
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
April 28, 2021
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
January 28, 2021
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
January 23, 2021
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
December 19, 2020
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