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Posted Saturday 3/27/21 at 4:54AM EDT
The pandemic may benefit the Tokyo Olympics by bringing the Games closer to their original ideals
"Over 120 years ago, Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic games, set out to describe the philosophy...
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Posted Thursday 3/25/21 at 2:56PM EDT
Japan kicks off Summer Olympics festivities with torch relay
As The Wall Street Journal notes, Wednesday's ceremony "was a symbolic message that the Games are going ahead despite public...
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Posted Monday 3/15/21 at 10:28AM EDT
Drew Brees retires, joins NBC Sports
The Super Bowl-winning QB has signed on as a studio analyst for NBC's Football Night in America and a game...
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Posted Tuesday 3/09/21 at 1:20PM EST
Tokyo Olympics will proceed without foreign spectators
There was no immediate word on how many Japanese fans would be permitted to enjoy the Summer Games in person,...
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Posted Wednesday 3/03/21 at 10:39AM EST
Comcast CEO: It's no longer a question "if" the Sumer Olympics will happen, but "how" they will look
“I’d like to say it’s — and I can’t be certain, it’s not my decision, but I think it’s not...
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NBC will air the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony live in the U.S. on a Friday morning
The network plans to devote nearly the entire day on Friday, July 23, to the Opening Ceremony of the coronavirus-delayed...
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Posted Saturday 1/30/21 at 4:20AM EST
Why Peacock doesn't need the Olympics
"Even if the Games end up being nixed, Peacock won’t suddenly be Quibi’d into extinction," says Josef Adalian.
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Posted Thursday 1/28/21 at 1:24PM EST
NBC Universal is "pretty confident" the Summer Olympics will go on this year
“We’re pretty confident that the Olympics are going to happen,” NBC Universal CEO Jeff Shell said during an earnings call...
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Tokyo Olympics officials deny talk of cancelation, say they are "focused on hosting"
Approximately six months before the Opening Ceremony, The Times of London reported Thursday that "the Japanese government has privately concluded...
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Posted Friday 1/08/21 at 6:12AM EST
IOC member Dick Pound: I'm not sure the Tokyo Summer Olympics will happen
“I can’t be certain because the ongoing elephant in the room would be the surges in the virus,“ Pound said,...
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Posted Wednesday 12/23/20 at 4:30PM EST
Tokyo Olympics will scale back the Opening and Closing Ceremonies due to the coronavirus
The seven-member creative team for the Summer Olympics have been fired after working on the ceremonies for more than two...
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Posted Monday 12/07/20 at 1:32PM EST
Breakdancing will make its debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
The hip-hop dance isn't the first artistic movement that will be counted as an Olympic sport.
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Posted Wednesday 11/11/20 at 6:04PM EST
International Olympic Committee is not considering canceling next year's Summer Games
IOC president Thomas Bach was asked today if the possibility of cancellation wason the table at next week's meeting with...
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Posted Monday 10/26/20 at 7:04PM EDT
Starz to show Olympian Tommie Smith's documentary With Drawn Arms
Smith will reflect on his iconic Black Power salute with John Carlos at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City...
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Posted Thursday 9/03/20 at 2:22PM EDT
Tokyo Olympics organizers say the Games can proceed without a coronavirus vaccine
The Japanese government expects there to be a vaccine by the middle of next year.