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When mental issues forced Simone Biles to withdraw from last year’s (delayed) Tokyo 2020 Olympics, many fans thought we’d never see the likes of her again. But, when aging forced Michael Jordan to retire, I remember thinking we’d never see the likes of him again. Then along came Kobe Bryant and LeBron James to wow… Read more.
In a stunning result, Michaela Shiffrin failed to successfully navigate more than a handful of turns in Wednesday’s women’s slalom and was disqualified from her second race this week at the Beijing Olympics. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who was expected to contend for multiple gold medals at Beijing, had trouble in her run almost… Read more.
Episode 43: But China and Russia Are Proving as Bedeviling in Sports as They Are in Politics Related commentaries: Shaunae Miller-Uibo… Online comments… Listen.
Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, and Simone Biles were members of the US women’s gymnastics team that won gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. But sadly, they got into a dispiriting Twitter spat two months ago. It stemmed from Raisman speaking about her sexual abuse at the hand of their team doctor on 60 Minutes.… Read more.
Heart-warming athlete profiles have become a signature feature of Olympics coverage. But I always find them anodyne because they invariably fail to show the interpersonal relationships featured athletes have with fellow teammates and competitors. Profiles on members of the celebrated Women’s USA Gymnastics team during last year’s Rio Olympics brought this oversight into stark relief.… Read more.
Track and Field With all due respect to the Men’s 110m Hurdles and Men’s High Jump, the Women’s 1500m was the premier event of the day. I was rooting for Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia based solely on my admiration for the way she has continued the winning ways of her older sisters: Ejegayehu Dibaba (34) won… Read more.
The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Mets 7-2 in New York on Sunday, thereby clinching the 2015 World Series in a veritable rout, four games to one. This, you might think, is the sporting event most worthy of comment. And you’d be right if, instead of the Royals, the Cubs were crowned World… Read more.
