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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

COVID-19

FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo. It's been 2 1/2 months since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So where do the games stand? So far, many ideas about how the Olympic can take place are being floated by the International Olympic Committee, Japanese officials and politicians, and in unsourced Japanese newspaper articles coming from local organizers and politicians. The focus is on soaring costs, fans, or no fans, possible quarantines for athletes, and cutting back to only “the essentials." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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What We’re Missing: The Olympic Games

By River Wells | June 16, 2020

In 1916, the Berlin Summer Olympics were canceled after the onset of World War I. In 1940, the Olympics to be held in Tokyo (and then Helsinki) were canceled as tensions in the Second Sino-Japanese War boiled, and the 1944 games to take place in London didn’t occur as World War II was coming to a climax.

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What We’re Missing: The Olympic Games

By River Wells | June 16, 2020

In 1916, the Berlin Summer Olympics were canceled after the onset of World War I. In 1940, the Olympics to be held in Tokyo (and then Helsinki) were canceled as tensions in the Second Sino-Japanese War boiled, and the 1944 games to take place in London didn’t occur as World War II was coming to a climax.

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What We're Missing

June 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the sports calendar into disarray. The month of June usually features the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final as well as the MLB's regular season and the U.S. Open. This summer was also supposed to have huge international events like the Summer Olympics in Tokyo and Euro 2020.

Florida will become the first state to allow student-athletes to receive compensation
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Governor Ron DeSantis signs NIL Bill into law

By Noah Ram | June 12, 2020

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Friday that would allow college athletes to make money by profiting off their name, image and likeness (NIL). Florida is the third state to pass an NIL-related bill, but its bill will be the first one to be put into action.

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