Tag: Olympic games
Tokyo Games organizers get plea to cancel from medical body
<p>TOKYO — The IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers start three days of virtual meetings Wednesday and will run into some of the strongest medical-community...
Devils hire Meghan Duggan as manager of player development
Former U.S. national team captain Meghan Duggan was named manager of player development for the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, the latest prominent women's...
Cuba baseball squad without visas as Olympic qualifier nears
<p>HAVANA — Just over a week before the start of the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida, the Cuban team does not have visas...
Lowe to host NBC’s Olympics daytime coverage from Tokyo
NEW YORK — Rebecca Lowe will be the daytime host for NBC's coverage of the Tokyo Olympics.
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NBC using ESPN’s Foudy, Rae, Hildreth for Olympics
<p>STAMFORD, Conn. — NBC is using some of ESPN's soccer broadcasters to supplement its Olympic coverage of the sport headed by Arlo White.</p>
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Record-setting sprinter, ’68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies
LAGOS, Nigeria — Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday....
Devils hire Meghan Duggan as manager of player development
<p>Former U.S. national team captain Meghan Duggan was named manager of player development for the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, the latest prominent women's...
Lowe to host NBC’s Olympics daytime coverage from Tokyo
<p>NEW YORK — Rebecca Lowe will be the daytime host for NBC's coverage of the Tokyo Olympics.</p>
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Record-setting sprinter, ’68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies
<p>LAGOS, Nigeria — Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday....
House Speaker Pelosi backs 2022 Olympics diplomatic boycott
<p>WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Tuesday for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, citing human rights abuses by China's government.</p>
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