sports2021-02-25
Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday against a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Hours later, the coach was dead. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-22
New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the team after a Russian tabloid printed allegations from a former coach he attacked a woman in Latvia almost a decade ago, which he denies. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-18
Japan's Seiko Hashimoto, a woman who has competed in seven Olympics, said on Thursday she had been chosen as president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, replacing a man who resigned after setting off a furor with sexist remarks. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-10
Japan's Kyodo news agency and others reported on Thursday — citing unnamed sources — that Yoshiro Mori will step down on Friday as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-08
Fear of tarnishing the Olympic brand and the money it generates is the prime motivation for the International Olympic Committee to go ahead with this summer's Games in Tokyo, says one Olympic expert. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-02-03
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori on Thursday apologized for making sexist remarks about women, saying he retracted the comments and would not resign, despite calls for him to step down on social media. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-01-19
New York Mets general manager Jared Porter was fired Tuesday after sending graphic, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs in their front office. Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-01-11
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said on Monday night that he will not receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, saying "remaining true to the people, team and country I love outweigh the benefits of any individual award." Source: CBC ....Read more
sports2021-01-10
Back in the early 1960s, most Japanese were initially opposed to hosting the Olympics, but ultimately came to cherish the symbolism of the event. More than a half-century later, the population appeared ready to back staging the Summer Games again, only to have a pandemic derail the event and fli....Read more
sports2021-01-09
Vinik Sports Group, which owns Amalie Arena, announced Saturday that the organization will no longer admit fans to Toronto Raptors games in Tampa as "COVID-19 numbers across west central Florida have risen sharply in recent days." Source: CBC ....Read more
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