Category: Sports News

NFL Schedules Get Off to Strong Starts With Week 1 Twinbills

An additional week of regular-season games will benefit NFL fans right from the start. In order to keep an equal number of doubleheaders between CBS and Fox, the league has decided to make Week 1 a doubleheader for both networks, which is also what they do on the final week. Blake Jones of the league’s…


New York Baseball Stadiums to Seat Fans in Separate Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Sections

People who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine will be seated separately from those who have in two major baseball stadiums in New York, officials announced this week. The segregation will be enforced at Fans at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium, home to Major League Baseball’s New York Mets and New York Yankees. “There are going…


Puerto Rican Boxer Held Without Bail After Lover Found Dead

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A federal judge on Monday ordered Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo held without bail after he was charged in the death of his 27-year-old pregnant lover whose body was found in a lagoon. Verdejo is charged with kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of Keishla Rodríguez and with intentionally killing an…


Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 Champ in Great Racing Family, Dies

Bobby Unser, a beloved three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and part of the only pair of brothers to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” has died. He was 87. He died Sunday at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, of natural causes, Indianapolis Motor Speedway said Monday. Unser was one of the greatest racers in the…


Japan Says Olympics Must Not Burden Medical Systems

TOKYO—The Olympics must not be a burden on medical systems, Japan’s chief government spokesman said on Friday, amid worries that daily athlete testing will tax health resources already stressed in fighting a rebound of COVID-19 cases. The Games will be held in a manner that makes everyone feel safe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told…


Olympic Athletes Who Kneel, Raise Fist Will Face Punishment: IOC

Athletes who try protesting by kneeling or raising a fist at official Olympic sites will face punitive measures, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced this week. The Olympic Charter already says that any kind of demonstration or political, religious, or racial propaganda is barred in any Olympic sites, venues, or other areas. But athletes from America…


NBA’s LeBron James Deletes Message Telling Police Officer ‘You’re Next’

NBA star LeBron James on Wednesday posted a photograph of the police officer who shot a girl in Ohio this week, telling the officer, “You’re next.” Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant after she attacked several people with a knife on Tuesday, body camera footage showed. James later deleted his missive, which some took…


Top Football Clubs Launch European Super League Amid Criticisms

MANCHESTER, England—Twelve of Europe’s top football clubs launched a breakaway Super League on Sunday, launching what is certain to be a bitter battle for control of the game and its lucrative revenue. The move sets up a rival to UEFA’s established Champions League competition and was condemned by football authorities and political leaders. Manchester United,…


Head of Tokyo Olympics Again Says Games Will Not Be Canceled

TOKYO—The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday again assured the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months and not be canceled. Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto was asked at a news conference if there were any conditions under which the Olympics would be canceled. The question comes as the…


Olympics-COVID Cuts Hit Anti-Doping Program at Tokyo Games

Anti-Doping accreditations for the Tokyo Olympics have been cut due to COVID-19 but the core management team in charge of delivering a drug-free Games will remain intact, the head of the International Testing Agency (ITA) told Reuters. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will also be impacted by a 20 percent reduction in its International Observer…