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Britain’s Huge Investment in Summer Olympic Sports Pays Off – New York Times
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Why the Olympics Are the Unicorn of Sports TV – Bloomberg
The 2016 Summer Olympics are over, and the women of Team USA won by a landslide. Led by Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, they won 61 medals, enough to put them at the top of the overall standings, behind China and Great Britain, and more than 25 million Americans turned on their televisions every night to watch them do it. Sponsors also paid dearly to reach that audience—which, like Team…
‘Unfortunately we do see a lot of homophobia still in the locker room’ – CBC.ca
When Olympic speed skater Anastasia Bucsis realized she was attracted to women, it sent her into a spiral of depression. “I was very much alone and anxious and it affected my mental health,” Bucsis said during an interview with CBC Edmonton’s Radio Active. “A Catholic conservative, I really had no gay friends, and when I realized I was gay and grappling with that, and how that label was going to change my identity,…
With Audience Shrinking, NBC Looks Cautiously to Olympics in Asia … – New York Times
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Tim Tebow will get his shot at Major League Baseball career on Aug. 30 – USA TODAY
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Kinston’s new baseball team wants your help finding name – WITN
KINSTON, NC (WITN) – Get ready to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” because professional baseball is returning to an Eastern Carolina city after a five year lapse. The Texas Rangers announced Monday that they’ve entered into a 12-year agreement to put a new Class-A team at Grainger Stadium in Kinston. “I believe you got the right team in place here in Kinston…
Does the commissioner of baseball understand baseball? – The Week Magazine
Some has to say it. The commissioner of Major League Baseball might not understand the game of baseball. Rob Manfred has had baseball’s top job since January of 2015. Whereas his predecessor was mostly a caretaker, dutifully serving the interests of team owners in labor disputes, and mostly leaving the on-field product alone, Manfred constantly throws out radical ideas. Even if they are contradictory. Manfred’s diagnosis is that baseball’s fans…
Rio Paralympics 2016: Russia banned after losing appeal – BBC News
Media playback is not supported on this device Rio Paralympics 2016: IPC ban Russian athletes doping scandal Russia will not compete at next month’s Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) upheld the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) ban on all Russian competitors. The IPC made the decision in light of the McLaren report, which detailed a…
Britain’s Huge Investment in Summer Olympic Sports Pays Off – New York Times
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Sports clubs are ‘brought to the brink’ by funding cuts while top athletes are ‘prioritised’ – Daily Mail
Despite promises of a ‘legacy’ and a million people being inspired to take up sport after 2012, there was a decrease in participation Labour politician Lee Waters said sports clubs had been ‘brought to the brink’ by funding cuts while top athletes were ‘prioritised’ He said: ‘An obsession with medals risks the future of grassroots sports’ By Eleanor Harding and Mario Ledwith for the Daily Mail Published: 19:45 EST, 22…
PV Sindhu’s reception not enough: Govt must promote sports ethos, create ecosystem – Firstpost
A volunteer for the Special Olympics was dismayed at the pomp and show at the felicitation ceremony organised by the Telangana government for PV Sindhu at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. He told me how a few months back, when the national coaching camp ahead of the Special Olympics for softball and floor hockey was to be held, they asked for permission to use the stadium for practise….
Laura Trott: ‘Girls are put off sport because they get embarrassed’ – The Guardian
“I’d get called a dyke a lot – people would shout it at me all the time and say I was a boy because I got into sport.” Marcelly Vitória de Mendonça, 16, has spent the morning jostling with 300 or so other schoolgirls who have been invited to the UN’s event on empowering young women at the City of Arts culture complex in Rio de Janeiro. She seems confident…
With Audience Shrinking, NBC Looks Cautiously to Olympics in Asia – New York Times
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Britain’s Huge Investment in Summer Olympic Sports Pays Off – New York Times
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Sports clubs are ‘brought to the brink’ by funding cuts while top athletes are ‘prioritised’ – Daily Mail
Despite promises of a ‘legacy’ and a million people being inspired to take up sport after 2012, there was a decrease in participation Labour politician Lee Waters said sports clubs had been ‘brought to the brink’ by funding cuts while top athletes were ‘prioritised’ He said: ‘An obsession with medals risks the future of grassroots sports’ By Eleanor Harding and Mario Ledwith for the Daily Mail Published: 19:45 EST, 22…
Laura Trott: ‘Girls are put off sport because they get embarrassed’ – The Guardian
“I’d get called a dyke a lot – people would shout it at me all the time and say I was a boy because I got into sport.” Marcelly Vitória de Mendonça, 16, has spent the morning jostling with 300 or so other schoolgirls who have been invited to the UN’s event on empowering young women at the City of Arts culture complex in Rio de Janeiro. She seems confident…
PV Sindhu’s reception not enough: Govt must promote sports ethos, create ecosystem – Firstpost
A volunteer for the Special Olympics was dismayed at the pomp and show at the felicitation ceremony organised by the Telangana government for PV Sindhu at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. He told me how a few months back, when the national coaching camp ahead of the Special Olympics for softball and floor hockey was to be held, they asked for permission to use the stadium for practise….
Olympics amassed 187 million tweets, 1.5 billion Facebook interactions – USA TODAY
TOPSHOT – Brazil’s forward Neymar poses for a selfie with fans as they celebrate after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s football gold medal match between Brazil and Germany at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSENODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: AFP_FG01T(Photo: ODD ANDERSEN, AFP/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook won gold in the Rio Summer Olympics’ social media conversation,…
The biggest stories of the 2016 baseball season (if the first half didn’t exist) – SB Nation
Baseball writers are all frauds, and I’m the worst offender of all. Every year, we’re presented with a month of games and asked to assign meaning to them. The Phillies are surprise contenders. Bryce Harper is going to hit 74 home runs. Mat Latos just might be back. The takes are hot, the takes are dumb, but it’s not like we’re going to go a month without takes. Goodness, no….
Laura Trott: ‘Girls are put off sport because they get embarrassed’ – The Guardian
“I’d get called a dyke a lot – people would shout it at me all the time and say I was a boy because I got into sport.” Marcelly Vitória de Mendonça, 16, has spent the morning jostling with 300 or so other schoolgirls who have been invited to the UN’s event on empowering young women at the City of Arts culture complex in Rio de Janeiro. She seems confident…
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