Jul 28 ZZ Top’s bassist Dusty Hill dies at 72 By Associated Press Guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill had died in his sleep. They didn't give a cause of death, but a July 21 post on the band's website said Hill was "on a short detour back to Texas,… Continue reading
Jul 28 Why people of color look past medal counts when rooting for Olympians By Joshua Barajas To root for the diaspora is to acknowledge all the ways people of color have been affected by white supremacy -- and to celebrate and cheer on the athletes who are able to break through those barriers. Continue reading
Jul 27 Wu-Tang Clan album sale pays off Martin Shkreli’s court debt By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Federal authorities announced the sale Tuesday, saying proceeds would fully satisfy the remainder of what Shkreli owes on a $7.4 million forfeiture order he faced after his 2018 sentencing. Continue reading
Jul 27 ‘About time’: LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave By John Leicester, Associated Press The Tokyo Games are shaping up as a watershed for LGBTQ Olympians. Continue reading
Jul 27 Will the Olympics ever truly welcome nonbinary athletes? By Kate Sosin, The 19th As more young people identify as gender diverse, the binary in sports becomes increasingly fraught. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 4:58 These tight-knit retirees are helping breast cancer survivors feel like ‘Boobless Wonders’ By Maya Trabulsi, KPBS Losing breasts to cancer can be a shattering experience. As Maya Trabulsi of KPBS in San Diego reports, a tight-knit group of women at a retirement home in Escondido, California, is lessening the pain associated with mastectomies — one loving… Continue watching
Jul 26 Surfing makes its Olympic debut – and the waves should be world-class thanks to wind, sand and a typhoon or two By Sally Warner, The Conversation Olympic surfers are coming from around the world to compete in surfing's Olympic debut. But where will the waves come from?… Continue reading
Jul 26 Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon’s en route By Jenna Fryer, Associated Press The Tokyo Olympics have been delayed by the pandemic and then opened under oppressive heat, and now a typhoon is on the way. Continue reading
Jul 26 Olympic broadcasters curb sexual images of female athletes By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press At an Olympics aiming to set the highest level of television standards, the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games is trying to banish overly sexualized images of female athletes. Continue reading
Jul 26 LeVar Burton on the real challenge of hosting Jeopardy By Lynn Elber, Associated Press Burton's share of episodes as one of a succession of guest hosts, the show's pace and the challenge of following in Alex Trebek's much-admired footsteps threw Burton off stride. Continue reading