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
Jul 25 Jackie Mason, comic who perfected amused outrage, dies at 93 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93. Continue reading
Jul 25 Gymnastics team, tired of 'sexualization,' wears unitards By Claire Galofaro, Associated Press The team’s outfits looked similar to the others in the room as the arena lights gleamed off crystals crisscrossing their chests and down their crimson and white sleeves. But the German gymnastics team’s new Olympic suits didn’t stop at their… Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 7:32 Jackson Browne: 'We could have a society in which justice is real' By Tom Casciato It’s been 50 years since Jackson Browne recorded “Doctor My Eyes,” his first hit in which the world’s troubles have caused the singer’s tear ducts to run dry. Fifteen albums and eight Grammy nominations later, he's now out with his… Continue watching
Jul 25 A Jackson Browne playlist starring the guitarists who shape his recordings By Tom Casciato Browne found plenty of other stuff to do, with plenty of great guitarists. There are more than can be accommodated in this space (Cooder, Jesse Ed Davis, Keb’ Mo, Mike Campbell and Danny Kortchmar among them), but below is a… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 6:54 How Latinos changed baseball in America By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport As ballparks fill up around the country due to an easing of pandemic restrictions, Jeffrey Brown looks at a new exhibit on the long history of Latinos playing baseball and how they changed the sport fundamentally in the U.S. It’s… Continue watching
Jul 23 'This can be me.' Black participation is rising in gymnastics amid Olympic representation By Will Graves, Associated Press Half of the U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo is women of color, and Black gymnasts account for nearly 10% of NCAA Division I women's gymnastics scholarships. Organizations like Brown Girls Do Gymnastics are attempting to make it easier for gymnasts… Continue reading