On March 24, the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee jointly announced[1] that due to the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo - scheduled to begin on July 24,...
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Month: March 2020
The IOC officially postpones Tokyo 2020
The International Olympic Committee and the host government of Japan announced March 24 to postpone Tokyo 2020. This is the first cancellation in modern Olympics history due to a global health crisis, but the games were canceled three times during World War I and...
Olympic trials in jeopardy
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) continues its attempt to keep the Olympics Games on track for a July 24 start in Tokyo. However, with each passing hour, this seems harder and harder to do for sports that have yet to finalize team spots. Many of the events...
NFL players agree to new labor contract
The NFL players voted on March 14 for a new 11-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the owners. Experts had predicted that the deal would pass, so many were surprised by how close the vote was – 1,019 to 959 for a very thin 60-vote margin. The CBA will go...