Current Events

Amidst professional sports' attempts to find a viable solution for safely returning to action, baseball illustrates the many complexities involved. It took three months of negotiations for the league and the players to finally restart summer camp to prepare for a...

The NFL’s treatment of Colin Kaepernick and other players who kneeled during the national anthem in 2016 did not reflect well on the league or its owners. While the gesture was made to call attention to racial injustice and police brutality, it was deeply politicized...

Olympic athletes’ hopes and dreams were officially put on hold when officials postponed Tokyo 2020 until July 23, 2021. Of course, many athletes were already struggling to train with the closures of training facilities and shelter-in-place orders. Three months later,...

Simone Biles and Ally Raisman are two of the most recognized and decorated gymnasts in the world. So people took notice when they were publicly critical in early March of the $215 million settlement involving USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Nassar was convicted of...

Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York stated on Monday, May 18, that he was open to the return of professional sports to the state. During his daily news conference, he said: “I have been encouraging major sports teams to plan re-openings without fans, but the games could...

States around the country have begun (or have announced plans) to reopen. While professional baseball lost the beginning of its 2020 season, the league hopes to return as soon as July 4 for a shortened version. Ownership of all 30 teams endorsed this plan on May 11,...

The sports calendar is a moving target these days. From little league to the Olympics, every sports league, game or tournament is canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the moment, fall sports leagues are not saying much about their schedules, but...

Olympic athletes across the globe spent much of their life preparing for the Games. It is sports' grandest stage, rivaled only in importance and audience size by World Cup Soccer and the Super Bowl. Considering that a win or a remarkable performance can make stars out...

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...

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...