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[TRENDING NEWS] What Major Sports Are Still in China Amid Peng Shuai Scandal?

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Author: BY VICTOR MATHER - Publish Date: December 4, 2021 at 12:15AM For now, the WTA is the only organization that has moved to distance itself from events in China as a result of its government’s handling of Peng’s allegations against a top political figure.

[TRENDING NEWS] Barred From 400 Meters, Namibia’s Mboma Wins Silver in the 200

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Author: BY SCOTT CACCIOLA AND JERÉ LONGMAN - Publish Date: August 4, 2021 at 12:30AM Christine Mboma and a teammate were declared ineligible for the longer race because of a genetic condition that raises their testosterone levels. The rule has generated controversy.

[TRENDING NEWS] Women’s Handball Players Are Fined for Rejecting Bikini Uniforms

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Author: BY JENNY GROSS - Publish Date: July 21, 2021 at 12:02AM Norway’s beach handball players were each fined 150 euros for wearing shorts rather than the required bikini bottoms. A spokeswoman for the International Handball Federation said she didn’t know the reason for the rule.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Prospect Is the First N.H.L. Player to Announce He’s Gay

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Author: BY JERÉ LONGMAN - Publish Date: July 20, 2021 at 12:30AM Luke Prokop, who is under contract with the Nashville Predators, said he was “no longer scared to hide who I am.”

[TRENDING NEWS] In Sprint to Reopening, Sports Hits Pandemic Obstacles

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Author: BY KEVIN DRAPER - Publish Date: June 18, 2021 at 01:42AM There is perhaps no greater hurdle to a return to normalcy in sports than the hesitancy among some elite athletes to be vaccinated.

[TRENDING NEWS] Naomi Osaka and the Power of ‘Nope’

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Author: BY LINDSAY CROUSE - Publish Date: June 2, 2021 at 07:14AM The power balance has changed among public figures, the journalists and publications that cover them and the companies that they do business with.

[TRENDING NEWS] Australia’s softball players are the first Olympic athletes to arrive in Japan.

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Author: BY YAN ZHUANG - Publish Date: June 1, 2021 at 11:25AM The team will be confined to one floor of a hotel as it prepares for the Tokyo Games, which are scheduled to begin July 23 despite a coronavirus outbreak and growing public opposition.

[TRENDING NEWS] Sports World Reacts To Chauvin Verdict

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Author: BY SOPAN DEB - Publish Date: April 21, 2021 at 07:29AM After the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and other instances of violence against Black people, many athletes had engaged in activist efforts last year.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Gymnastics Coach Was Charged With Human Trafficking. What Does That Mean?

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Author: BY ALLYSON WALLER - Publish Date: February 27, 2021 at 07:52AM Experts say the filing of human trafficking charges against John Geddert, who died on Thursday, could have major ramifications for future prosecutions of coaches in the high-pressure world of elite sports.

[TRENDING NEWS] Set Your Alarm to Watch Great Tennis

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Author: BY BEN ROTHENBERG - Publish Date: February 7, 2021 at 10:41AM For two weeks starting Sunday, more than 1,000 hours of Australian Open matches will be available to American audiences during the night and into the morning.

[TRENDING NEWS] Icy Podcasts to Warm Your Cold, Cold Heart

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Author: BY PHOEBE LETT - Publish Date: January 3, 2021 at 10:41AM A polar podcast playlist from cold places, full of nonfiction and fiction storytelling set in the snow.

[TRENDING NEWS] Ski Champion Comes Out as Gay: ‘I’m Ready to Be Happy’

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Author: BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL - Publish Date: December 13, 2020 at 03:00PM In an interview with The New York Times, Hig Roberts, a two-time U.S. national champion, becomes the first elite men’s Alpine skier to publicly come out as gay, hoping to encourage others to be themselves.

[TRENDING NEWS] What to Watch When Mike Tyson Fights Roy Jones Jr.

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Author: BY MORGAN CAMPBELL AND OSKAR GARCIA - Publish Date: November 28, 2020 at 12:01PM Is this for real? Yes. Sort of. Just expect more spectacle than in high-level boxing.

[TRENDING NEWS] Gymnasts Worldwide Push Back on Their Sport’s Culture of Abuse

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Author: BY JULIET MACUR - Publish Date: August 3, 2020 at 02:00PM On Instagram and other social networks, gymnasts have tagged posts with #GymnastAlliance to share their own experiences in the wake of a new documentary that highlights verbal and physical abuse by coaches.

[TRENDING NEWS] Kobe Bryant’s Podcast for Kids, ‘The Punies,’ Is Part of His Legacy

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Author: BY PHOEBE LETT - Publish Date: April 18, 2020 at 09:11AM He was dedicated to the youngest generation of athletes, both on the court and in the studio.

[TRENDING NEWS] Former Coach Is Convicted of Lying About Knowledge of Abuse by Larry Nassar

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Author: BY SANDRA E. GARCIA - Publish Date: February 15, 2020 at 07:28AM Kathie Klages, a former gymnastics coach at Michigan State University, could face up to four years in prison after being found guilty of lying to two investigators.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why the W.N.B.A. Loved Kobe Bryant

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Author: BY TALIA CALDWELL - Publish Date: January 28, 2020 at 06:59AM His skills proved that basketball is a mental game. Plus, he was a fan.

[TRENDING NEWS] El encubrimiento fallido del dopaje en Rusia

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Author: BY TARIQ PANJA - Publish Date: November 28, 2019 at 09:47AM Un informe de la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje describe el modo en el que Rusia modificó evidencias para desacreditar al denunciante que reveló la confabulación de dopaje más sofisticada de la historia del deporte.

[TRENDING NEWS] Keeping the Fun in Children’s Sports

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Author: PERRI KLASS, M.D. - Publish Date: July 1, 2019 at 07:00AM “The evidence shows that what makes sports really fun for kids is trying hard, making progress, being a good sport, experiencing positive coaching.”

[TRENDING NEWS] Move Over, Nevada: New Jersey Is the Sports Betting Capital of the Country

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Author: NICK CORASANITI - Publish Date: June 29, 2019 at 07:00AM Bettors wagered more in New Jersey than in any other state in May, surpassing Nevada and its large Las Vegas sports books.