Many Are Worried the Tokyo Olympics Won't Be Happening

said earlier this month the games should be canceled due to the very real risk of causing a new COVID-19 outbreak. And a Reuters poll found that 70% of Japanese companies agree.

Bob Costas, who hosted 12 Olympic Games telecasts for NBC, believes the Tokyo Olympics should not go forward due to risks from Covid-19.

Newsmax to discuss his ouster from major social media platforms for his role in inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.In the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25 to 54, Newsmax’s hour drew 62,000 average viewers.

With the 2021 Summer Games just weeks away, the NBC Olympics team is full steam ahead.

SEGA has confirmed that the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game will release on June 22.The officially licensed Tokyo Olympics game came out in 2019 in Japan, and is now releasing worldwide on June 22, for Switch, PS4, PC and Xbox One.Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game is being released even as the actual Olympic Games in Tokyo remain on hiatus amid continued Coronavirus pandemic concerns in Japan.The game sticks to a mostly realistic tone, but has a few more playful

Ryan Reynolds is one of the busiest stars in Hollywood, and it’s not just because he needs to keep Blake Lively in gorgeous red carpet outfits!

Ahead of its coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, NBC has set premiere dates for a slew of new and returning unscripted summer series and its Olympics-themed Jonas Brothers special.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Asahi Shimbun newspaper, one of Japan’s most influential media and a partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has called for the cancellation of this summer’s rescheduled Games.In a Japanese-language editorial, published Wednesday local time, the paper cited risks to public health and stress on Japan’s medical system as the reasons for its call.“We ask prime minister Suga (Yoshihide) to calmly and objectively assess the situation and decide on the cancellation of

Olympics’ track and field coverage for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.Diffey takes over for Tom Hammond, who had called Olympic athletics for the network from 1992 through 2016.“They don't label me as the racing guy or the speed guy, but I am,” Diffey told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Lee Evans won two sprinting gold medals at the 1968 Olympics and protested on the podium against racism.Lee Evans was a star sprinter at San Jose State University who started the Olympic Project for Human Rights with teammates Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The trio almost boycotted the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City but instead decided that competing and winning was the best message.

The Tokyo Olympics must go on, a senior International Olympics Committee executive said Friday.

Simone Biles just pulled off one of the most insane gymnastics moves ever!

pic.twitter.com/GtBEVZ4b9vJust heard the great Lee Evans passed away today. 1968 Olympic 400 champion.

Laurie Hernandez is currently training several hours a day, multiple times a week to once again earn herself a spot on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at July’s Tokyo Olympics.

NBC is taking sibling rivalry to an Olympic level. The network today unveiled Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers, an hourlong special set for summer that pits Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas against one another with help from some of Team USA’s best athletes.

A majority of Japanese citizens oppose the Olympics to go ahead in Tokyo due to the coronavirus pandemic, but NBC insists the Games will go on, at least for now.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are taking place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but thanks to live streaming, there are more ways to watch than ever. The two-week event kicks off on July 21 and runs through Aug. 8 in its host city of Tokyo, Japan.Among the stars expected to compete for Team USA include Megan Rapinoe, along with the dominant U.S.

said the show’s writers chose to start from scratch on the new season after public outcry over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. The series was also among a handful of Universal Television series whose shooting schedules were interrupted by spikes in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles over the holidays.In addition to Crews, the ensemble comedy stars Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Lo Truglio, Dirk Blocker and Joel McKinnon Miller.

The doors at Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s 99th precinct will close after the Summer Olympics after NBC gave the final season of the comedy the “coveted” post-games slot.