Bromfield talks losing mom and enduring worst season to securing bronze for Jamaica at Olympics

Jamaican Olympian Junelle Bromfield left the Olympic Games in Tokyo with a bronze medal. It is an amazing accomplishment for the ...

Simone Biles secures bronze on return to Olympic competition

Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by exhaustion or stress or so...

Afro swim cap banned from Olympics

A swim cap designed especially for black swimmers has been banned from the Tokyo Olympics because it does not “follow the na...

“Impossible” to hold Olympics during pandemic, Japan doctors union warns

Holding the Tokyo Olympics safely as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage would be “impossible”, a union of Japa...

North Korea to skip Tokyo Olympics

COVID-19 fears have forced North Korea to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics. It is now the first country to withdraw from the Olymp...

Olympics host Japan says it will not accept vaccines from China

China is offering vaccines to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Olympic participants, but Japan does not want any of i...

‘Miracle on Ice’ star Mark Pavelich dies at treatment home

Mark Pavelich, the speedy center from the Iron Range who played on the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team, has died at a tre...

Jamaican Olympic champion Les Laing has died

Jamaican Olympic gold medallist Leslie ‘Les’ Laing has died sending a pall of gloom over the track and field community...