HIGHLIGHTS! Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Richard Commey | Huge Knockdown 🔥

Would you have stopped the fight? (should begin playing at the 7 min. mark)

Why I Became an American By Enes Kanter Freedom FROM The Atlantic

 

Boston Celtics star slams China’s Xi over Tibet, Tencent scraps team’s NBA broadcast

Enes Kanter #11 of the Boston Celtics handles the ball against the Portland Trail Blazers at The Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 02, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

 

Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? | David Epstein FROM TED

 

Top Ranked Reaction Time Sports FROM Top End Sports

Shuttlecock and balls: The fastest moving objects in sport by Mark Nadolny FROM olympic.ca

"Would you ever have guessed that a badminton birdie (aka shuttlecock) is the fastest recorded object in sports? While testing out new racket technology in 2013, Malaysia’s Tan Boon Hoeng set a new world record with a 493 km/h smash."

Olympic sponsors praise Simone Biles after withdrawal FROM Ahram Online [Egyptian]

She just created a whole new business opportunity for herself--promoting the American Psychiatric Association. But I doubt they pay much. We should be celebrating the gymnast Oksana Chusovitina instead.

Bittersweet Last Vault From the Oldest Female Gymnast at the Olympics Who Retires Age 46 By Rebecca Flood FROM Newsweek

"Over the decades, Chusovitina represented the Soviet Union (USSR), the Unified Team, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Germany and Uzbekistan. She's one of only a handful of athletes to represent various national teams at the Olympics."

Oldest female Olympic gymnast of all-time, Oksana Chusovitina, retires FROM CBC News: The National

 

"In a sport where anyone older than 20 years old is already considered past their prime, Oksana Chusovitina, 46, was an ageless wonder with a remarkable story."

Refugee Olympic Team: Highlighting the voice of millions at Tokyo By Showkat Shafi and Faras Ghani FROM Al Jazeera

 

Financial Ramifications Of Coronavirus Canceling Tokyo Olympics Would Be ‘Massive’ by Michelle Bruton FROM Forbes

Marvin Hagler obituary by John Rawling FROM The Guardian

"Marvin Hagler, who has died aged 66, is recognised as one of boxing’s greatest champions, holding the world middleweight title from 1980 to 1987, but his fabled status is assured because of one never-to-be-forgotten night in the old open-air arena at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, in 1985, when he fought and defeated his great rival Thomas Hearns in one of the most thrilling contests the sport has ever produced."

 

Round 1 (as well as rounds 2 and 3) of the fight against Hearns was posted by Top Rank Boxing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL2a2-8OHdg

Lo Man Kam - A Legendary Legacy FROM Wing Chun Rigins

I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike | NYT Opinion BY Mary Cain (video)

Why former NFL lineman John Urschel benched football for math FROM CBS News

For Pound-for-Pound King Vasiliy Lomachenko, the Best Feet in Boxing Started With Dance Classes in Ukraine BY Greg Bishop FROM Sports Illustrated

A new Olympics reality: Fewer cities want to host the Games By Rick Maese FROM The Washington Post

Can Being Out of Shape Speed Up Brain Deterioration? by Christopher Bergland FROM Psychology Today

Shahid Khan, the Jaguars owner who stood with his team, has long espoused the American Dream By Amy B Wang FROM Washington Post

Tests Show ‘Severe’ CTE in Brain of Former NFL Star Aaron Hernandez By Adam K. Raymond FROM Daily Intelligencer

Also see the roster of victims "100 NFL Brains" by By Joe Ward, Josh Williams and Sam Manchester

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/sports/football/nfl-cte.html?mcubz=3