Carl Lewis calls out Max Kellerman over saying track stars are failed football and basketball players
"You take your privilege filled with failure, and troll just for attention."
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The five hottest takes from almost three years of This Week In Hot Takes, and the final hot take standings
After almost three years, This Week In Hot Takes is coming to an end. Here's a look at our picks for the five hottest takes we've covered, plus the final standings and thoughts on the top five finishers there.
NBC partnering with Twitter on live coverage of 2020 Tokyo Olympics with daily show
Last week, NBC took advantage of the late July sports media doldrums to announce they had huge plans...
NBC is going all out to promote the 2020 Olympics that are only 365 days away
NBC will have a promotional blitz for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics... on July 23-24 2019.
The latest behind-the-scenes series is Olympic Channel’s “All Around,” following top gymnasts from the U.S., Russia, and China for a year
All Around will premiere August 6 and will follow U.S. gymnast Morgan Hurd, Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova and Chinese gymnast Chen Yile for a year.
HBO’s “At The Heart Of Gold” is a powerful look at the Larry Nassar scandal and why it wasn’t caught earlier
"At The Heart Of Gold" is a valuable watch both for those who have followed the Nassar scandal closely and those who haven't, providing new perspectives on why this happened in gymnastics and how Nassar got away with it for so long.
Tony Reali, Kevin Negandhi among ESPN personalities speaking up about Special Olympics in spite of political concerns (updated)
ESPN personalities were some of the many who spoke out against the proposed cuts to Special Olympics funding.
NBC trades 2021 Super Bowl to CBS for 2022 edition, letting them pair Super Bowl LVI with the Winter Olympics
This is the first change to the Super Bowl rotation since ABC's final Super Bowl in 2006.
Christian Laettner stars in Olympic Channel’s newest “The Z Team” installment, trying to turn around a Charlotte HS team in a week
Former Duke star Laettner is featured in an Olympic Channel show about trying to turn bad teams around in a week.
Olympic broadcasters are really pushing 8K TV for 2020 in Tokyo
Broadcasters hope to bring 8K into the forefront, even though 4K hasn't even been widely adopted.
Olympic Channel’s latest “Five Rings Films” series entry is “The Golden Generation,” on Manu Ginobili and the 2004 Argentina team
The film will cover Argentina's men's basketball success from 2001-16, focusing in on the 2004 gold-medal win and interviewing every player from that team.
Olympic Channel releases “The People’s Fighters,” Peter Berg’s documentary on Teofilo Stevenson and Cuban boxing
"The People's Fighters," Berg's 87-minute documentary on the history of Cuban boxing, can be watched for free at olympicchannel.com.
National Wrestling Media Association president Jason Bryant favors USA Wrestling’s mandated background checks and training
The head of an organization that represents wrestling media and wrestling communications professionals is taking a stance in support of USA Wrestling's background checks and mandatory online training for journalists looking to gain credentials.
USA Wrestling requires journalists to undergo background checks and online training over sexual abuse, APSE pushes back
Associated Press Sports Editors president Jeff Rosen called these requirements "problematic on multiple levels."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tonya Harding, Josh Norman, Adam Rippon among all-athlete Dancing with the Stars cast
An NBA legend, a figure-skating villain, a current NFLer and a bunch of Olympians make for a pretty good all-athlete Dancing with the Stars cast.
