George Russell of Mercedes wins Chinese GP sprint to continue his early-season dominance apnews.com/article/form...

“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.” — Justice Louis D. Brandeis

Respectful note to Kirsty Coventry. Want to get politics out of the Olympics? Remove the flags. Simply let athletes compete. Bar medal table standings. No opening ceremony march of nations. This of course would end the Olympics. The IOC lives off this nationalism.

Olympic figure skaters offer wellness tips for weekend athletes. The 'hard ice always wins' apnews.com/article/prev...

Not everything has a price. Not an Olympic medal in place of standing for war dead, a stronger badge of honor than any Olympic medal.

The Milan Olympics have given some American athletes a platform. It’s turned nasty. Watch World Cup later this year and 2028 Olympics in LA. Much larger stages, and in U. S. Alcohol often fuels World Cup. LA Games in California just before election. Volatile mixes for sure.

The Olympics. 200 member nations. Flags. Nationalism. Intense competition. A grand stage. Sport and politics are twins. There is little separation. George Orwell got it right. He termed sport “war minus the shooting.”

Recalling Tommie Smith and John Carlos from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, who used the Olympics stage to air grievances of Black Americans.

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing — after they've tried everything else.” — attributed to Winston Churchill

How Olympians think about success and failure and what we can learn from them apnews.com/article/wint...

Life begins at 59 for the globe's oldest professional soccer player apnews.com/article/kazu...

AP Exclusive: China threatens detention in Xinjiang over banned Uyghur songs apnews.com/article/chin...

FIFA. Ticket prices extortionate. FIFA being FIFA. Havelange. Blatter. Infantino. Same operation. This is a Cup for the wealthiest 1%.

A supersized World Cup field begins taking shape at Friday's draw apnews.com/article/worl...

Toyota deepens connections in F1 by sponsoring Haas team in 2026 apnews.com/article/toyo...

Olympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has tips for older swimmers, or if you're returning to the pool apnews.com/article/swim...

Walking is good for you. Walking backward can add to the benefits apnews.com/article/walk...

Schauffele wins in Japan, the country where his mother grew up and where he has many connections apnews.com/article/japa...

Cold-water immersion may offer health benefits -- and also presents risks apnews.com/article/cold...

Endemic in Argentina. No surprise at all.

Note. The IOC is a private sports business. It will rely on billions from US taxpayers for security, customs, transport, etc. to pull off event. A few will profit (sponsors and broadcast rights holders). Most won’t including area’s 75,000 homeless. Priorities?