by Mark Angelides | Aug 7, 2021 | LN Radio Videocast Segments, Olympics, Opinion
It’s been quite the Olympic season in Tokyo. However, much of the world is not as enthusiastic about the games as in previous years. For LN Radio podcasts, click...
by Keelin Ferris | Aug 5, 2021 | Articles, Culture and Entertainment News, Exclusive Member, Opinion
Since 2008, the United States Women’s Soccer Team (USWNT) has been the powerhouse in Women’s International Soccer, sitting at #1 in the FIFA World Rankings. Female soccer icons such as Abby Wambach, Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Hope Solo, Julie Foudy, and Kristine Lilly...
by Jose Backer | Aug 3, 2021 | Articles, Culture and Entertainment News, Exclusive Member, Opinion
On Aug. 1, the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team (USMNT) prevailed over longtime rivals Mexico (“El Tri”) in the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In stark contrast to performances from the U.S. Women’s National Team and their supporters in 2019, no political grandstanding...
by Joe Schaeffer | Jul 30, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
The Olympic Games are proving to be an easy punching bag for Americans. Many have been long fed up by the politicization of sports overall and by big-box media outlets’ reliance on touchy-feely personal accounts to bolster ideology at the expense of athletic...
by Andrew Moran | Jul 25, 2021 | Columns, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads, Opinion
The Japanese government paid how much to host the 2020 Olympics behind closed doors? Now that Japan is reporting approximately 3,000 new coronavirus infections per day, with only about one-third of the population fully vaccinated, officials chose to restrict public...