A day before opening ceremonies for the 2021 Olympic Games were set to take place, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired its director for making a joke about the Holocaust back in 1998. Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto announced Kentaro Kobayashi’s dismissal Thursday. “The Opening Ceremony is just around the corner, I apologize deeply to the…

Team USA gymnastics alternate Kara Eaker tested positive for COVID-19 just days before the delayed Olympic Games are set to get underway. Eaker’s coach said she was vaccinated against COVID-19 two months ago. The video above shows White House Press Secretary giving an update regarding the U.S. delegation’s plans for the Games. The positive test…

(AP) — Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib on Monday became the first active NFL player to come out as gay. Nassib, who is entering his sixth NFL season and second with the Raiders, announced the news on Instagram, saying he wasn’t doing it for the attention but because he felt representation and visibility…