Simone Biles and company look to rebound from a shaky qualifier as the team goes for gold while two softball powerhouses meet in a gold-medal rematch. ( read original story ...)
After 13-year absence, United States and Japan to square off for Olympic softball gold again
The Americans ended pool play with a 5-0 record after Monday's walkoff win, and will try to avenge their championship loss to the host team from 2008. ( read original story ...)
Spain defeats Japan 88-77 in men’s basketball
They would have talked about this night in Japan for generations. Imagine: the country’s first men’s basketball game at an Olympics in 45 years, in an arena just north of Tokyo that would have been ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics Latest: Japan’s Nishiya wins gold in skateboarding
Momiji Nishiya of Japan has won the first ever Olympic skateboard competition for women. The 13-year-old gave the host nation a sweep of golds in the street event a day after after Yuto Horigome won ... ( read original story ...)
Jim Cramer: Crypto Feels ‘Short Squeeze-ish’ Amid Amazon, Tether Reports
Jim Cramer weighs in on the latest price swings in cryptocurrency as investors digest reports on Amazon and Tether. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: 10 great quotes about the oppressive heat at the Olympics
It doesn't matter what sport, the talk around venues and events all centers around the oppressive weather in Tokyo — with a typhoon on the way! How are the world's greatest athletes dealing with the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics schedule: Gymnastics women’s team final, softball gold medal game headline Day 4
Team USA seeks gold in the women's gymnastics team final and softball, while swimmers compete in five finals events on Day 4 of Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Frenchman’s Tokyo hunger strike over ‘abducted’ children enters third week
A Frenchman on hunger strike in Tokyo seeking access to his children said an appeal from President Emmanuel Macron to Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had "changed nothing", as his protest ... ( read original story ...)
NJPW Summer Struggle in Nagoya Review: Shibata Friendship Circle Drama
The undercard of Summer Struggle in Nagoya has a problem: for those watching all this weekend’s NJPW shows, this is the third consecutive night we’ve seen either these exact matchups or very similar ... ( read original story ...)
Amazon posted a crypto job. Bitcoin surged 14%
Amazon listed a job opening for a digital currency and blockchain product lead, sending cryptocurrencies soaring Monday. ( read original story ...)
From bitcoin rallying to Amazon hiring a digital currency expert: 6 things that happened in crypto this past week
From a potential tether probe to Amazon planning to hire a digital currency lead, here are six key things that happened in crypto this week. ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Today With Jim Cramer: Robinhood IPO, Crypto
"If the undercapitalized buy Robinhood and the stock goes down, will they then not be able to put up more money to buy more Robinhood. You can say that Apple is important, Amazon is important, ... ( read original story ...)
Scorching temperatures and an incoming tropical storm the latest obstacles for Tokyo Olympics
Extreme weather, including Tokyo's infamous summer heat and an incoming tropical storm, is the latest factor concerning athletes and Olympic organizers at the already problem-plagued summer games. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: A success? A failure? And how to judge?
Will it be a success? A failure? Or none of the above? It will take something much more nuanced than those basic notions to access the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks. ( read original story ...)
Here’s How Many Medals Every Country Has Won at the Tokyo Summer Olympics So Far
China lead with the most overall medals in the Tokyo Summer Olympics as of 1:00 p.m. ET on the first Monday of the Games, having secured 18 medals, including six golds. The U.S. trailed in the medal ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Says She’s ‘Really Happy to Be Here’ After Picking Up Second Win in Tokyo
Naomi Osaka is ready to keep winning. Osaka, who is competing for Japan, won her second-round match at the Tokyo Summer Olympics on Monday, defeating Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic in two sets, 6-3, ... ( read original story ...)