Gwen’s picks for Friday, July 23 include: Cleveland’s MLB team changes name to ‘Guardians’ NFL Commissioner’s warning to unvaccinated players and NFL teams The Tokyo Olympic Games kicked off with the Opening Ceremony. Protesters gathered outside.

Friday’s Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was like no other. The video above shows the firework celebration, as well as, the protests taking place outside of the arena during the ceremony. The photographs below show some of the highlights of the event. The ceremony of the pandemic-delayed Games was held without spectators to help stop the…

Gwen’s picks for Thursday, July 22 include: Eric Clapton says he won’t play music venues that require proof of vaccinations. Capitol Hill fights over whether to raise the debt ceiling. Tokyo spends billions to host the 2021 Olympics. A day before opening ceremonies, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired its director.

From athletes testing positive for COVID-19 to corporate sponsors pulling ads, the summer Olympics are losing public support in Tokyo. The organizing committee said it remains focused on delivering a successful event but did not rule out a last-minute cancellation.

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…

Speaking at an International Olympic Committee Meeting in Tokyo Wednesday, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared his criteria for “the mark of success” when it comes to managing COVID-19 at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games. “The mark of success in the coming fortnight is not zero cases and I know that some cases…

Gwen’s picks for Monday, July 19 include: First capital rioter headed to prison Tokyo Olympics begin Friday and are already off to a rough start Prince Harry is writing a memoir Jeff Bezos heads to space Tuesday

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…

Toyota, a top sponsor of the delayed  2021 Olympic Games, has taken multiple steps to distance itself from the Games amid polarization in Tokyo over whether or not they should even go on. The country’s top carmaker announced it would not air any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Games. In addition, Toyota Chief Executive…

July 18 (Reuters) – American Coco Gauff will not compete in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the 17-year-old said on Sunday. Gauff was set to become the youngest Olympic tennis player since 2000 but instead joins a number of the world’s top players who have already pulled out of the Tokyo Games.…