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Olympics

High standards and lofty goals: The mental health issues faced by young, talented athletes

January 24, 2024

Elite sport poses several unique pressures that can impact athletes’ mental health. Demanding travel schedules and intense competition pressures can lead to negative emotional experiences.

Japan’s love affair with fax is a strange relic of technological fantasies

October 5, 2021

Look further back, and there’s a deeper history, entangled with modern imperialism, that feeds into our idea of contemporary Japan

NBC’s Olympics telecast was not the failure everyone is saying it was

August 30, 2021

Focusing narrowly on ratings mistakenly applies a 20th-century audience metric to a 21st-century event.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: with no spectators, local sponsors lose out

July 15, 2021

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games won’t have in-person spectators. What does this mean for local sponsors?