nhl writer at espn. hejoined me to explain what s behind the move. they have never been big fans of the olympics interrupting their season and they see no benefit for the game. they cannot even put an nhl logo on the ice anywhere. but in this case it has to do with the material interruption of the nhl season due to covid 19. players and owners collectively bargain to allow players to return to the olympics for the first time since 2014 in the beijing games of 2022 and then again in 2026. the problem is that the nhl also said, look, as long as our regular season can be played through without any problem we will let you go. right now the nhl has postponed 50 games so far of the regular season and they say that that is enough to have to use the olympic break to make up some of those games, play some games and make sure
of some of the world s top ice hockey players from the competition, as concerns rise around covid 19 and the impact on the remainder of the nhl season. greg wyshynski is the senior nhl writer at espn. hejoined me to explain what s behind the move. the owners have never been fans of the olympics interrupting their season, they don t see any revenue from the games. they can t even put an national hockey league logo anywhere on the ice at the winter games. but in this case it has to do with the material interruption of the nhl season due to covid 19. the players and the owners collectively bargained to allow the players to return to the olympics for the first time since 2014, in the beijing games of 2022 and then again in 2026. the problem is that the nhl also said, look, we ll let you go as long as our regular season can be played through without any problem with covid 19. right now the nhl has postponed 50 games so far in the regular season and they re saying that
the weight of the world on her shoulders, and she said, that expletive is heavy. that s where she is right now, she s got six more events she s qualified in, and we ll see if she s able to compete when they start up again on thursday. they have an off day tomorrow. dr norman fried is a clinical psychologist and expert in sports counselling and mental health from columbia university. hejoined me earlier, and i asked what he made of simone biles comments since withdrawing from the event. extremely proud of missed files for the honesty and the truth that she is expressing. first summoning people in this world that you re through similar experience of anxiety and emotional turmoil. miss biles. she is able to speak for us in a way that says, if you are not right, find out what is going on the inside of you, because if you persist, you met might actually get worse. my answer is, i m proud of simone biles. it’s worse. my answer is, i m proud of simone biles- worse. my answer is, i
resigned, do you think that will make a difference, or they were so well rehearsed up until now that that will not change things? absolutely not. the thing is that these shows are rehearsed for months and months so everyone s focus will be on delivering a beautiful show for everyone to see. be on delivering a beautiful show for everyone to see. gareth, good to net our for everyone to see. gareth, good to get your thoughts. for everyone to see. gareth, good to get your thoughts. we for everyone to see. gareth, good to get your thoughts. we are for everyone to see. gareth, good to get your thoughts. we are looking i get your thoughts. we are looking forward to it, just a few hours away now. lots of nerves for all of the olympians too, they are in the athletes village just over the harbour from where we are. they are training, of course and it is all about to come to fruition. the expectation that the countries have that they may bring home a medal. one person who knows that feeli
for the last remaining british player in the singles, emma raducanu, who had to retire for medical reasons. she was largely unknown before these wimbledon championships, but has already become a feature of newspaper headlines. ben rothenberg is a writer for the new york times and host of the no challenges remaining tennis podcast. hejoined me from the press room at wimbledon a short time ago saying there s been little information released about emma raducanu s retirement from the match. yeah, very abrupt, mysterious, and disappointing, for sure. raducanu was playing well and in the second set and seemed to be have some breathing difficulties and was hyperventilating a bit and then left court with the doctors for treatment and did not come back. and it s very unusual for a player to sort of retire from a match or abandon a match without coming back on the court to shake the opponent s and everything. so, it was concerning for her that she was not able to make it back to the court. hop