climate change Winter Athlete Calls For Climate Action Now, Before the Snow is Gone April 6 is International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, and athletes from Olympic winter sports, soccer, rugby and more are speaking on a United Nations panel, urging action on climate change. The effects of climate change have already been seen on winter sports courses, with melting snow and warmer temperatures posing risks to athletes. U.S. cross country skier...
Olympics America's Olympic Pipeline Is Facing a Threat Like Never Before Name, image and likeness (NIL) laws and an increased focus on football have NCAA coaches, executives and administrators all scrambling to protect their Olympic sports programs.
Olympics America's Pipeline of Olympic Athletes Is in Serious Jeopardy Almost 80% of U.S. athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics came from NCAA programs. But with college sports business models changing in recent years, teams that don’t generate as much revenue as football and men’s basketball are at risk of being axed. NBCLX storyteller Noah Pransky breaks down the reasons behind this shift and what it could mean...
LX Robots, Chinese New Year and Meal Etiquette: 3 Things We've Learned at the Beijing Olympics NBCLX’s team has touched down in Bejing at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and every day we’ll be sharing what we’ve learned at the Games. Today, producer Fernando Hurtado explains how robots are a part of life in China’s capital city, the meaning behind Lunar New Year decorations and why finishing breakfast means leaving food on his plate.
figure skating Everything You Wanted to Know About Figure Skating But Were Afraid to Ask Nathan Chen, Mariah Bell and other Team USA figure skaters explain everything you might want to know about what it takes for them to be the best on ice.
Olympics How Jordan Chiles Deals With the Unexpected Gymnast Jordan Chiles was a sudden addition to the U.S. team at the Tokyo Olympics, which won the silver medal after Simone Biles sat out. Chiles almost didn’t stay on her Olympian path after facing abuse from a coach and body shaming, but found strength in her faith — and now she’s a 20-year-old medalist preparing to tear it up...
my new favorite olympian This Sibling Ice Dancing Team Wants To Show Asian American Kids Their Stories Matter Ice dancing duo and Olympic hopefuls Alex and Maia Shibutani, aka the Shib Sibs, worked on a book they hope will help Asian American kids feel seen.
my new favorite olympian Full Episode: Alex and Maia Shibutani on Telling Asian American Stories In the first episode of Season 2 of the My New Favorite Olympian podcast, hosts Apolo Ohno and Ngozi Ekeledo speak to U.S. ice dancing duo and Olympic hopefuls Alex and Maia Shibutani (also known as the Shib Sibs). The siblings’ Japanese American upbringing is displayed joyfully in the “Kudo Kids” books, including one where the main characters sleuth around...
Winter Olympics Watch the Trailer for NBCLX Podcast My New Favorite Olympian Season 2 The second season of NBCLX podcast My New Favorite Olympian is debuting on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Here are some of the barrier-breaking guests you’ll learn more about this season. New episodes drop on Wednesdays in December, January and February.
