The Tokyo Olympics are turning into NBC's worst nightmare

The Times TV team discusses watching an often deflating, thoroughly chaotic Olympics — and why NBC's approach to televising it is part of the problem.

Conor McGregor reveals his true self with vile tweet about Khabib Nurmagomedov's dead father

What you are seeing now from the former two-division UFC champion is the real man, the guy he effectively hid for several years as he was making a remarkable rise from poverty to the top of his sport.

Piers Morgan asks if mental health is ‘now the go-to excuse’ following Simone Biles’ exit from team competition

Outspoken pundit Piers Morgan may have won the gold medal for blunt opinion Tuesday when he questioned top gymnast Simone Biles’ sudden departure from the Olympics team competition following an uncharacteristically poor performance. “Are ‘mental health issues’ now the go-to excuse for any poor performance in elite sport? What a joke,” Morgan tweeted. “Just admit you did badly, made mistakes, ...

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  Athletes send support to Simone Biles after she withdraws from gymnastics team final

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  Rough day for stars Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka at Olympics

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