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Mike Tirico drew praise for his first attempt at broadcasting an NHL contest, when the 52-year-old called a Blackhawks-Red Wings game last week on NBCSN. Tirico had hosted NBC’s pregame coverage before. Doc Emrick will still be the lead play-by-play voice for the network.
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Despite doing so for the men’s 2018 World Cup vote after various corruption scandals, FIFA will not make public the voting by 37 members for the host city of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. It’s a missed opportunity at transparency for an organization that could use more of that.
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Fourth time’s the charm?
Li Li Leung takes over as new CEO of USA Gymnastics, becoming the fourth person to lead the organization in the past two years. She is a former college gymnast and NBA executive, but skeptics were not convinced that her background in marketing would help USA Gymnastics effectively move past the Larry Nassar scandal.
