State of Play: Summer Games

Davis Cup Double Fault

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Summer, Soccer, and Saudi

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FIFA’s Club World Cup Circus

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Is Los Angeles Ready? 

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Can the Olympics be fixed?

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More mega events are coming to Los Angeles. What LA’s push to become an international sports destination means for the city’s unhoused communities.

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A South Central LA neighborhood fights back against Olympic-related development and displacement near the city’s iconic stadiums.

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Vancouver pledged to do the games differently in 2010. On the site of a tent city that took hold during the games, the mayor promised to build social housing.

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Jules Boykoff, former Team USA soccer player, recalls his path to becoming a leading expert on the anti-Olympics movement.

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Police raid a migrant squat 100 days before the 2024 Olympics begin. Efforts to bus unhoused people out of the city don’t unfold as planned.

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