IOC President Thomas Bach and Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, gave an online pep talk Monday to national Olympic committee representatives to allay fears about the postponed games.
The kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte was, for the tight-knit Laporte family, not about historical significance but about the loss of a cherished father, husband, brother and uncle. And for his son Jean, the death meant losing the “king of the world.”
Manuel Margot hit a three-run home run one batter after a crucial Houston error and made a spectacular catch in right field in his former home ballpark, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Astros 4-2 Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series.