This Week's UPDATES

After two weeks of Athletics, Archery, Baseball, Basketball, Cycling, Canoeing, Equestrian, Fencing, Gymnastics, Judo, Shooting, Skateboarding, Surfing, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Weightlifting, and Wrestling, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Closing Ceremony started earlier in the morning and if anyone wants to see it live, then they'll have to watch it on Peacock. Also, if anyone wants to know what happened in the news this past week, they'll have to scroll on down to the newest 7-Day Round-Up.

7-Day Round-Up
Sunday
Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas broke a world record in women’s long jump to win a gold medal at 2020 Olympics.	KlicK
Monday
A new trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage starring Tom Hardy was released online by Sony Pictures.	KlicK
Tuesday
Investigation by the NY state attorney general reveals that NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women.	KlicK
Wednesday
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin seeks authorization to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for all active duty troops.	KlicK
Thursday
Lionsgate’s ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel will be set to start production in the First Half of 2022.	KlicK
Friday
Canada claims first-ever gold medal in Women's Soccer at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.	KlicK
Saturday
Texas Democrats remain absent as Texas Republicans make a third bid to pass new vote laws.	KlicK

With Tokyo ~~2020~~ 2021 finally over, the Japanese city can pass the Olympic baton to Paris after, NBC News call imperfect and irrepressible games. People say that Tokyo had been staging a Summer Games event that was delayed by COVID-19 last year and dismayed a skeptical public, but still delivered its share of drama. According to NBC News, the closing ceremony was, the same as the opening ceremony, a celebration of sports and Japan that played out before an audience of mostly empty seats. So now, we must wait next 3 years to these wonderful athletes, and in France, crowds gathered to celebrate the handover of the summer games to Paris 2024, dancing and celebrating at the foot of the Eiffel Tower while fighter planes trailing a tricolor of blue, white and red smoke swooped through the sky. Check out what seems to be the final update to the Tokyo 2020 Medal Count and also new MLB results in a brand new Max Sports rundown.

MLB

Yesterday

Yankees 5, Mariners 4

White Sox 4, Cubs 0

Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0 in 7 Innings

Phillies 5, Mets 3

Athletics 12, Rangers 3

Rays 12, Orioles 3

Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1 in 8 Innings

Indian 2, Tigers 1

Twins 4, Astros 0

Reds 11, Pirates 3

Giants 9, Brewers 6 in 11 Innings

Cardinals 5, Royals 2

Nationals 3, Braves 2

Rockies 7, Marlins 4

Padres 6, Diamondbacks 2

Dodgers 5, Angels 3

Today

Mets vs Phillies at 1:05PM on TBS

Mariners vs Yankees at 1:05PM

Rays vs Orioles at 1:05PM

Red Sox vs Blue Jays at 1:07PM

Tigers vs Indians at 1:10PM

Pirates vs Reds at 1:10PM

Nationals vs Braves at 1:20PM

Twins vs Astros at 2:10PM

Giants vs Brewers at 2:10PM

Royals vs Cardinals at 2:15PM

Marlins vs Rockies at 3:10PM

Rangers vs Athletics at 4:07PM

Angels vs Dodgers at 4:10PM

Diamondbacks vs Padres at 4:10PM on ESPN+

White Sox vs Cubs at 7PM on ABC

Tomorrow

Reds vs Indians at 6:10PM on ESPN+

White Sox vs Twins at 8PM on ESPN

Brewers vs Cubs at 8:05PM

Yankees vs Royals at 8:10PM

Marlins vs Padres at 10:10PM

WWE

SummerSlam match card

- Nikki A.S.H. vs Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship

- Roman Reigns vs John Cena for the WWE Universal Championship

- Bobby Lashley vs Goldberg for the WWE Championship

- The Usos vs The Mysterios for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

- Bianca Belair vs Sasha Banks for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship

- Edge vs Seth Rollins

NXT TakeOver 36 match card

- Walter vs Ilja Dragunov for the NXT United Kingdom Championship

- Karrion Kross vs Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Medal Count

1. USA - Gold: 39, Sliver: 41, Bronze: 33, Total: 113

2. CHN - Gold: 38, Sliver: 32, Bronze: 18, Total: 88

3. JPN - Gold: 27, Sliver: 14, Bronze: 17, Total: 58

4. GBR - Gold: 22, Silver: 21, Bronze: 22, Total: 65

5. ROC - Gold: 20, Sliver: 28, Bronze: 23, Total: 71

6. AUS - Gold: 17, Sliver: 7, Bronze: 22, Total: 46

7. NED - Gold: 10, Sliver: 12, Bronze: 14, Total: 36

8. FRA - Gold: 10, Sliver: 12, Bronze: 11, Total: 33

9. GER - Gold: 10, Sliver: 11, Bronze: 16, Total: 37

10. ITA - Gold: 10, Sliver: 10, Bronze: 20, Total: 40

Our Main Topic this week concerns the COVID-19 Delta variant, as predicted by the CDC and Dr. Anthony Fauci, there has been a surge in COVID cases. Not just in the United States, but as well in other places in the world this Summer, many have taken a few steps to prevent the spread of this variant from getting worst, President Joe Biden has sent vaccines to places in the world that badly need them, put out a mandate for unvaccinated people to continue to wear masks, and cities in the U.S. are putting COVID restrictions back into place. But one troubling issue regarding the Delta variant that needs to be shed some light on is how will students be able to go back to in-person learning this Fall semester. Luckily for me, three of my courses at Brooklyn College will be held online, and two more are supposed to be hybrids (both in-person and online). But, it maybe two courses will have limited in-person meetings on campus, for instance, one course will not be meeting in-person until the very last week of the Fall semester as its final exam or assignment will be on December 13th. So schools have kept a balance between remote learning and in-person meetings, and with 93% of new US COVID cases, it could get real ugly come the Fall and Winter for this country which has fought so hard to beat the coronavirus. For more information on the handling of the Delta variant, here are some selected videos in a political Web Choice playlist.