How can you have a story about Alabama athletics without championships competed for at the highest level. And it doesn’t get any bigger than the Olympic Games.
Last year’s Tokyo games, disrupted by the ‘Rona, are being staged this summer — though the decision is controversial for sure. For the better part of six months, citizens of the island archipelago have protested on practically every street corner as to whether even host the games at all. There is some signs that resistance may be letting up, but Japan is still very much mired in midst of another crippling wave of infections.