Sports Illustrated- MLB — Toyko 2020 Summer Olympics RSS

Not that long ago, the world's most decorated swordsmen settled scores in arranged combat. One duel-hungry media member even got in on the, uh, fun.

Long before the 2020 Summer Games were postponed by a deadly pandemic, Japan was chosen as the first Asian host nation—then the 1940 Tokyo Olympics went up in smoke. Eight decades later, approaching what should have been the closing ceremonies, here we are again.