MARK ULRIKSEN AND THE NEW YORKER
Ulriksen is quoted in the New Yorker’s Culture Desk March 29, 2013: “By the time I was a freshman in high school, I realized that playing professional baseball was not in the cards for me,” Mark Ulriksen says… “I still liked to draw and paint baseball, so I feel fortunate that I can continue my love for the sport with what I do for a living. As soon as spring training rolls around, I start reading the sports pages much more.”
2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN BRAZIL:
An outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil raised fears regarding its potential impact on athletes and visitors. To prevent puddles of stagnant water that allow mosquitoes to breed, organizers announced plans to perform daily inspections of Olympic venues. Zika virus transmission was also attributed to inefficient sewage treatment in the area, an issue that was also in the process of being addressed for the Games.
In May 2016, a group of 150 physicians and scientists sent an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO), calling upon them to, according to co-author Arthur Caplan, have "an open, transparent discussion of the risks of holding the Olympics as planned in Brazil". The WHO dismissed the request, stating that "cancelling or changing the location of the 2016 Olympics [would] not significantly alter the international spread of Zika virus", and that there was "no public health justification" for postponing them.[
Some athletes did not attend the Games because of the epidemic. On 2 September 2016, however, the World Health Organization reported that there were no confirmed cases of Zika among athletes or visitors during the 2016 Olympics.
2018 WINTER OLYMPICS IN SOUTH KOREA
The 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea.
After winning the election, Pyeongchang became the third Asian city to host the Winter Olympics. Also, South Korea became the second country in Asia to host both the Summer (1988 Summer Olympics) and Winter Olympics.
Due to the state of relations between North and South Korea, concerns were raised over the security of the 2018 Winter Olympics, especially in the wake of tensions over North Korean missile and nuclear tests. On 20 September 2017, South Korean president Moon Jae-in stated that the country would ensure the security of the Games.
The South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, at the start of the Olympics shook hands with Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a prominent figure of the regime. This marked the first time since the Korean War that a member of the ruling Kim dynasty had visited South Korea.
CULTURE DESK, APRIL 20 2015
COVER STORY: MARK ULRIKSEN’S “BASEBALL BALLET”
by Roger Angell
All one needs to add to this gruesomely realistic Mark Ulriksen cover is that the depicted stadium action is probably in the first inning, and that there will be another slovenly Sox run or two, and that the Yankees’ response will be trifling and insufficient. The Yanks’ pitching has been O.K., but the pinstripes habitually fall behind in the early going and can barely score at all. Yet, this drawing is prettier than anything seen in the Bronx so far this spring, so why not enjoy it? Ars Longa, the dazzling rookie Dominican Yankee lefty, is worth waiting for.
SKETCHBOOK BY MARK ULRIKSEN, SEPT 22, 2008
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES: YANKEE STADIUM MEMORIES
As the old Yankee Stadium was being replaced, Mark portrays the seminal moments in Yankees history that occurred at each position on the field.