LANE ONE: Is anything going on in world sport besides Russia and doping? Yes,...
There’s the NFL heading toward the playoffs and the baseball Hot Stove League is on fire right now, but in the Olympic world, all...
THE BIG PICTURE: WADA approves four-year ban on Russia, but no blanket ban on...
As expected, the World Anti-Doping Agency Executive Committee approved the recommendations of its Compliance Review Committee and declared Russia to be “non-compliant” with the...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Lananna restored to USATF Presidency by Court of Arbitration for Sport
Hours before the opening of the 2019 USA Track & Field Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ordered that...
LANE ONE: Did the IOC just cut the size of the 2032 Olympic Village...
For more than a century, the International Olympic Committee asked cities to stage its Olympic Games, often requiring the building of new housing, hotels...
LANE ONE: Fiction becomes Olympic reality in Russia: “You arrogant ass. You’ve killed us!”
The dramatic climax to the 1990 thriller “The Hunt for Red October” saw the ultra-aggressive Captain Tupolev trying to torpedo the runaway Soviet submarine...
THE BIG PICTURE: Banka calls WADA’s budget “ridiculous” and Bach antes $10 million at...
“It is ridiculous that an organization with the status of a global regulator has a budget of less than 40 million dollars. An average...
TSX INTEL REPORT: The Int’l Swimming League is half over; have you noticed? +...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 4 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Is the International Swimming League making an impact? It doesn't appear to be making...
THE BIG PICTURE: Tokyo concedes event moves to Sapporo, but gets back $100+ million?
The tug-of-war over the location of the Olympic marathons and race walks for 2020 was concluded on Friday during the meeting of the International...
TSX INTEL REPORT: More events to be moved from Tokyo due to heat? Here...
= TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 1 November 2019 =
● LANE ONE ● IOC moves Tokyo marathons and walks, but are there still more events to be moved?
The International...
LANE ONE: IOC moves Tokyo marathons and walks, but are there still more events...
The International Olympic Committee’s ninth Coordination Commission meeting is underway in Tokyo, and there is a lot to talk about with less than a...
TSX INTEL REPORT: Russia sends more answers to WADA on “manipulated” doping data; NCAA...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 30 October 2019 ≡
● LEADING OFF ● Russian Sports Ministry sends responses to WADA inquiries
The question of what to...
THE BIG PICTURE: International Paralympic Committee reports record $26.9 million revenues for 2018
Say what you will about the evils of money, the key metric for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to continue its growth as a...
TSX REPORT: Athlete’s rights seems like a good idea, but for which athletes and...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 21 October 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Two conferences and two different views of “athlete’s rights”
Two conferences taking place almost simultaneously 7,745 miles...
LANE ONE: “Athlete’s rights” sounds like a good idea, but which athletes and which...
The question of “athlete’s rights” is a hot topic in the Olympic Movement, just as it is in other sports, but it is being...
TSX REPORT: Check out our exclusive 718-event calendar of events for 2019-20; IOC wants...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 17 October 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: A big year ahead, as shown by 718 events in our new Stat...
LANE ONE: A big year ahead, as shown by 718 events in our new...
Trying to cover 41 sports and all of the events on the Olympic and Winter Games program is an almost impossible task. One of...
ATHLETICS Panorama: IOC pushing for Tokyo marathons and walks in Sapporo
The International Olympic Committee announced a plan to move the marathons and race walks for the 2020 Olympic Games from Tokyo to Sapporo to...
TSX REPORT: The USOPC issues relaxed athlete ad guidelines for Tokyo; U.S. women win...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 10 October 2019 ≡
(Never fun to have computer trouble, but it happens and we lost a couple of days. But...
LANE ONE: IOC’s Bach says Salazar case “raises serious concerns”; no vote on 2032...
“We have also discussed the Salazar case, which is very worrying and raises serious concerns, but we are confident that will look into...
TSX DAILY: U.S. wins five medals at IAAF Worlds on Monday; famed coach Salazar...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 1 October 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Warholm beats Benjamin in 400 m hurdles on five-medal day for U.S. at...
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