LANE ONE: The USOC figured out that it has an undiscovered sponsor: the NCAA
With all of the news about Congressional commissions and inquiries into the United States Olympic Committee, an important story appeared in the 21 January...
THE BIG PICTURE: USA Gymnastics stays on course, makes new hires
For an organization that the United States Olympic Committee is trying to destroy, USA Gymnastics seems quite alive and even well.
New USAG chair Kathryn...
LANE ONE: International Paralympic Committee to Malaysia: no Israel, no World Championships
It has not been lost on observers of the Olympic Movement that if you want to find an organization with a disciplinary backbone, look...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 25 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 96 hours in Olympic sport:
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THE BIG PICTURE: Bad news for weightlifting after six Thai positives
The International Weightlifting Federation has turned itself inside out trying to eliminate the scourge of doping, but it has been difficult.
Despite a massive education...
LANE ONE: WADA lets Russia skate for now, but there is a new line...
There wasn’t much surprise from the conference-call meeting of the World Ani-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee on Tuesday (22nd) as it confirmed the continuation of...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 21 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport:
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LANE ONE: More projections on what the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics...
Last Tuesday’s introduction of a bill by U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) may be the start of a process which will empanel a 16-member...
THE BIG PICTURE: Another doping positive from London raises the total to 121
The International Olympic Committee announced Friday that “Davit Modzmanashvili, 37, of Uzbekistan, competing in the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 120kg event (Qualifications and Finals) in...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC loses Legkov appeal in Swiss Federal court
“It is with disappointment that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been informed of the ruling by the Swiss Federal Tribunal rejecting the IOC...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 18 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of the week (so far) in the turbulent world of international...
LANE ONE: What will the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics...
The introduction of a bill by U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) on Wednesday is the first step on what could be a fairly rapid...
THE BIG PICTURE: WADA team “successfully” retrieves Moscow Lab data
The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Thursday that its data-retrieval team had completed its mission to obtain the testing database of the Moscow Laboratory at...
THE BIG PICTURE: Colorado Senator Gardner introduces bill to review the USOC
Now we are getting serious.
After all of the posturing, press releases and yelling about reform of the United States Olympic Committee, the only body...
LANE ONE: The IOC can pat itself on the back (for now): the Milan-Cortina...
It’s so easy to be against everything these days. And should something positive happen, it’s usually discounted as unimportant, or those claiming responsibility grow...
THE BIG PICTURE: Malaysia signals anti-Semitism is alive and well, even for Paralympic sport
According to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the two Israeli swimmers who have applied for visas for the World Paralympic Swimming Championships cannot compete...
STAT PACK: Results for the week of 7-13 January 2019
The Stat Pack: a summary of results of international Grand Prix, World Cup and World Championships events, plus U.S. domestic events and Pan American...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 14 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport...
LANE ONE: Is the IOC setting the stage for a serious review of the...
When the International Olympic Committee issues one of its periodic statements on how it is adapting the Olympic Games to modern times, it’s hard...
DOPING: WADA Compliance Review Committee meeting this week on Russia
The continuing saga of the World Anti-Doping Agency trying to get its hands on a complete and correct copy of the 2011-15 testing database...
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