HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020 costs now estimated at $15.8 billion total; USOPC working...
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LANE ONE: Casey Wasserman eyes post-2028 run for Calif. Governor; explains LA28’s “secret sauce”...
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LANE ONE: WADA vs. RUSADA isn’t over; why WADA should appeal to the Swiss...
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THE TICKER: What the WADA court win really means for Russian athletes; IOC’s 2024-28...
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THE BIG PICTURE: Russia banned for two years by Court of Arbitration for Sport,...
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LANE ONE: Danger ahead: “The glory days of college athletics as we’ve known it,...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Shiffrin stars in Courchevel, IOC’s Athletes’ Comm. chief brushes off USOPC;...
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LANE ONE: IOC’s “Olympic Summit” needles U.S. Congress and USOPC, pushes away from “gaming”;...
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THE TICKER: USOPC kneels with its Racial & Social Justice Council; troubled AIBA votes...
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LANE ONE: Why is the IOC so in love with action sports? Because a...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo Olympic Village stay rules agreed; Bach goes “Mona Lisa” on...
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LANE ONE: Paris 2024 program approved, with four added sports, eight event changes and...
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THE TICKER: Bach’s path to re-election is clear; Tokyo move to 2021 costs $2.82...
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LANE ONE: Remembering the timeless humanity of Olympic track & field stars Rafer Johnson...
This has been a tough week for American track & field fans, with the passing of two great stars: 1976 Olympic long jump champion...
ATHLETICS: Olympic Decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson passes at 86
Sad news from Los Angeles, where Rafer Johnson, one of track & field’s iconic performers, passed away this morning, aged 86.
Johnson had been in...
LANE ONE: Two track & field stars confront the dangers of not competing enough:...
There is a lot of trash on Twitter. But last week there was a remarkable conversation between two former University of Oregon stars which...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo postponement might cost $2.88 billion, de Varona and Naber elected...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Reports across Japanese media...
THE TICKER: Athletes will be in-and-out of Tokyo; IOC unhappy with AIBA, IWF and...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Dane and Reese first appointees to EOPAAA Commission; NBC signs for...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
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LANE ONE: It’s probably impossible, but here’s how Caeleb Dressel could win NINE medals...
(Updated ~ see end note) Eight Olympic medals in one Games. Only two men have done it.
They would be Michael Phelps, the American swimming...
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