PALM DESERT, September 4, 2017 – There was no such thing as television when the Olympic Games were revived in 1896. Radio networks didn’t spring up until the 1920s. But it is television which has […]
PALM DESERT, September 1, 2017 – Now that the swimming and track & field world championships are over, time to relax until the Winter Olympics, right? Wrong. Six key dates that will shape the direction […]
PALM DESERT, August 14, 2017 – Although you wouldn’t even know about them if you were reading U.S. newspapers or watching SportsCenter on ESPN, United States athletes just completed three dominating weeks in the pool […]
PALM DESERT, August 9, 2017 – The International Association of Athletics Federations is enjoying a banner World Championships in London, but there is trouble ahead. Doping scandals, investigations of its past president, a worrysome 2019 […]
PALM DESERT, August 7, 2017 – Lustily booed by the capacity crowds in London’s Olympic Stadium and then stunning the world by winning the men’s 100 m World Championship over countryman Christian Coleman and Jamaican […]
PALM DESERT, August 2, 2017 – When the news flash came across on Monday that an agreement had been made to award the 2028 Olympic Games to Los Angeles, quiet smiles broke out on the […]
PALM DESERT, June 26, 2017 – The times and distances were almost beyond belief and six new world-leading marks came out of a fantastic USA Track & Field national championships over the weekend in Sacramento. […]
PALM DESERT, June 20, 2017 – We debuted on the day of the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games and almost 11 months later, this is issue no. 124 of The Sports Examiner. What’s […]
PALM DESERT, June 12, 2017 – The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board reshaped significant aspects of the Olympic Games on Friday by changing events, adding and subtracting athletes from sports and even suggesting that one […]
PALM DESERT, June 5, 2017 – Careers as a professional athlete are usually short; those who can continue for even a decade are considered fortunate. The smart ones recognize this and organize their careers accordingly. […]
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