Russia’s plan to embarrass the IOC for PyeongChang
TSX HEADLINES – for Dec. 21, 2017: Sure, the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended by the International Olympic Committee, but whatever you think of...
Smoking guns, beautiful people and Spandex: the life of biathlete Susan Dunklee
PALM DESERT, December 18, 2017 – “A policeman taps me on the shoulder and says he had a report of a ‘mad woman with...
Launching at last: The Sports Examiner goes to subscriptions
PALM DESERT, December 15, 2017 – This is the 215th issue of The Sports Examiner and the one comment that we have most often...
U.S. national federations graded on governance … and get a D
PALM DESERT, December 11, 2017 — With scandals emerging left and right in international sport, good governance is becoming an increasingly critical issue.
The University of...
Nina Roth: A career nurse and now a U.S. Olympic curler
PALM DESERT, December 8, 2017 – Representing the United States in a World Championships is quite an honor. But it’s not the same as...
The IOC got it almost perfect: No Russia, but maybe some Russians …
PALM DESERT, December 6, 2017 – The long-awaited decision of the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board on Russia’s participation came Tuesday with a split...
Putin’s “tough response” if Russia is banned from 2018 has nothing to do with...
PALM DESERT, December 4, 2017 – The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board is scheduled to decide whether Russia will be allowed to compete in...
How the Oswald Commission is finding Russian athletes guilty of doping
PALM DESERT, December 1, 2017 – The International Olympic Committee’s Disciplinary Commission – better known as the Oswald Commission – has been handing down...
Why can’t Olympic sports be more like college football?
PALM DESERT, November 27, 2017 – This past weekend was a great one in Olympic sports ... and college football.
Fans of both were attending...
Role reversal: now the cities ask, “Why do we want the Games?”
PALM DESERT, November 22, 2017 – It wasn’t so long ago that it was the International Olympic Committee asking probing questions of a group...
Who makes more: Track stars or World Cup skiers?
PALM DESERT, November 17, 2017 – Alpine skiers have to be the princes and princesses of the Olympic-sport world, don’t they?
Training and competing at...
Individual justice vs. collective responsibility, or is it the IOC vs. the IAAF?
PALM DESERT, November 13, 2017 – Over the next four weeks, both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)...
The cheapest, most undeserved gold medal in Olympic history
PALM DESERT, November 10, 2017 – What will happen to the Russian team at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Korea?
Will the International Olympic...
Between Scylla and Charybdis: IOC president Thomas Bach
PALM DESERT, November 3, 2017 – The famed Greek poet Homer wrote about two terrors that had to be faced at the same time...
Triathlon star Katie Zaferes is all about being prepared
PALM DESERT, October 25, 2017 – American triathlon star Katie Zaferes finished second at the Triathlon World Series Grand Final this year and is...
It’s all in the mind for Slopestyle World Champion McRae Williams
PALM DESERT, October 16, 2017 – In Freestyle Skiing, it seems younger is always better. Until 26-year-old McRae Williams stunned everyone – including himself...
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