LANE ONE: Remembering 10 people and things you didn’t know (or remember) about the...
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LANE ONE: LA 2028 might be the quietest organizing committee in history, but things...
(★ Friends: Very grateful to have received 40 donations over the past month toward our server and support costs, covering about 81% of our...
LANE ONE: Legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games expands with “Play Equity” program with...
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LANE ONE: Bach asks for “frugal Games” in Tokyo; what can be learned from...
For those of a certain age, who lived through a prior crisis that threatened the existence of the Olympic Games, it was simply staggering...
LANE ONE: France’s Guy Drut says the Games “must reinvent themselves”; how about throwing...
France’s Guy Drut is best known as the 1976 Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles and a a controversial politician in his home...
LANE ONE: Puerto Rico now has a chance to host events in the 2028...
In the United States, very little attention is generally paid to the ebbs and flows of Olympic politics, processes and procedures unless it directly...
LANE ONE: UCLA dedicates famed Drake Stadium track to Betsy & Rafer Johnson
“Together, you’ve been an example of respect, integrity and excellence in all things. Together, you have served the UCLA community selflessly and with the...
TSX DAILY: Let the lobbying start for new sports in 2028 ~ Heat-stroked French...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 20 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | GAMES OF THE XXXIV OLYMPIAD: LOS ANGELES 2028: Let the (sports) lobbying begin
The International Olympic...
TSX DAILY: New ESPN promo urges kids to keep playing, but are they really...
= TSX DAILY ~ 19 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: U.S. survey says most kids quit sports by age 11, but is there really...
LANE ONE: U.S. survey says most kids quit sports by age 11, but is...
A breathless story posted last Friday on the Web site of station 41 KSHB in Kansas City announced:
“Study shows more young athletes calling it...
TSX DAILY: Australia is having the “Olympic Talk” about Queensland; the Diamond League, money...
= TSX DAILY ~ 16 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: With a possible 2032 bid ahead, Australia’s Queensland region is now having the “Olympic talk”
Even...
LANE ONE: With a possible 2032 bid ahead, Australia’s Queensland region is now having...
The tumult over bids for the Olympic and Olympic Winter Games should have subsided after the selection of Milan-Cortina to host the 2018 Olympic...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC rejects sentimentalism and selects Milan-Cortina while L.A.’s Mayor says “I...
The International Olympic Committee made a clear choice for fiscal and political reality with the selection of the Milan-Cortina bid for the 2026 Olympic...
LANE ONE: Finally, it’s time to talk about sponsoring Olympic-sport athletes
If you’re an athlete in one of the four major professional sports in the U.S. – baseball, basketball, football or ice hockey – you...
THE BIG PICTURE: World Beach Games folds in San Diego; may be held elsewhere...
/Updated: see footnote/A long effort to bring a major international event to San Diego ended failure on Thursday as word leaked out that the...
LANE ONE: Remembering the day the Olympic Movement didn’t collapse: 8 May 1984
(This is a reprint of our Lane One column of 9 May 2018, which was available in our old PDF format and not as...
LANE ONE: Is the new LA 2028 budget of $6.88 billion really serious, or...
Ever since the late Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau famously claimed – six years prior to the 1976 Olympic Games in his city – that...
THE BIG PICTURE: LA28 releases its first budget summary, with detailed revenues and expenses
Under its agreement with the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles 2028 organizing committee was required to submit “An independent review and written...
LANE ONE: The LA28-USOC deal with NBC could be just the beginning
Words like “visionary” and “unprecedented” and “revolutionary” have been thrown about over the past week about the agreement between NBCUniversal, the Los Angeles 2028...
LANE ONE: Does track & field matter? UCLA’s gymnastics program shows it could, IF…
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One of the best newsletters I see is the...
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