LANE ONE: Borders Commission urges USOPC to expand athlete support and NGB compliance …...
The last few years have been difficult ones for the United States Olympic Committee, in the aftermath of the Larry Nassar abuse scandal in...
LANE ONE: U.S. Olympic Committee tax return shows $323 million in 2018 revenue, and...
As a charitable organization under Internal Revenue Service rules, the United States Olympic Committee is exempt from Federal taxes, but is required to file...
LANE ONE: The IOC’s glowing financial statements, and how they might go up in...
The International Olympic Committee released its 2018 Annual Report last week, with a complete set of financial statements that provide a fascinating look at...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Diack indictment shows corruption on a grand scale; USA Synchro tries...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The German ARD network managed to obtain a copy of...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Sensational 10.73s for Thompson and Fraser-Pryce in Jamaican Trials!
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● True, Usain Bolt is retired, but Jamaica’s women’s 100 m...
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...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Tough times for Jamaican track … off the field?
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Uneasy signs for the sport in Jamaica, where this weekend’s Jamaica...
LANE ONE: Getting Team USA gear is a lot easier now than it was...
Olympic bronze medalist Anita DeFrantz filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against U.S. President Jimmy Carter to try and overcome his American boycott of the 1980...
LANE ONE: Planning your time off for 2020 yet? How about U.S. Trials week...
With the announcement of St. Louis, Missouri as the site for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials for men and women, the United States Olympic...
THE BIG PICTURE: USA Gymnastics’ future collides with its present over the next seven...
On Tuesday, USA Gymnastics announced that the 2020 Olympic Trials in Artistic Gymnastics will be held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri...
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: USOC Board focuses on Congress, athlete advocacy and gymnastics in L.A. Board...
The United States Olympic Committee has been battered by accusations and scandal, hammered in Congressional hearings, changed out its leadership ... and got the...
THE BIG PICTURE: With Congress on its tail, USOC is putting heat on its...
Stung by the multiple Congressional inquiries into its responses – or lack of responses – to the sexual-abuse situations in swimming, gymnastics and other...
THE BIG PICTURE: German Cartel Office relaxes IOC’s Rule 40 restrictions through 2026
A long administrative process that began in 2017 resulted in a decision issued Wednesday (27th) that “extended” the personal advertising activities of German athletes...
THE BIG PICTURE: USA Gymnastics hires a new chief executive (again)
USA Gymnastics has been targeted by the United States Olympic Committee for de-certification as the National Governing Body for the sport, but it isn’t...
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: “Team Integrity” has its own recommendations for USOC reform; some of them...
The introduction of a bill by Colorado Senator Cory Gardner (R) to form a Congressionally-managed committee to review the operations of the United States Olympic...
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...
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