TSX HEADLINES – for November 19, 2018: Another divisive election is coming up. The annual meeting of USA Track & Field will take place in Columbus, Ohio in a couple of weeks and an old, still-open wound for many members was the 2014 election of the association’s nominee for the IAAF Council. Bob Hersh, the (more…)
TSX HEADLINES – for November 14, 2018: The official vote total was posted online at 9:58 p.m. Mountain time and it ended the Calgary bid for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. With 39.7% of the eligible voters in the city turning out, some 56.4% voted against Calgary moving forward with a bid for the 2026 (more…)
TSX HEADLINES – for November 12, 2018: If you’re a fan of Olympic sports, you should be looking forward to the key competitions deciding who is the best of the best, on the road to the Olympic Games, right? Not quite. Instead, this week illustrates the turmoil that the Olympic Movement is currently in. On (more…)
TSX HEADLINES – for November 9, 2018: The track & field world championships are one of the most-recognized sporting events on the planet, perhaps only behind the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. And like both of those two events, it’s not cheap. In fact, the recent cost of the event, at about $80 (more…)
TSX HEADLINES – for November 2, 2018: Like any good thriller, the plot lines of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games bid from Calgary (CAN) got twisted on Halloween, with an 11th-hour financing deal (sort of) and a wild debate of more than seven hours in the City Council. There were cheering sections, explanations and promises (more…)
