Tag: Los Angeles 2028
LANE ONE: You want transparency? Look to World Rowing and you will see it,...
There has been much made of the lack of transparency, not to mention outright secrecy or deceit within the International Federations which govern sports...
LANE ONE: The IOC’s glowing financial statements, and how they might go up...
The International Olympic Committee released its 2018 Annual Report last week, with a complete set of financial statements that provide a fascinating look at just how much money it has, and just as importantly, what it does with it. The IOC is doing pretty well. As it noted, “The IOC’s strong financial foundation is driven […]
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: The Olympic Games cannot solve the world’s problems, as Paris 2024...
There was a time when modesty and humility were prized, and the idea that if you made reasonable promises and over-delivered on those promises, the results would be widely viewed as positive. Those concepts appear today to be as ancient as Egypt’s pyramids. Society in many countries appears divided along many lines and the social […]
LANE ONE: Bach’s Olympic vision takes shape: City-center spectacle and fewer venues
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach of Germany has plenty of critics, but say this for him: he has a vision. Since being elected to head the IOC in 2013, he immediately set out to reform the way that Olympic and Winter Games are bid for and organized, with his “Agenda 2020″ and “The New […]
Tokyo and Paris sign mutual-cooperation accord, but will they really cooperate?
TSX HEADLINES – for July 13, 2018: With considerable fanfare, the chief executives of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee and Paris 2024 committee signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in various areas to help ensure the success of both Games. It’s a good idea, but will these organizations – and beyond them, the Los […]
Tokyo and Paris sign mutual-cooperation accord, but will they really cooperate?
TSX HEADLINES – for July 13, 2018: With considerable fanfare, the chief executives of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee and Paris 2024 committee signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in various areas to help ensure the success of both Games. It’s a good idea, but will these organizations – and beyond them, the Los […]
The top stories of 2017 – part 2: Glory, greed, drugs and surprises
TSX HEADLINES – for Dec. 28, 2017: This was the year that Usain Bolt retired, but not the way he envisioned. Mo Farah won one and lost one at the World Championships, but no one saw the stunner of the women’s Steeplechase coming. American Caeleb Dressel equaled Michael Phelps’s record of seven gold medals in […]
The top stories of 2017 – part 2: Glory, greed, drugs and surprises
TSX HEADLINES – for Dec. 28, 2017: This was the year that Usain Bolt retired, but not the way he envisioned. Mo Farah won one and lost one at the World Championships, but no one saw the stunner of the women’s Steeplechase coming. American Caeleb Dressel equaled Michael Phelps’s record of seven gold medals in […]
Los Angeles has the 2028 Olympic Games, so what’s next? Hibernation?
PALM DESERT, September 18, 2017 – As the parties and parades pass on and the recognition that Los Angeles will organize an Olympic Games 11 years into the future sets in, the question is well asked: What now? What should the start-up organizing committee in Los Angeles be doing? Hibernate? It’s instructive to look at […]
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