Tag: Olympic boycott
THE BIG PICTURE: Tokyo 2020 moves forward slowly, but talk about the Games is...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: WADA slaps U.S. ONDCP report; Russia’s Ganus says no to suicide...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● Further to last Friday’s story (17th), in which International...
THE BIG PICTURE: Bach warns of new boycott threats; Tokyo confirms venues; IOC approves...
Amidst the concerns for the staging of the next Olympic Games in Tokyo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (GER) opened the 136th IOC...
LANE ONE: USOC’s transformative spokesman, Mike Moran, passes at 78
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LANE ONE: Remembering the worst day in the history of the U.S. Olympic Movement:...
Forty years ago, the United States Olympic Committee faced a choice it hopes never to face again. Mike Moran served as the chief spokesman...
Anita DeFrantz on the 1980 boycott: “It still is extremely painful”
PALM DESERT, October 23, 2017 – Anita DeFrantz rose to fame by suing the United States Olympic Committee to allow American athletes – including...
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