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1896 Olympic Games

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Ingebrigtsen, dos Santos, Gebrhiwet star in Oslo; any idea who Pierre de Coubertin is? FIFA Club World Cup boycott?

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: World Athletics to pay Paris winners $50,000! Montano asks for 2012 bronze at LA28; Dillard’s London ‘48 100 m gold on auction!

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Athens 1896 winner’s medal sells for $111,960; Infantino asks for match forfeits for racism; 95th World Cup win for Shiffrin!

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Russian trampoline head: we’re not going to Olympics; Barranquilla stays out for 2027 Pan Ams; Shiffrin golden again!

1896 Olympic Games

MEMORABILIA: An Athens 1896 Olympic Champion silver and Steve Genter’s Munich ‘72 medals trio in an eye-opening show by RR Auction

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Strong poll for Sweden as 2030 Winter host; not so much for Brisbane 2032; suspended sentences in Tokyo 2020 bribery case

1896 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: IOC says it will support Ukrainian athletes vs. Russians; new Olympic walk event; $200,000 torch highlights new auction

1896 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: IOC study shows London 1948 and 1908 the best venue recyclers, Athens 2004 the biggest builder; more ModPent drama!

1896 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: LA28 “very, very comfortable” on finances despite deficit; Dillard’s ‘48 100 m gold sells for $120,000; Liu retires at 16?

1896 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: North Korea to skip Tokyo? Japan’s leukemia survivor Ikee makes Tokyo team; 125 years since Athens 1896!

1896 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: After 79 years, the Paralympic Games deserves to have the world stage to itself … in 2027!

1896 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Study shows U.S. colleges spent almost $1 billion on track & field in 2018; with more than 25,000 athletes on scholarship!

1896 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Was Juan Antonio Samaranch, the man who made the IOC modern, its greatest president?

1896 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: France’s Guy Drut says the Games “must reinvent themselves”; how about throwing out 17 sports disciplines! Or 20! Or more!

1896 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Dept. of Justice indicts four on bribes for 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups

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2028 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: USA Fencing scores another high-profile deal, this time with iHeartMedia; Wasserman says the first task of LA28 is the competitions

Athletics

ATHLETICS: World Athletics chief Coe says no to blanket national doping bans; Worlds women’s sex testing at over 90% so far

Athletics

ATHLETICS: Thrilling Diamond League Final in Zurich, with U.S. wins for Coleman, Lyles, Patterson, Tinch, Brown and 28 straight for Allman!

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PANORAMA: Int’l Paralympic Committee saw better attitudes on disabilities from Paris 2024; Enhanced Games sues WADA, World Aquatics, USA Swimming

2028 Olympic Games

LOS ANGELES 2028: Diving moves to Pasadena, LA28 to refit ‘32 Swim Stadium and City Council members demand local procurement