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1980 Olympic Games

1980 Olympic Games

MEMORABILIA: Moscow 1980 “Stadium Torch” brings $128,066, a 2002 Sports Emmy $4,038 at RR Auction’s $1.08 million winter sale

1980 Olympic Games

MEMORABILIA: Amazing RR Auction has a Milan Cortina 2026 torch (!) and 2004 LeBron James and Michael Phelps accreditations among 340 items!

1968 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: The L.A. City Council wonders about a 2028 Olympic boycott; it won’t happen. They should concentrate on the one key element...

1980 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Johnson says track can be “on par” with golf, tennis, F1; Commonwealth Games future brighter now; Paris medals develop “crocodile skin”

1980 Olympic Games

BULLETIN: Jimmy Carter, U.S. President who led the 1980 Olympic Games boycott, passes at 100

1928 Olympic Games

MEMORABILIA: Startling auction with 18 of 20 Olympic torches, golds from 12 Games and 900+ unused 1932 Olympic tickets now open!

1912 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: IBA’s choice for a new U.S. federation might not matter; FIFA won’t show Women’s World Cup in Europe without more money!

1976 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Qatar World Cup finally starts on Sunday, with Brazil favored; FIFA launching “social media protection service”; Griner moved to penal colony

1932 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: LA84’s Peter Ueberroth saluted with a plaque in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Court of Honor

1932 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Remembering the Games that changed everything: Los Angeles 1984; strong start for Commonwealth Games; world BMX title for USA’s Stancil

1980 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Why Mondo didn’t try for a world record at Stockholm; 29% of USATF top-3 are unsponsored; 35 nations call for Russian bans

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!

1976 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Russia’s Paralympic chief explains IOC’s continuing obsession with “unity,” even including outlaw countries

1980 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Coronavirus fears dampen Japan’s Games enthusiasm; group tells Stanford to restore sports; Kynard wins 2012 OG high jump in court

1936 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Calls for a Beijing 2022 boycott grow louder, but is the reference point 1980, or 1936? So what now?

1976 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Bach stresses unity; Coleman suspended for two years; Leeper loses CAS appeal over prostheses; is NFL’s D.K. Metcalf really so fast?

1980 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020+1 marks year-to-go; FINA relief project up to $6.46 million; Michael Norman now a triple threat for Tokyo?

1980 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: Tokyo 2020 moves forward slowly, but talk about the Games is in the fast lane + “Misha” creator passes at 84

1980 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: WADA slaps U.S. ONDCP report; Russia’s Ganus says no to suicide (!), Ryan Crouser reaches 75-2!

1896 Olympic Games

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

1980 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: DeFrantz on spineless USOC ‘80 boycott vote; Bach slaps critics; is IWF’s Ajan out this time?

1980 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Remembering the worst day in the history of the U.S. Olympic Movement: the vote to boycott Moscow ‘80

1980 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: In a crisis, discipline and focus are hard to maintain, as Tokyo 2020 is finding out

1980 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Weightlifting could face IOC suspension; AIBA wants a new name and 40 years since Carter boycott proposed

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