LANE ONE: At Team USA Media Summit, Felix says 2021 is her last Games,...
(For our Highlights of the weekend's top events, click here)
The coronavirus created another first last week as the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee held...
THE TICKER: A Berlin-Tel Aviv Olympic bid for 2036? Four new Russian doping sanctions...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus /updated/:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Osaka Prefecture Governor Hirofumi...
LANE ONE: “Gotcha” reporting of “possible” U.S. boycott of Beijing 2022 was not just...
A commentary: In a November 2020 report on trust in news media, 69% of Americans thought “news organizations being too dramatic or too sensational...
THE BIG PICTURE: U.S. State Department exploring boycott of Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games...
/This story has been updated; for a full follow-up, click here/ U.S. Department of State spokesperson Ned Price said at a briefing today (6th)...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: North Korea to skip Tokyo? Japan’s leukemia survivor Ikee makes Tokyo...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Japan’s Kyodo News Service...
LANE ONE: Now that the EOPAAA Commission is set, what will it do in...
The Empowering Olympic, Paralympic and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020 (EOPAAA: S. 2330) became law on 30 October last year and created the potentially...
THE TICKER: Final four members of EOPAAA Commission finally named; 2021 WUG in Chengdu...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee ● It took five months since the passage...
THE BIG PICTURE: California Supreme Court shields USOPC from athlete abuse suit against USA...
A potentially significant case in the continuing tumult over sexual abuse of athletes came down on Thursday (1st), with the California Supreme Court unanimously...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Tokyo ticket buyers to lose 20% CoSport fee; Milan-Cortina logo...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
(For coverage of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s new protest regulations for...
THE BIG PICTURE: USOPC issues protest guidelines, but only for Olympic and Paralympic Trials...
The long-awaited regulations concerning acceptable forms of protest by American athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games ... have not yet been issued.
The U.S....
LANE ONE: Japan is serious, wants to chop foreign accreditees for Tokyo Games by...
If there was any doubt about how serious Japan is about hosting this summer’s Olympic Games as safely as is possible in the midst...
THE TICKER: Olympic Torch Relay is off and running; Brisbane City Council approves 2032...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The Olympic Torch Relay began...
LANE ONE: The IOC is not asleep; its new bidding system is designed avoid...
It’s pretty clear that the International Olympic Committee’s return to China as the host for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in 2022 is going...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo ticket refund process for U.S. buyers is murky; Covid positive...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● U.S. purchasers of ticket...
LANE ONE: No surprise as Japan bans foreign fans for Games, but that’s only...
(For our Highlights recap of last week's most noteworthy competitions, click here)
“Today, the Five Parties (the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee...
THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020 foreign-fan decision tomorrow? Paris 2024 to offer event ‘carbon calculator’;...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The question of whether foreign...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo foreign spectator ban might come next week; LA28 adds Comcast...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
While the 137th Session of the International Olympic Committee dominated last week’s news,...
LANE ONE: IOC’s Agenda 2020+5 “Road to the Games” initiative is about money: for...
One of the most interesting and possibly pivotal exchanges during the six-hour discussion at last week’s 137th Session of the International Olympic Committee about...
THE BIG PICTURE: Mitt Romney’s “The Right Way to Boycott the Beijing Olympics”
Former Massachusetts Governor, former President of the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games organizing committee and current U.S. Senator from Utah Mitt Romney...
LANE ONE: IOC approves Olympic Agenda 2020+5 after six-hour discussion; Tokyo spectator decision not...
For those who expected the International Olympic Committee’s discussion of the 15-part Olympic Agenda 2020+5 to be completed by a voice vote in less...
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