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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

2020 Olympic Games

LANE THREE: At Team USA Media Summit, U.S. fans are “catching up” to women’s hoops; diver Boudia overcame fear of heights; validating skateboarding

2020 Olympic Games

LANE TWO: At Team USA Media Summit, Crouser throws medicine balls into bridges; diving scoring via Zoom; “it’s crazy to me to play a...

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: At Team USA Media Summit, Felix says 2021 is her last Games, King wants no protest limits, Gray says no Village partying...

1936 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: A Berlin-Tel Aviv Olympic bid for 2036? Four new Russian doping sanctions hit two Olympic champs; four Nassar survivors trying end-run in...

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LANE ONE: “Gotcha” reporting of “possible” U.S. boycott of Beijing 2022 was not just wrong, but was itself a manufactured crisis

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THE BIG PICTURE: U.S. State Department exploring boycott of Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games (updated)

1896 Olympic Games

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

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LANE ONE: Now that the EOPAAA Commission is set, what will it do in its study of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee?

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Final four members of EOPAAA Commission finally named; 2021 WUG in Chengdu postponed to ‘22; USA Wrestling Trials start today

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THE BIG PICTURE: California Supreme Court shields USOPC from athlete abuse suit against USA Taekwondo

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Tokyo ticket buyers to lose 20% CoSport fee; Milan-Cortina logo elected; Ross & Klineman clinch Tokyo berth

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: USOPC issues protest guidelines, but only for Olympic and Paralympic Trials events

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Japan is serious, wants to chop foreign accreditees for Tokyo Games by 30,000 in added anti-Covid safety measure

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Olympic Torch Relay is off and running; Brisbane City Council approves 2032 bid; Hanyu superb, Chen falls at ISU Worlds

2024 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: The IOC is not asleep; its new bidding system is designed avoid its current problems with Beijing 2022 and human rights

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo ticket refund process for U.S. buyers is murky; Covid positive at figure skating Worlds; surfer killed by lightning!

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: No surprise as Japan bans foreign fans for Games, but that’s only where the questions begin

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020 foreign-fan decision tomorrow? Paris 2024 to offer event ‘carbon calculator’; FIFA sees $4.7 billion revenue (!) for 2022

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo foreign spectator ban might come next week; LA28 adds Comcast as sponsor; Brisbane to get ‘32 in July?

2024 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: IOC’s Agenda 2020+5 “Road to the Games” initiative is about money: for athletes, continental Games and an IOC takeover?

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THE BIG PICTURE: Mitt Romney’s “The Right Way to Boycott the Beijing Olympics”

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: IOC approves Olympic Agenda 2020+5 after six-hour discussion; Tokyo spectator decision not final; human rights & Beijing 2022 collide

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: New USOPC Board readies for Tokyo, wants no Beijing boycott, still negotiating on Nassar survivor settlement

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