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1984 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Bach asks for “frugal Games” in Tokyo; what can be learned from the ultimate “frugal” organizers in Los Angeles four decades ago?

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: IOC says Tokyo delay will cost it $800 million, including IF bail-outs; college sports cuts start in earnest in Ohio

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LANE ONE: The U.S. Women’s National Team’s equal-pay suit lost in court, but the timing could be right for them to “realize our worth”

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Track not dead; UK Sports asks for more money; UK Athletics “couldn’t get any worse”; Ritz retires and Lewis says “dream...

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LANE ONE: NCAA stonewalls calls for universities to sponsor less (Olympic) sports … for now; but what happens if there’s no football?

1896 Olympic Games

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

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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Comments on Guy Drut and reinventing the Games; pole vaulting for quantity vs. height; analyzing the U.S. women’s team loss in...

1984 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Will a year’s delay really be so bad? Seven ways the Tokyo organizers can keep the cost down

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Aimless chatter on Tokyo; Bach sees virus crisis leading to a coordinated world sport calendar; 298 more Russian dopers?

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!

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Coe on Kenya and doping: “The Russian situation is entirely different” + weightlifting starts a new era

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Coronavirus could impact the path forward for Nassar survivors, especially if Tokyo Games is canceled

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: World Athletics chief Coe: “We’ve just got to get more one-day meetings going in the U.S.”

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LANE ONE: When you disassemble Max Siegel’s $4.2 million comp reported for 2018, it all comes back to Nike and the USATF Board

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Are the IOC and Japan falling out of love? Can a Tokyo professor see the future? Yes, the USOPC is worried...

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THE BIG PICTURE: After 16 months, USA Gymnastics, 0; survivors, 0; lawyers $9,576,196 in Nassar abuse case so far

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LANE ONE: Like a ‘70s disco classic, Kenya and Russia (and others) appear to just keep on dopin’

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THE TICKER: Weightlifting loses two presidents; is Thomas Bach an IOC immortal? Cycling needs the Tour de France to be held in ‘20

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LANE ONE: Financial implosion of college athletics now threatens Olympic-sport programs in the U.S.

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

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: USA Swimming confirms dates for 2021 Olympic Trials, but T&F faces a possible conflict with the NCAAs in Eugene

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LANE ONE: Did World Athletics give the U.S. a golden gift with July dates for 2022 World Champs?

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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