THE TICKER: USOPC provides $525,000 for Athletes’ Advisory Council, NCAA allows more Olympic-athlete support
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ● Another of the urgent desires of...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Weightlifting could face IOC suspension; AIBA wants a new name and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Weightlifting ● The fire under the International Weightlifting Federation is getting hotter.
The...
GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: With gold haul from world meets, Biles and Dressel get...
Courage was the key word on the international sports scene in 2019.
Competitive courage, like the grit alpine skier Lindsey Vonn showed in making her...
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2019, from no. 5 to no. 1, a...
Let there be no doubt, this was a wild year in Olympic sport, and as with so many areas today, full of contention, argument...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Russian strategy for doping case now plain; Women’s World Cup could...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Doping ● What appears to be a coordinated Russian strategy to contest...
LANE ONE: Puerto Rico now has a chance to host events in the 2028...
In the United States, very little attention is generally paid to the ebbs and flows of Olympic politics, processes and procedures unless it directly...
LANE ONE: WADA did this much right: they got the Russians angry! Or is...
Monday’s decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to hold the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to be non-compliant for a period of four years was cheered...
FOOTBALL: U.S. cruises past Cuba to win CONCACAF Nations League Group A
It wasn’t pretty, but in the end, it all worked out. The U.S. men advanced to the final round of the inaugural CONCACAF Nations...
TSX INTEL REPORT: Here’s how the 2028 Olympic Games can be taken away from...
= TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 18 November 2019 =
● LANE ONE ● Conspiracy theorists, here's how Los Angeles loses the 2028 Olympic Games!
Although there were a lot of other...
SCOREBOARD: Wins for U.S. skating star Brittany Bowe and 43-year-old Jake Gibb
Highlights and results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● BASEBALL ● Japan wins WSBC Premier 12 over Korea, as Mexico gets third over U.S.
There...
FOOTBALL: U.S. stomps Canada, 4-1, to get back into Nations League contention in Orlando
Would the rainy field at the Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida be the site where the U.S. men’s National Team was drowned in the...
TSX INTEL REPORT: Nike’s critics look to the past, but Mary Cain is about...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 14 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Nike’s critics look to the past, but Mary Cain asks about Nike’s T&F future
Mary Cain’s...
FOOTBALL Preview: Redemption or disgrace for U.S. national team Friday vs. Canada?
How serious is the situation for the U.S. men’s National Team?
Consider this: the preview of Friday’s CONCACAF Nations League match vs. Canada in Orlando,...
TSX INTEL REPORT: Athlete shrieking over the Diamond League obscures the real issue; world...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 11 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Athlete shrieking over dropped Diamond League events misses the point completely
When the...
FOOTBALL: Lloyd leads U.S. women to 6-0 win over Costa Rica in final match...
Alex Morgan who?
The amazing Carli Lloyd, 37, has been a scoring machine for the U.S. women’s National Team and continued right from the start...
FOOTBALL: Vlatko Andonovski Era opens with 3-2 win over Sweden; Lloyd scores twice
The U.S. women’s National Team started their friendly with no. 5-ranked Sweden in chilly, near-freezing conditions in Columbus, Ohio, but it didn’t take long...
TSX INTEL REPORT: IAAF takes lead, and UCI joins, on transgender regulations; WADA chief-to-be...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 7 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● IAAF taking the lead in transgender regulation, working with other IFs on testosterone levels
It...
FOOTBALL Preview: Vlatko Andonovski Era begins as U.S. women face Sweden Thursday
A new era in U.S. women’s football opens on Thursday at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, as the American women take on Sweden in...
TSX INTEL REPORT: The Int’l Swimming League is half over; have you noticed? +...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 4 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Is the International Swimming League making an impact? It doesn't appear to be making...
TSX INTEL REPORT: More events to be moved from Tokyo due to heat? Here...
= TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 1 November 2019 =
● LANE ONE ● IOC moves Tokyo marathons and walks, but are there still more events to be moved?
The International...
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