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Globetrotting by Phil Hersh

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Biden backs Haudenosaunee team for LA28; more Milan-Cortina worries over sliding and hockey; Germany bidding for 2036-40?

2020 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: WADA calls for Valieva case decision, or it will take over; U.S. has only one sport that matters; Vancouver 2030 Winter bid...

5-Ring Circus

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: With gold haul from world meets, Biles and Dressel get more as best of international sports in 2019

Figure Skating

FIGURE SKATING Panorama: Nathan Chen’s “transcendent greatness,” but Yuzuru Hanyu is also no. 1 (in another way)

5-Ring Circus

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: Who will win 2019 figure skating worlds? My gold medal crystal ball perfectly clear on just one event

Figure Skating

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: SafeSport calls out figure skating for unchecked “culture of abuse”

Figure Skating

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: In Russian Figure Skating Federation’s no-win game to pick worlds team, Tuktamysheva the loser

Figure Skating

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: U.S. Figure Skating disappointed over all questions left unanswered by SafeSport decision to end investigation into allegations against late national...

5-Ring Circus

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: In men’s skating, Nathan Chen now a real challenger to even the best of Yuzuru Hanyu

Alpine Skiing

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: Lindsey Vonn, who sped past limits to top of ski racing (and sometimes flew into safety nets), is coming to...

Figure Skating

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: The John Coughlin story, tragic for all involved, should lead to empathy and understanding instead of finger-pointing

5-Ring Circus

GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: Gracie Gold ‘s wise decision to forgo U.S. Skating Championships was “Gracie’s alone” – and one of few clear answers...

5-Ring Circus

GLOBETROTTING: Hanyu, Ledecká rise above it all in a year when world sport needed them – and other athletes – as salvation from scandal...

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2024 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Trump announces “FIFA PASS” program for faster World Cup visa interviews; Milan Cortina torch route set; China’s Gong retires

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Shiffrin wins 102nd World Cup and 9th Levi Slalom; Algerian boxing champ Khelif plans LA28 return; Stolz wins three in speed skating opener

2028 Olympic Games

LOS ANGELES 2028: Agent for Olympic women’s 100 m champ Alfred says one-day 2028 women’s 100 m schedule is inequitable vs. men

Event Management

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT: Ex-IOC marketing director Payne offers front-row seat on how the IOC grew into a commercial colossus

Table Tennis

TABLE TENNIS: ITTF holds three “disruptors” from its May annual meeting ineligible for Executive Board elections Saturday