LANE ONE: Cue the dominoes, as the collateral damage of moving the Olympic Games...
The joint announcement by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will be celebrated...
NOLIGHTS: International sport is dark this week and for weeks to come; an IF-by-IF...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
As the COVID-19 pandemic has taken hold worldwide, competition has ceased. Here is a listing of the...
LANE ONE: No change in the IOC position on Tokyo 2020 on Wednesday, or...
“I think the goal is definitely to get to the 24th July and the Tokyo Olympic Games but we also have to be realistic...
LANE ONE: The new threat to Tokyo 2020 is not in Japan, but that...
We have reached critical mass in the worldwide sports response to the COVID-19 virus, with mass postponements – if not cancellations – of events,...
HIGHLIGHTS: Maroulis returns to the mat as U.S. secures 11 spots for Tokyo; final...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
Many of the international federations shut down their sports this past week, with most events canceled or...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020’s Mori reports apology from Board member suggesting delay; new...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The head of the...
HIGHLIGHTS: Ledecky leads U.S. swimmers as 12 new world-leading marks set in Des Moines;...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● Bad weather canceled the Super-G racing on Sunday in Kvitfjell (NOR) after Austria’s...
THE TICKER: Coronavirus kills FIS Alpine finals; Russian athletics finally contrite; more Nassar abuse...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Alpine Skiing ● The coronavirus danger in Italy has cancelled the FIS Alpine...
LANE ONE: Nassar survivors committee targets USOPC as deep pocket in settlement vs. litigation...
The ultimate strategy of the high-profile survivors of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse cases was unveiled via a court filing last Friday: target the assets...
LANE ONE: USA Gymnastics goes all-in with well-thought-out, $217 million offer to abuse victims
The long, horrific saga of sexual abuse perpetrated by Larry Nassar (and others) on U.S. gymnasts is now at a crossroads, with the survivors...
HIGHLIGHTS: Humphries & Gibbs win Bobsled world title for U.S.; world women’s records in...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ATHLETICS ● Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis continued to attack his own world record in the pole vault,...
HIGHLIGHTS: World Champs in Biathlon, Luge, Sailing and Speed Skating, including a surprise silver...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The Coronavirus epidemic in China caused the scheduled men’s World Cup racing in...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Another McLaren report coming, this time on weightlifting and Tamas Ajan
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Weightlifting ● After his much-praised reports on the Russian doping scandal in...
LANE ONE: USA Gymnastics proposes $215 million settlement, while Russia may be kicked out...
The Larry Nassar abuse scandal and the Russian doping saga have been enduring nightmares in Olympic sport over the last several years, but both...
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...
HIGHLIGHTS: Amazing Shiffrin scores gold and bronze in World Cup in Vermont
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The Alpine World Cup is in North America, with women’s racing at Killington,...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin wins 41st career Slalom in Levi, names reindeer for Ingemar Stenmark
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The annual Slalom competitions in Levi, Finland, ended with a fourth reindeer for...
TSX REPORT: Check out our exclusive 718-event calendar of events for 2019-20; IOC wants...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 17 October 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: A big year ahead, as shown by 718 events in our new Stat...
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