Putin’s “tough response” if Russia is banned from 2018 has nothing to do with...
PALM DESERT, December 4, 2017 – The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board is scheduled to decide whether Russia will be allowed to compete in...
How the Oswald Commission is finding Russian athletes guilty of doping
PALM DESERT, December 1, 2017 – The International Olympic Committee’s Disciplinary Commission – better known as the Oswald Commission – has been handing down...
Is this the last week that FloJo will be a world-record holder?
PALM DESERT, November 20, 2017 – The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will hand out its annual awards this coming Friday in Monaco....
Who makes more: Track stars or World Cup skiers?
PALM DESERT, November 17, 2017 – Alpine skiers have to be the princes and princesses of the Olympic-sport world, don’t they?
Training and competing at...
Individual justice vs. collective responsibility, or is it the IOC vs. the IAAF?
PALM DESERT, November 13, 2017 – Over the next four weeks, both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)...
The cheapest, most undeserved gold medal in Olympic history
PALM DESERT, November 10, 2017 – What will happen to the Russian team at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Korea?
Will the International Olympic...
German court will hear challenge to IOC’s sponsor exclusivity Rule 40
PALM DESERT, October 30, 2017 – Very few athletes can quote chapter and verse from the Olympic Charter, the rulebook of the International Olympic...
Coming soon: the sports marketing spectacle of the 21st Century … or a train...
PALM DESERT, October 27, 2017 – The 2028 Olympic Games have been awarded to Los Angeles. The 2026 FIFA World Cup could be assigned...
Triathlon star Katie Zaferes is all about being prepared
PALM DESERT, October 25, 2017 – American triathlon star Katie Zaferes finished second at the Triathlon World Series Grand Final this year and is...
Sebastian Coe says track & field has to be radical to stay relevant; how...
PALM DESERT, October 9, 2017 – Olympic middle-distance icon Sebastian Coe was elected to head the international federation for track & field in 2014....
Will home cooking power a Korean medal parade next February?
PALM DESERT, October 4, 2017 – Traditionally, countries which host an Olympic Games can expect their athletes to win more medals at home than...
It really doesn’t pay to be a gymnast
PALM DESERT, October 2, 2017 – The FIG World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics are set to start Monday evening in Montreal in the historic...
The “other” anthem protest: Wayne Collett, Vince Matthews and the 1972 Games
PALM DESERT, September 29, 2017 – The current furor over sitting, standing, protesting and counter-protesting of the U.S. national anthem is old news for...
Television: the glue that holds the Olympic Games together
PALM DESERT, September 4, 2017 – There was no such thing as television when the Olympic Games were revived in 1896. Radio networks didn’t...
Six dates that will shape Olympic sport over the next six months
PALM DESERT, September 1, 2017 – Now that the swimming and track & field world championships are over, time to relax until the Winter...
Study says 44% of IAAF World Champs athletes doped in 2011, and now?
PALM DESERT, August 30, 2017 – The World Anti-Doping Agency released its annual report for 2016 last week and said it had “turned the...
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