LANE ONE: “All of us, we have to look at whether we are going...
With the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 now confirmed, the enormous task of re-organizing the event for one year later is now...
LANE ONE: Ingratitude, money, politics, winners and losers ~ 5 takeaways from the Tokyo...
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There's gotta be a little rain some time
~ from the 1970 Grammy...
LANE ONE: IOC followed World Health Organization advice, not athlete criticism, to arrive at...
The World Health Organization and Africa. Those were the triggers that led the International Olympic Committee to decide, in concert with the Japanese government...
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...
LANE ONE: Vise is tightening on Tokyo 2020 as USA Swimming, USA Track &...
Until Friday, the calls for postponement or cancellation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games had mostly come from individual athletes. Some were expansive, some...
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,...
LANE ONE: In a crisis, discipline and focus are hard to maintain, as Tokyo...
The coronavirus is a major public-health crisis which is having impacts in many countries and is causing the cancellation, delay or implosion of mass...
LANE ONE: Sure, the Tokyo Games are threatened by Covid-19, but what about Beijing...
The spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) around the world is wreaking havoc with sporting events all over the globe and is threatening the Games...
LANE ONE: Bach gets 13 of 14 questions about the coronavirus and Tokyo, but...
It was obvious that something was up, as Wednesday’s news conference with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (GER) was much more crowded than...
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: The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will not be canceled or postponed,...
This week’s headlines were all about comments from the senior member of the International Olympic Committee – not its President – that this summer’s...
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...
LANE ONE: Mike Moran remembers the “Miracle on Ice” in Lake Placid on its...
Time to step aside and let someone else tell the story. Mike Moran was the voice of the United States Olympic Committee, and its...
LANE ONE: Duplantis in the stratosphere again, Coleman & Crouser post no. 2 indoor...
In an Olympic year, the indoor track & field season doesn’t tell you who will win at the Games, but it can identify who...
LANE ONE: De Coubertin’s 1892 Olympic-revival manifesto is back in Lausanne, but what did...
On Monday, the International Olympic Committee gleefully welcomed the donation of the original manuscript of Baron Pierre de Coubertin’s 1892 speech that called for...
LANE ONE: Edwin Moses is right when he says protests can’t be stopped, but...
While the Tokyo organizers fret about the potential impact of the expanding coronavirus threat to this summer’s Olympic Games in Japan, discussions about the...
LANE ONE: Sports in the ‘20s will be an American showcase, but is Africa...
If you are a fan of international sports living in the United States, there’s no doubt that the 2020s are going to be great....
LANE ONE: Swiss success in hosting Winter Youth Olympic Games polishes the IOC’s promise...
Now that the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games has concluded and the grandstands and signs are coming down, it’s worth considering what was achieved...
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...
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