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...
LANE ONE: The top stories coming in 2020, part 2: More courtroom drama, more...
Look for tumultuous year on and off the field of play in 2020, with the Tokyo Games coming, but a lot of drama before...
LANE ONE: Is anything going on in world sport besides Russia and doping? Yes,...
There’s the NFL heading toward the playoffs and the baseball Hot Stove League is on fire right now, but in the Olympic world, all...
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...
LANE ONE: Conspiracy theorists, here’s how Los Angeles loses the 2028 Olympic Games!
In the midst of all the other activity in Washington, D.C. last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation approved and...
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...
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...
LANE ONE: “Athlete’s rights” sounds like a good idea, but which athletes and which...
The question of “athlete’s rights” is a hot topic in the Olympic Movement, just as it is in other sports, but it is being...
THE BIG PICTURE: USA Gymnastics’ legal marathon with abuse survivors and insurance cos. grinds...
The myriad of cases involving USA Gymnastics and the intertwined lawsuits from survivors of sexual abuse from Dr. Larry Nassar and the federation’s suits...
TSX REPORT: The USOPC issues relaxed athlete ad guidelines for Tokyo; U.S. women win...
≡ TSX REPORT ~ 10 October 2019 ≡
(Never fun to have computer trouble, but it happens and we lost a couple of days. But...
LANE ONE: USOPC relaxes IOC’s Rule 40 restrictions on athlete advertising a little, and...
Ask a world-class athlete with individual sponsors about the bad aspects of being on a U.S. Olympic Team, and the answer will inevitable come...
TSX DAILY: U.S. wins five medals at IAAF Worlds on Monday; famed coach Salazar...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 1 October 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Warholm beats Benjamin in 400 m hurdles on five-medal day for U.S. at...
TSX DAILY: California bill to allow college athletes to be paid may kill Olympic-sport...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 26 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: The U.S.'s unequaled collegiate Olympic-sport programs may be heading to implosion, starting in...
LANE ONE: The U.S.’s unequaled collegiate Olympic-sport programs may be heading to implosion, starting...
For those who have followed the long-running debate over amateurism and intercollegiate athletics, the issue is finally front and center. For those in the...
TSX DAILY: USOPC Hall of Fame elects Smith and Carlos, making athlete sanction threats...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 25 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: USOPC Hall of Fame committee selections renders USOPC's protest sanctions toothless
Much was made...
LANE ONE: USOPC Hall of Fame committee selections renders USOPC’s protest sanctions toothless
Remember the awards ceremony protests during the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru last month by American gold medalists Race Imboden in fencing and...
TSX DAILY: WADA confirms Russian doping inquiry on data “discrepancies”; Nye and Rogers in...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 24 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Russian doping data “discrepancies are not random” per AIU
The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed...
TSX DAILY: WADA report shows steady progress, but Center for SafeSport is overwhelmed; fifth...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 20 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: World Anti-Doping Agency report shows progress, but SafeSport needs more help right now
Earlier...
LANE ONE: World Anti-Doping Agency report shows progress, but SafeSport needs more help right...
On Tuesday (17), the World Anti-Doping Agency released its 2018 Annual Report that showed continued, steady progress in its activities against doping and considerably...
TSX DAILY: USOPC is saying the right things, but will it have cash to...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 16 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: The USOPC is working, changing, but its reach is shorter than its desires
The...
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