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1980 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Johnson says track can be “on par” with golf, tennis, F1; Commonwealth Games future brighter now; Paris medals develop “crocodile skin”

1980 Olympic Games

BULLETIN: Jimmy Carter, U.S. President who led the 1980 Olympic Games boycott, passes at 100

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MILLER TIME: Power vs. Ethics at the Beijing Winter Games

1980 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Coronavirus fears dampen Japan’s Games enthusiasm; group tells Stanford to restore sports; Kynard wins 2012 OG high jump in court

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THE BIG PICTURE: Mitt Romney’s “The Right Way to Boycott the Beijing Olympics”

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LANE ONE: Canadian calls for a Beijing 2022 boycott echo Jimmy Carter almost exactly 41 years ago

1980 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: WADA slaps U.S. ONDCP report; Russia’s Ganus says no to suicide (!), Ryan Crouser reaches 75-2!

1980 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Remembering the worst day in the history of the U.S. Olympic Movement: the vote to boycott Moscow ‘80

1980 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Weightlifting could face IOC suspension; AIBA wants a new name and 40 years since Carter boycott proposed

Lane One

LANE ONE: Getting Team USA gear is a lot easier now than it was for the forgotten Olympians of 1980

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If the Russians don’t want to play, why should they have to stay?

Cycling

If the Russians don’t want to play, why should they have to stay?

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PANORAMA: World Games opens in China as flame lit on water skis! Difficult situation reported for key ex-Russian doping whistleblowers, now in U.S.

Aquatics

SWIMMING: Lengthy editorial from iconic Rowdy Gaines backs up criticisms of U.S. swimming leadership, not athletes

1984 Olympic Games

VOX POPULI: A critical LA28 juncture: can the Olympics really be a “no cost” event for Los Angeles?

1984 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Panic! Trump is taking over the 2028 Games! The sky is falling! Waaah! Hey, calm down already

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PANORAMA: NBC’s coverage of USATF Nationals averages 1.2 million viewers; Bednarek and Lyles settle spat; whereabouts violations rising in Russia