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Event Management

OLYMPIC MOVEMENT: Ex-IOC marketing director Payne offers front-row seat on how the IOC grew into a commercial colossus

2024 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: U.S. men in ice hockey Worlds semis; World Boxing sails past 100 members; Russia’s Ustyugov loses 2010-14 doping medal appeals

1924 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Ex-IOC marketing chief Payne says no sport is safe at Olympics; Infantino calls for World Cup truce; gymnastics shares IOC-dependent finances

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Paris 2024 introduces Phrygian caps as mascots; UIPM votes move to obstacle racing; Korea gets 2027 Universiade

2020 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: WADA calls for Valieva case decision, or it will take over; U.S. has only one sport that matters; Vancouver 2030 Winter bid...

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Griner loses appeal of Russian sentence; Payne sees Olympics on TV for a while; Qatari Emir questions harsh criticism as World Cup...

1936 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: World leads for Duplantis and Ealey in Hengelo; Johnson’s Olympic Oak monument process advances; Phelps leads USOPC Hall selections

5-Ring Circus

LANE ONE: Three words spell out why Norway was the most successful team at Beijing 2022

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Shiffrin second at Courchevel, but has World Cup lead; NHL officially out of Beijing; Mod Pent’s Olympic issues not due to riding?!

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Not much Paralympic TV audience in U.S.; will the Youth Olympic Games survive?; Houlihan’s doping positive confirmed

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Fan video matrix to replace fans in stands in Tokyo; four world leads in Monaco Diamond League; Cavendish ties Merckx for Tour...

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Tokyo 2020 loses 10,000 volunteers, still has 70,000; federation elections; World Tri & UWW giving $318,000 to athletes for Tokyo

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Ex-IOC member Gosper thinks United Nations could help “in arbitrating whether the Games go ahead or not”

5-Ring Circus

LANE ONE: Is the Athlete’s Voice as important as anti-doping? What happens when they are in conflict? They are!

5-Ring Circus

HEARD AT HALFTIME: IOC liaison group signals no eSports tie-up coming; Nike’s interest in running; harsh words during the Giro d’Italia

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: S. 2330 sent to White House; USA Wrestling skips 2020 World Champs; WADA could get more investigative powers; new Giro d’Italia leader

5-Ring Circus

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Lyles featured in Diamond League opener; Jakobsen out of coma; another Nassar victim asks to join the proceedings

2012 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. colleges invest $366 million in swimming; Russian T&F chief resigns; Power-5 schools to form NCAA replacement?

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: What’s in the IOC’s $650 million cost for postponing Tokyo; Stefanidi wins women’s vault challenge; another USAG lawsuit

1984 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Will a year’s delay really be so bad? Seven ways the Tokyo organizers can keep the cost down

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Coronavirus kills FIS Alpine finals; Russian athletics finally contrite; more Nassar abuse tug-of-war

5-Ring Circus

HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. women face Mexico in Tokyo qualifier; Duplantis opens at 19-8 1/4 to beat Kendricks

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