HomeTagsSam Prakel

Sam Prakel

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: IIHF asks 3×3 hockey for 2030 Winter Games; Toyota sponsors Paralympics; U.S.’s Glenn gets first ISU Grand Prix gold!

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Paralympics OKs Russian and Belarusian “neutrals”; Kessler and Welteji win shock Road Worlds miles; U.S. men gymnasts in for Paris

2028 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Fine whine about cricket, USOPC oversight, sustainability; Schroder is FIBA World Cup MVP; rowing survives on IOC money

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Britain’s Frazer shares U.K. view of “neutrality”; shooting fed follow IOC lead; Davis-Woodhall loses U.S. LJ title to marijuana

2020 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: World records for Crouser, Bol, Price; AR for Hobbs at USATF Nationals! How the Olympics impacts the NBA

1972 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: IOC excited about Paris, but is fine-tuning costs and emphasizing human rights (with no apology for Beijing ‘22); Evenepoel, 22, wins La...

2020 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Tokyo 2020 sponsor bribery scandal expanding; Esposito against NHL players in Olympics; NCAA Div. I limits transfers and timing

Athletics

ATHLETICS: Holloway equals 60 m hurdles world record; Rojas sets absolute world TJ mark as does Duplantis in PV at World Indoors

2020 Olympic Games

ATHLETICS: Bor and Finley claim Steeple and discus titles; Thomas and Prandini scream to 21.94-21.99 women’s 200 m semis wins; Mu and McLaughlin scary

2020 Olympic Games

ATHLETICS: Coburn and Frerichs 1-2 in women’s Steeple; Ramsey and Saunders earn women’s shot berths; world-lead 21.98 for Gabby Thomas!

Aquatics

HIGHLIGHTS: Crouser explodes to 22.72 m (74-6 1/2) in Des Moines; Tour de France starts with wins by Kristoff and Alaphilippe!

Athletics

ATHLETICS: Kejelcha takes world mile record in special Boston race

Must Read

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Worries over snow for Milan Cortina; gymnastics now looking at Pilates? Another luge gold for the U.S.? Yes!

Doping

ANTI-DOPING: Doping violations in 2023 rose 20% over ’22 and up 46% over ’21, but WADA says this is a “positive sign”; India leads...

Aquatics

PANORAMA: Enhanced Games lawsuit vs. WADA, swimming gets final dismissal; AIU says 98% of finalists at Tokyo worlds tested O-o-C!

Figure Skating

U.S. OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE: Fred Richard and Ilia Malinin create “National Backflip Day” on Sunday as Team USA fund-raiser

2024 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: USA Swimming to pay $2.7 million in direct-athlete stipends in 2026; FIFA OKs $727 million World Cup 2026 prize & prep money