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2024 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Nomination period for WADA Presidency opens; Ingebrigtsen father indicted for abuse; horrific Guinea stadium crush kills at least 56

Football

FOOTBALL: Olympic champ U.S. women return with goals from Thompson, Shaw and Smith for 3-1 win over Iceland in Austin

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: LA28 hires ex-Lt. Gen. Hoover as CEO; Kenya suspends 33 (!) for doping; Kremlin says Microsoft disinfo report “slander”

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: IOC formulating young-athlete guidelines, big LA28 venue reveal coming, can Ghana save the Commonwealth Games?

5-Ring Circus

TSX REPORT: Fabulous USATF Nationals closes with four world leads; U.S. men edge Canada on penalties in Gold Cup; Russians in Asian Games?

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: Fourth arrest of Takahashi in Tokyo 2020 bribe probe; Griner on way to Russian penal colony; Blatter says France caused Qatar ‘22...

1936 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Chepngetich 2:14:18! Sisson 2:18:29 U.S. record in Chicago; Kremlin cheers Russian boxing return; Luz Long’s ‘36 silver on auction

2020 Olympic Games

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

1968 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Griner enters strategic guilty plea in Moscow; Ukraine welcomed in Chula Vista; Canadian swimmer Harvey drugged at Worlds

5-Ring Circus

HIGHLIGHTS: Allman’s 235-9 the biggest discus throw in 30 years! U.S. women rout Uzbeks, 9-1; Sweden wins men’s Curling Worlds again

Doping

LANE ONE: Beijing’s hermetically-sealed Winter Games served both athletes and China’s propaganda purposes

2024 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Paris 2024 coin program revealed; USA Gymnastics bankruptcy settlement getting closer; vote for the Sullivan Award!

Must Read

5-Ring Circus

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

5-Ring Circus

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