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2028 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Wasserman confident on LA28 sales effort; City of L.A. passes $30 hotel wage, $13.9B budget; no Russia in 2026 OWG hockey!

2024 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Over 100 candidates in crucial weightlifting elections; Hershey sweetens USOPC, LA28 and NBC as sponsor; 5 billion to watch Qatar ‘22?

1928 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Int’l Swimming League to skip 2022, return in 2023; not much NIL money outside of football & basketball; ‘24 swim trials...

5-Ring Circus

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Russian bans “will set precedents”; modest U.S. Paralympics viewership; Madison Hubbell on the Olympic difference

5-Ring Circus

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Federations banning Russians en masse; Russian oligarch Usmanov steps down at FIE; Federal funds now supporting Oregon22

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Integrity push, protests, low U.S. Tokyo ratings and future Games among 2021’s top stories

2028 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Joy for the three new sports for LA28, but stormy weather ahead for others; could Sapporo & Salt Lake get a double...

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: IOC letter slams boxing “progress” and weightlifting on the brink of chaos; can either survive in the Games to 2024?

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Florida offers itself as Tokyo replacement (?); new USOPC Board opening; USA Swimming splits Trials in two

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Arbitration panel “all about the athletes” to trim WADA sanctions on Russia; Rio 100mH champ McNeal suspended; U.S. withdraws from Handball Worlds

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

2028 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: S. 2330 in repose for now; LA28 funds $2.48 million for youth sports; Russian hackers indicted; Klay Thompson respects T&F

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: The IOC’s new balancing act: sometimes being “athlete-centered” isn’t enough

1924 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Gymnastics case judge considers settlement conference, while World Rowing faces hard choice on LA ‘28 site

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Coe on Kenya and doping: “The Russian situation is entirely different” + weightlifting starts a new era

5-Ring Circus

THE TICKER: Weightlifting loses two presidents; is Thomas Bach an IOC immortal? Cycling needs the Tour de France to be held in ‘20

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Another McLaren report coming, this time on weightlifting and Tamas Ajan

2024 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Ajan steps down as International Weightlifting Federation head for now, American Ursula Papandrea named interim chief

Must Read

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Caylor wins USA Gym women’s Worlds selection A-A; FIFA V.P. says only FIFA moves World Cup games; Russian skater Valieva returns!

Athletics

ATHLETICS: AIU worldwide ineligible list grows 39% (!) over nine months; Kenya and India both increase, but Russia’s list shortens

Alpine Skiing

SKIING: FIS environmental emissions reports underscore there is really only one key element: transportation

College Football

LANE ONE: New Senate bill offers new TV rights approach for football, basketball and Olympic sports, but it still falls short

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Milan Olympic Village formally handed to organizing committee; Hill’s leg injury ends Lyles challenge; no UEFA ban on Israel