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“Hello, partner”: USOC, IOC resolve financial differences
QUEBEC CITY, Canada — It was about an hour after the U.S. Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee had announced they had signed the agreement that had ended seven years of talks ov… more →
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Deal Clears Way For U.S. To Bid For Olympics Again
wrote 1 week ago: QUEBEC CITY (AP) — International and U.S. Olympic leaders finalized a new revenue-sharing agreement … more →
"Hello, partner": USOC, IOC resolve financial differences
wrote 1 week ago: QUEBEC CITY, Canada — It was about an hour after the U.S. Olympic Committee and International … more →
Three for 2020 in, Doha and Baku out
wrote 1 week ago: QUEBEC CITY, Canada — In cutting the 2020 Summer Games bid city field Wednesday from five citi … more →
Silence Is Golden: Olympic Moment for the 1972 Israeli Terrorism Victims
wrote 1 week ago: This year marks the 40th anniversary of the darkest day in Olympic history. On Sept. 5, 1972, during … more →
numerology for Spyros Gianniotis
wrote 3 weeks ago: 10 May 2012 07:34 ET The flame for the London 2012 torch relay and Olympic Games has been l … more →
IOC to keep pressure on 'no women' Saudis.
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wrote 1 month ago: Related Content International Olympic Committee … International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Ja … more →
Ladies First?
wrote 1 month ago: The London Olympics are just around the corner and looming on the horizon is a political hot potato … more →
Mario Vazquez Raña resigns
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wrote 2 months ago: Mario Vazquez Raña, arguably the most influential figure in the Western Hemisphere in the Olympic mo … more →
No Deal: Still No Agreement on US-IOC Revenues
wrote 2 months ago: LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — As Olympic leaders gather for their first executive board meeting … more →
Mario Pescante and the matter of dignity
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wrote 3 months ago: According to the earliest records, the first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in what we now call a … more →
Where in the World is the International Olympic Committee?
wrote 3 months ago: If you guessed Lausanne, Switzerland…..you are correct! Lausanne, a city of about 120,000 resi … more →
Women and sport conference: impatient optimists
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wrote 3 months ago: Women have come a long way in the struggle for gender equity on the field of play at the Olympic Gam … more →
The Olympics and Doping
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wrote 3 months ago: In anticipation of the upcoming Summer Olympics in London, the Annenberg School for Communication … more →
Salt Lake 2022: not a chance
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wrote 3 months ago: As Salt Lake City celebrates the tenth anniversary of the 2002 Winter Olympics, local authorities ha … more →
IOC President Jacques Rogge Arrives in Los Angeles
wrote 3 months ago: LOS ANGELES (AP) — International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday nigh … more →
Rome's 2020 withdrawal: an alarm bell
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wrote 3 months ago: The files for Rome’s 2020 bid had been printed in Milan. They had been loaded onto a delivery … more →
Poles Apart?
wrote 3 months ago: Thirty years ago they would have been arch rivals because of what they represented politically, but … more →
The Olympics and drugs: facing the inevitable
wrote 4 months ago: Performance enhancing drugs scandals have a long and bizarre history in the Olympic Games. The first … more →
Why Drugs Cheats Should Not Be Allowed in the Olympics
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wrote 4 months ago: A number of years ago, I remember hearing a debate on the radio. The question was whether they shoul … more →
