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To paraphrase a famous utterance, the financial agreement announced Thursday between the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International is a small step in settling account ledgers and a giant leap in getting past the idea that this was more about...
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Ten things I know, and you should: 1. I hope I'm wrong, but my gut feeling is 2010 Olympic figure skating singles champions Kim Yuna of South Korea and Evan Lysacek of the United States are done with competitive skating....
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The sport of track and field and the sports world in general is far poorer today. Two trackandfield legends, Harold Connolly and Scott Davis, died Wednesday. Connolly was an Olympic champion whose Cold War love story captivated the...
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The future of one pro beach volleyball tour apparently is imperiled by financial trouble. Another with a backtothefuture set of rules hits its beachhead in Chicago this weekend. As my boss pointed out when I mentioned the confluence of these...
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Wednesday, I posted an essay from 1980 U.S. Olympian Anita DeFrantz on the pain she still feels over the 1980 Olympic boycott. (To read it, click here). Here is a more anecdotal voice on the 1980 boycott, that of longtime...
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By Philip Hersh News and comment: News: U.S. Olympic Committee sponsor Proctor & Gamble will announce Wednesday it has become an International Olympic Committee global sponsor as well. Comment: Another plus for the USOC in its efforts to regain international...
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The London 2012 Olympic Stadium as it looked earlier this month. (Associated Press Kirsty Wigglesworth) By Philip Hersh Tuesday marks two years to go to the July 27, 2012 opening of the London Summer Olympics. To the man running...
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The opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup at Soldier Field (AP file photo) By Philip Hersh A few things have slipped by lately while I was working on other things. I'm getting to them onebyone this is the...
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Old gold: Jeannie LongoCiprelli riding to her 57th national title June 24 in France and, below, holding the gold medal. (Photos: AP David Vincent) By Philip Hersh A few things have slipped by lately while I was working on...
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A few things have slipped by while I was working on other things. Among them: Allen Johnson left competitive track and field at age 39. If hardly anyone noticed when the high hurdler quietly announced his decision a couple weeks...
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The announcement coming Friday in New York about the newest International Olympic Committee global sponsor should be a big part of helping the U.S. Olympic Committee resolve its ongoing problems with the IOC over global sponsorship money. The new sponsor...
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Johnny Weir's office charisma has overshadowed his competitive skating for several seasons. Now, the threetime U.S. champion has decided to step back and assess himself, for what may be a comeback in a different guise. U.S. Figure Skating announced Thursday...
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Christian Vande Velde is out of the Tour de France because of injuries suffered during a crash in Monday's Stage 2. Vande Velde, 34, broke two ribs and had a left eyebrow laceration requiring multiple stitches. Read more: "Crash Injuries...
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Christian Vande Velde has what would seem to be a reasonable goal for the Tour de France. But the events of the past two years have made it look like a fantasy for the cyclist from Lemont, Ill. "My contract...
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For four years after the 1996 Olympics, legendary Moroccan runner Hicham El Guerrouj kept a photo on his bedroom wall of the fall in the 1,500meter final that likely kept him from winning the race in Atlanta. Haunted by the...
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When Chaunte Howard Lowe won the high jump and finished second in the long jump Saturday at the U.S. Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, I wrote that it was a rare double and that Lowe was "believed to...
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When a guy with a 6foot6, 320pound body and an Olympic silver medal talks about creating a competitive monster, you figure he knows a little about the subject. So you can take Christian Cantwell's word on how his success and...
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Barely two years after being hailed as the next great U.S. pairs skating team, Keauna McLaughlin of Tarzana and Rockne Brubaker of Algonquin, Ill., are done skating together. McLaughlin, 17, has decided to leave the sport for at least a...
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And then there were three. Actually, there were always three bidding cities for the 2018 WInter Games. In a decision that contained no pressure to drop any of the contenders, the International Olympic Committee's executive board decided Tuesday to...(read more)
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And then there were three. Actually, there were always three bidding cities for the 2018 WInter Games. In a decision that contained no pressure to drop any of the contenders, the International Olympic Committee's executive board decided Tuesday to...(read more)
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Do you think that the spontaneous national pride that we witnessed during the 2010 Winter Olympics is a oneoff kind of thing That the red mittens we saw on every other set of hands during the Vancouver Games were worn only to show pride in an Olympic...(read more)
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Do you think that the spontaneous national pride that we witnessed during the 2010 Winter Olympics is a oneoff kind of thing That the red mittens we saw on every other set of hands during the Vancouver Games were worn only to show pride in an Olympic...(read more)
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Jeff Lee in Russia Dr. Mike Wilkinson, director of medical services for Vanoc. describes how Vanoc had to develop a different method of delivering mechanical services to the paralympic athletes, using local Canadian involvement and expertise for equipment...(read more)
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Jeff Lee in Russia Dr. Mike Wilkinson, director of medical services for Vanoc. describes how Vanoc had to develop a different method of delivering mechanical services to the paralympic athletes, using local Canadian involvement and expertise for equipment...(read more)
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Jeff Lee in Russia Linda Coady Vice President Sustainability and Environment, Vanoc delivers advice on managing environmental impact and measuring and reporting on performance against bid commitments to be socially, environmentally and economically sustainable...(read more)
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Jeff Lee in Russia Linda Coady Vice President Sustainability and Environment, Vanoc delivers advice on managing environmental impact and measuring and reporting on performance against bid commitments to be socially, environmentally and economically sustainable...(read more)
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Jeff Lee in Russia Dr. Mark Wilkinson Direct of Medical Service, Vanoc, comments on the death of an athlete on the eve of the opening of the Olympics. He also talks about delivering services to the athletes and planning to be prepared for everything....(read more)
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Jeff Lee in Russia Dr. Mark Wilkinson Direct of Medical Service, Vanoc, comments on the death of an athlete on the eve of the opening of the Olympics. He also talks about delivering services to the athletes and planning to be prepared for everything....(read more)
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Jeff Lee in Russia John McLaughlin, Chief financial officer and Executive vice president, Vanoc recounts trying to balance Vanoc's budget. He advises Sochi on the need to be prepared for things that are beyond their control and change over the course...(read more)
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Jeff Lee in Russia John McLaughlin, Chief financial officer and Executive vice president, Vanoc recounts trying to balance Vanoc's budget. He advises Sochi on the need to be prepared for things that are beyond their control and change over the course...(read more)
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