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U.S. Olympic Committee gets positive grade on reforms

COLORADO SPRINGS – The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee received a positive progress report from the committee that analyzed the federation’s problems and recommended dozens of changes ...

U.S. Olympic Committee opens books, gives detail about funding

Transparency key during COVID-19 times

U.S. Olympic museum to open July 30 in Colorado Springs

1980 team to be celebrated

Bach warns against Olympic boycotts, seeks re-election

GENEVA – IOC president Thomas Bach warned against Olympic boycotts on Friday while also confirming he will seek re-election next year. Bach seems certain to get four more years in...

NHL players to make potential Olympic return in 2022

New CBA could allow players to get back to IIHF

U.S. athletes take stand to abolish Olympic protest rule

DENVER – John Carlos wants to abolish the rule that bans protests at the Olympics. The renowned Olympic protester has written a letter with an influential group of American athlet...

U.S. Olympic training centers to start gradual reopening June 26

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will start a gradual, closely monitored reopening of its two primary training sites for athletes on June 26, officials announced following two days ...

Olympic sports fall short of gender equality

GENEVA – A review of Olympic sports bodies published Tuesday found none had equal representation of women on their ruling boards. Men were able to stay in high office because more...

Olympians look to help young athletes during shutdown

CHICAGO — When Jesse Smith looks out at his Zoom audience, he knows exactly what the crowd is going through. The captain of the U.S. men’s water polo team is adjusting his trainin...

Study: Olympians should push for collective bargaining

Athletes currently dependent on sponsors

A look back at Olympics that never were: 1916, 1940 and 1944

With more and more calls to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus outbreak, it’s worth noting that this every-four-years spectacle has been rocked before by traumatic events...

1980 Lake Placid Olympics resonate four decades later

Scott Hamilton gets goosebumps at the mention of Lake Placid. He was a 21-year-old Olympic newcomer and sitting in a darkened theater when he felt a tap on his shoulder. ...