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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...

DATE: Mar 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

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. ...

DATE: Feb 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Congress urged to pass anti-doping bill before Olympics

WASHINGTON – The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency urged Congress on Wednesday to pass a bill criminalizing international doping conspiracies before this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, saying it...

DATE: Feb 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

World Anti-Doping Agency shuts down Moscow lab again

MONTREAL – The World Anti-Doping Agency ordered Moscow’s drug-testing laboratory to be shut down again Wednesday. That followed WADA’s finding last month that data stored at the l...

DATE: Jan 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Salt Lake City, Barcelona among Winter Olympic host options

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – There are already three possible bidders to host the Winter Olympics in the future, the IOC said Friday. Previous Winter Games hosts Salt Lake City and Sap...

DATE: Jan 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango’s Lochte-Bono to race snowboard cross at Youth Olympics

Durango teenager continues to train in snowboard cross full time in Silverthorne

DATE: Jan 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

World Anti-Doping Agency to rule on Russia doping ban next month

International Olympic Committee against complete ban for 2020 Olympics

DATE: Nov 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Russian sports leaders fight over doping data breach

KATOWICE, Poland – For years, Russian leaders portrayed pursuit of the doping scandal that has paralyzed the country’s Olympic aspirations as a mission driven by political interests in the W...

DATE: Nov 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports

Ex-Olympic skater Ashley Wagner writes of 2008 sex assault

Former Olympian Ashley Wagner says she was sexually assaulted by another figure skater in 2008 when she 17. The three-time national champion wrote in USA Today on Thursday that Jo...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Overhaul would give Congress power to fire USOPC board

Bill could quadruple U.S. Center for SafeSport money

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports

Report urges new board, funding model for U.S. Olympic system

DENVER – A report examining the U.S. Olympic system urges a move away from the “money for medals” funding system and a reconfigured board of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee that wo...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports

Olympic committee to change process of Olympic bid races, host elections

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Olympics hosted in multiple cities or countries. Bidders pro-actively invited. Candidates recommended with possibly no opponents. Radical changes in how an...

DATE: Jun 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

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