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Salt Lake City gets go-ahead to bid for Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics — most likely for 2030 — in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city...
IOC reinstates Russia days after PyeongChang closing ceremony
MOSCOW — Russia's ban from the Olympic movement was lifted on Wednesday despite two failed doping tests by its athletes at the Pyeongchang winter games. President Vladimir Putin hailed the...
I bet against myself at the Olympics — and lost
If you bet against yourself and win, are you a winner or a loser? It’s a hard thing to wrap your head around, but Steven Donnelly made it possible. In...
Corruption is killing the Olympic games --- or should
If anyone still believes in the “Olympic ideal,” please give me a call: I’ve got a stadium in Rio de Janeiro I’d like to sell you. Discredited long ago by...
Boston was dead-right to diss the obscene IOC
Three cheers to Boston for killing its 2024 Olympics bid. The International Olympics Committee’s demands have grown obscene, and it’s time somebody said so. For over a century, the games...
Qatar Cup scandal lets FIFA keep pace with corrupt IOC
The difference between soccer’s FIFA and the IOC — the International Olympic Committee — is just a couple of initials. For decades, both have operated off the same quid pro...
Ukrainian skier drops out of Olympics over Kiev uprising
SOCHI, Russia --A Ukrainian skier has withdrawn from the Olympics in response to the violence in her country, with her father saying she did so in "solidarity with the fighters."...
IOC tells Olympians to stop tributes to dead
SOCHI, Russia — The IOC is telling Olympic athletes they may not wear armbands or stickers during competition to commemorate the dead. The Olympic body said Monday it sent a...