● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● Critics of the International Olympic Committee portray it as an all-powerful, untouchable and cold cash machine, giving orders and taking money in while giving nothing in return. IOC […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) – the international federation for aquatic sports – is at the same time both celebrated and reviled. Founded in 1908, it is […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● It’s always sad to lose a friend. It’s worse when a giant in his field leaves too early. That was Mike Moran, the tall, elegant and ultra-professional spokesman […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The breathless announcement on Twitter came at 9:12 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday (27th), stating “The USOPC AAC and John Carlos call on the IOC and the IPC […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● In all eight editions of his brilliant The Complete Book of the Olympics, famed historian David Wallechinsky ended his review of the 1968 men’s 200 meters and the […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● There are plenty of people who will tell you the International Olympic Committee is deaf. Not this time. Although the preparations for Tokyo 2020 were expected to be […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● “The IOC’s current position is very clear in regards to protest. Whether you agree or not, and choose to follow the rules, will be with the athletes. It […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● It’s hard enough to be an Olympic athlete, especially from hyper-competitive teams like the United States, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and elsewhere. It got harder with the […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● For those of a certain age, who lived through a prior crisis that threatened the existence of the Olympic Games, it was simply staggering to hear International Olympic […]
● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● In the continuing tumult over the future of the Tokyo Games and the worldwide struggle with the coronavirus, the 10-year anniversary of the passing of one of the […]
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