White out: Shaun White falls in Olympic halfpipe qualifier
Two-time Olympic champ has two more chances to qualify
DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Eddie Pells
USOC aims to go to Olympics unless ‘physically impossible’
USOC was surprised by White Houses’ comments on skipping games
DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
U.S. Olympic Committee CEO says it’s time for action on Russian doping
COLORADO SPRINGS – The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee called on his international counterparts to act immediately on allegations of Russian doping, with now less than four months until...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports
Los Angeles would support a US Winter Games, but it’s complicated
PARK CITY, Utah – The venues are there. The city loves the Olympics. The memories of the last games it hosted are still fairly fresh and mostly positive.
This is the story of Los ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Olympic president confident Games will go on in South Korea
LIMA, Peru – The president of the International Olympic Committee said Friday he remains confident the Winter Games will go on as scheduled in South Korea despite growing tensions on the pen...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Olympic double: IOC says yes to Paris in 2024, and Los Angeles for 2028
LIMA, Peru — This was one of those rare Olympic moments where everyone walked away a winner.
Paris for 2024. Los Angeles for 2028. And the International Olympic Committee for tran...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports
U.S. Olympic Committee tamped down discord to help Los Angeles get Games
LIMA, Peru – These were the jobs nobody wanted.
Sure, becoming leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee meant you immediately became the person pulling the strings behind the world’s ...
DATE: Sep 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports
Usain Bolt gets the cheers, Americans get medals at worlds
LONDON – Usain Bolt took a last leisurely stroll around the track, placed his hands over his heart and then pointed toward the stands, where barely a soul had left.
The running ha...
DATE: Aug 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Guliyev wins 200 in stunning upset at world championships
LONDON – If track and field’s wildest fantasy — “The Next Usain Bolt” — really is out there somewhere, he most certainly was not in the vicinity of the world championships on Thursday. ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Bowie gets gold, and Jamaica fails to medal in the 100
Americans win again in 100
DATE: Aug 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Bronze and gone: In a shocker, Usain Bolt takes third at worlds
LONDON — One final time, Usain Bolt peered down the last 50 meters of his lane and saw sprinter upon sprinter running footsteps ahead of him.
One final time, the World’s Fastest M...
DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Not so fast: Los Angeles has business to settle on road to 2028 Olympics
LONDON — About that deal to bring the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles: Not all is set in stone.
Sometime over the next five weeks, leaders from LA and the U.S. Olympic Committee have...
DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports
