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USOC Approves Creation Of New U.S. Olympic Foundation, Hopes To Narrow '24 Bid Cities06 / 12 / 13The USOC BOD yesterday approved the creation of a new U.S. Olympic Foundation, which will try to raise more than $35M in the coming years to support athletes and amateur sports. The approval highlighted a USOC board meeting at McDonald’s HQs in Oak Brook, Ill. USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said the ... |
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Philly "Enthusiastically" Embraces Hosting Games
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter yesterday in a letter told the USOC that the “Philadelphia region is ‘enthusiastically’ embracing the prospect of bidding on and hosting the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024,” according to Lubrano & Warner of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Th ...
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USA Wresting Joins Lobbying Coalition
USA Wrestling on Saturday in Las Vegas announced that it was "participating in the 'Save Olympic Wrestling Coalition,' which will work primarily behind the scenes" to convince the IOC to "reverse its decision in February to drop the sport from the games beginning in 2020," according to Steve Carp of ...
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Olympic Boxing Will Allow Pros For '16 Games
Olympic boxing “finally will go pro at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro as the international federation changed its eligibility rules to stem the exodus of talented fighters cashing in before they ever get to fight for a gold medal,” according to John Powers of the BOSTON GLOBE. The Int' ...
USATF CEO Contract Extended Through '18
Less than a year after hiring Max Siegel as its CEO, USA Track & Field's BOD has extended his contract through ‘18. Siegel, a former USATF board member and president of global operations at Dale Earnhardt Inc., signed a two-year contract with the organization when it hired him last April. ...
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Mike Plant Takes U.S. Speedskating Reins
U.S. Speedskating Chair Mike Plant yesterday said he would give the NGB's Exec Dir Mark Greenwald "a shot at showing he still (has) what is necessary to be CEO of an organization that gives him direct responsibility without board meddling," according to Philip Hersh of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Plant sai ...
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L.A. Wants To Host '24 Olympics
The city of L.A. has "notified Olympic officials that it wants to host yet another Summer Games," according to a front-page piece by David Wharton of the L.A. TIMES. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sent a letter to the USOC "confirming that civic, business and community leaders have lined up to express t ...
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Cities React To USOC's Invite For '24 Bid
San Antonio Sports Chair George Block yesterday "dismissed the idea that the city could host a Summer Olympics in 2024," according to Richard Oliver of the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS. Block said of the possibility, "Not a chance. It's a multibillion-dollar expense and fundraising. That's (for) Chicago ...
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USOC Gauging 35 Cities About Hosting Games
The USOC yesterday took the first step toward bidding for the '24 Summer Games by mailing a letter to 35 cities to gauge their interest in becoming a bid city. The letters went to cities ranging in size from Rochester and Tulsa to L.A. and N.Y. The USOC has two years to make a decision about whether ...
IOC In Rio For Update On Olympic Progress
The IOC Coordination Commission yesterday "began its fourth visit" to Rio de Janeiro to "meet with local organizers and monitor the progress made at venues and infrastructure sites for the first Olympics in South America," according to Tales Azzoni of the AP. IOC President Jacques Rogge last week sa ...
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Capacity Seen As Issue For Sochi Olympic Venues
The ’14 Sochi Games are less than one year away and the venues, though “dazzling and purpose-built, have strikingly modest capacities,” according to Alexander Wolff in an Olympic-venue profile piece for SI. At the Bolshoy Ice Dome, the main hockey arena, there are “only 12,00 ...
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