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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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ACOG DELAYS RELEASE OF FINANCIAL REPORT
ACOG has decided to wait until the fall before they make a public report of their "financial condition," according to today''s ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. Hugh Chapman, Chair of the ACOG Board''s Finance Co
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MINT, NATIONSBANK INK DEAL TO SELL COINS
The U.S. Mint signed an agreement with NationsBank to sell U.S. Olympic Coins through its banks. The bank has agreed to sell a minimum of $1.77M coins. They will make them available for purchase at Na
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CRYSTAL SPRINGS SIGNS ON AS OLYMPIC SPONSOR
The Atlanta-based Crystal Springs Water Co. has signed on as an Olympic Sponsor, according to today''s ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. The company beat out competitors such as Evian and will be "the only bottle
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ATLANTA TAKES ON CREDIT AS EXPENSES OUTWEIGH REVENUE
ACOG President Billy Payne said ACOG has spent more than it has taken in, "forcing it to dip into its $200M line of credit provided by game sponsor NationsBank." A report in this morning''s ATLANTA CO
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ACOG ORGANIZERS TOLD TO CANCEL PLANS FOR INT'L TORCH RELAY
The IOC told ACOG Wednesday that they were "biting off more than they can chew" in plans for an international torch relay that would travel through each of the previous 17 Summer Olympics sites. ACOG
U.S. FESTICAL TICKETS GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK
Tickets for the U.S. Olympic Festival-''95 will go on sale to the general public on February 4 and 5 at malls located in the cities of Boulder, Colorado Springs, and Denver, CO. At the malls, there wi
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I'LL TAKE GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING FOR $200, ALEX
ACOG announced today that "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" have been designated the Official Game Shows of the ''96 Atlanta Summer Games by ACOP. The announcement marks the first time in Olympic Gam
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IS COCA-COLA'S STRATEGY FOR '96 SUMMER GAMES "PARALYZED"
The "struggle" to define Coca-Cola''s Olympic role in Atlanta -- "how much or how little it should do, how visible or how subtle its presence" -- is examined by Melissa Turner of the ATLANTA CONSTITUT
NATIONSBANK HEADS UP OLYMPIC EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PROGRAM
NationsBank has created the NationsBank Association Olympian Support Program, a "perk which give employees and their spouses time off to train and money to travel to competitions." NationsBank is a co
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IOC CHOOSES FOUR FINALISTS FOR WINTER 2002
As expected, the IOC named Ostersund, Sweden; Salt Lake City, Utah; Quebec City; and Sion, Switzerland as the four finalists for the 2002 Winter Games (THE DAILY). Tom Welch, president of the Salt Lak
