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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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BIG USOC BUDGET CUTS COMING; AND OTHER NASHVILLE NOTES
In Dallas, Mark McDonald writes, USOC President LeRoy Walker "has compared the USOC to ''a small Fortune 500 company that happens to be in the business of sports.'' And Walker is presiding over what i
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2002 WINTER OLYMPIC BIDS: SALT LAKE & QUEBEC UPDATES
Tom Welch, president of Salt Lake City''s bid to stage the 2002 Winter Games, said Friday "his efforts should be strengthened by the role of Atlanta as host" of the ''96 Games. Welch noted that Atlant
IOC COMMITTEE HEADS TO ATLANTA AMID LESS CONTROVERSY
When the IOC''s oversight panel arrives this week, "its members will find a city bustling with construction and Olympic organizers focusing on the Games instead of controversy," according to Melissa T
BILLY PAYNE GIVES UPDATE ON GAMES TO USOC
ACOG President/CEO Billy Payne gave the U.S. Olympic Congress an update on the preparations of the ''96 games. Payne: "We are precisely on the exact schedule that we first articulated some three years
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USA TODAY LOOKS AT MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN THE USOC
"Breaking into the boardrooms and policy-making committees of the U.S. Olympic movement is proving harder for women and minorities than winning medals." A USA TODAY survey shows "significantly less re
U.S. OLYMPIC CONGRESS OPEN NASHVILLE MEETING TODAY
More than 900 representatives of sports organizations are expected to attend the ''94 U.S. Olympic Congress opening in Nashville today. The Congress focuses on the Olympic movement and the needs of US
OLYMPIC PARK FUNDRAISING BEGINS
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce began its campaign to raise $10 million from local businesses for the $50 million Centennial Olympic Park. The Chamber has already received about $6 million in cash com
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U.S. OLYMPIC FESTIVAL '95 PICKS UP SUPPORT
The Colorado Sports Council, local organizers for the U.S. Olympic Festival-''95, have signed on Sedona Springs Mountain Water as a gold patron and the Colorado Lottery as a Silver Patron for next sum
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OLYMPIC TICKETS ARE HOT ITEM
Orders for Olympics tickets are "already pouring in from folks with Olympic connections." Sponsors, licensees and local hotels were expected to place orders for tickets by October 31 and the 196 natio
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OLYMPIC BRICKS TO BE FOUND AT A HOME DEPOT NEAR YOU
Centennial Olympic bricks, engraved with the purchaser''s name, are on sale at Home Depot stores for a tax-deductible $35. The engraved bricks will be placed in a commemorative park planned for downto
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