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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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THE DAILY's Olympic Medal Stand
Each day during the Summer Games, THE DAILY offers our take on the business performances of some of the people, sponsors, broadcasters and other entities around London. ...
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Latest Headlines From SBD/SBJ's Olympic Site
SportsBusiness Daily/SportsBusiness Journal has launched a free website exclusively geared to the Summer Games that will feature news, video, blogs and much more from London. See the site today for the following news: Analysis: London's old-school com ...
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SBD/SBJ Updates From London
In addition to the aggregated content in SBD, please visit our daily website produced by SBD/SBJ devoted to the London Olympics . Read from our reporters on the ground, Tripp Mickle and John Ourand, as well as other contributors, about the latest news from the Games, including Golden Boy and CBS p ...
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NBC Still Ahead Of Beijing's Pace
NBC is averaging an 18.3 final rating and 32.6 million viewers through 13 nights of taped primetime London Olympics coverage, up 8% and 12%, respectively, from a 16.9 rating and 32.6 million viewers during the same period for the '08 Beijing Games. Wednesday night’s coverage finished with a 1 ...
Women's Soccer Sets Oly Attendance Record
The U.S.-Japan Gold Medal women's soccer match Thursday drew 80,203 fans to Wembley Stadium, a record for a women's game at the Olympics, and "never had women put on such a show at this world-famous venue," according to Michelle Kaufman of the MIAMI HERALD. The previous record for an Olymp ...
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Nike T-Shirt Receives Backlash From Fans
The U.S. women’s soccer team following their Gold Medal win over Japan Thursday put on Nike T-shirts that were “roundly panned on Twitter, from critics both foreign and domestic,” according to Chris Chase of YAHOO SPORTS. The shirts contained a "smug, tacky slogan reading ‘Gr ...
Bolt Disses Carl Lewis
Gold Medal-winning Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt declared himself a “legend” after he completed an unprecedented sprint sweep, becoming the first athlete to win the 100 and 200 meters at consecutive Olympics. Bolt: “I'm a legend now." But IOC President Jacques Rogge thinks that may ...
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Source: Basketball Age Limit Unlikely For '16
The NBA's interest in “pursuing an age ceiling for Olympic basketball is ‘unlikely' to be instituted in time" for the '16 Rio de Janeiro Games,” according to a source cited by Ian Thomsen of SI.com. NBA Commissioner David Stern has “publicly floated the idea of establishing a ...
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USA In Showdown With China For Gold Medals
As the Olympics enter its final weekend of competition, the U.S. “leads China 90-80 in the overall medal race,” but the Gold Medal “duel is too close to call,” with the U.S. holding 39 Golds through Thursday compared to China's 37, according to a cover story by Kell ...
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USOC Can't Keep Merch In London Store
The USOC has sold so much merchandise at its retail outlet in London it cannot keep the store stocked. In order to keep up with demand, it has called in five replacement orders since the Games began. The organization exceeded its total sales from the '08 Beijing Games in the first 10 days the store ...
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