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A 2022 Let's Wait Proposal
By Alan Abrahamson | 10-1-2014
For emphasis, that’s $880 million dollars. I will say it again, and slowly: $880 million. That’s nearly $1 billion. That’s...
READ MOREOn the NFL, Ray Rice and Leadership
By Alan Abrahamson | 9-23-2014
The leadership of any high-profile sports enterprise can be said, in one way or another, to be an exercise in...
READ MOREThere’s a football model in the US — now, soccer?
By Alan Abrahamson | 8-20-2014
Like it or not, this is the fact: in the United States, football, Peyton Manning-style, is king. A release issued...
READ MORELA 2024′s new bid team, many rivers to cross
By Alan Abrahamson | 8-20-2014
When the four American cities still in the would-be race for the 2024 Summer Olympics head to Colorado Springs, Colorado,...
READ MORESustainability? Legacy? LA 1984 revisited
By Alan Abrahamson | 8-20-2014
So, now, with International Olympic Committee extolling a renewed commitment to “sustainability” and “legacy,” and with the true believers this...
READ MOREA sprint champion to want to believe in
By Alan Abrahamson | 8-20-2014
Maybe Kendal Williams doesn’t go on to run 9.57. But now that he has won the men’s 100 at the...
READ MORELedecky makes beautiful music in 200 free
By Alan Abrahamson | 8-20-2014
Katie Ledecky took down Missy Franklin in the women’s 200 freestyle Thursday evening at the U.S. nationals in Irvine, California,...
READ MOREMichael Phelps as work in progress
By Alan Abrahamson | 8-20-2014
The upshot: Phelps is back on the national team. For him, for the U.S. team, for swimming in general, that’s...
READ MORESelfies and the Youth Olympic Games future
By Alan Abrahamson | 8-20-2014
There is no question the Olympic movement needs to reach out to young people, especially teens. Everyone in a position...
READ MOREPhelps having fun, and it’s all good
By Alan Abrahamson | 4-29-2014
Thirty years ago, amid the delivery of the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, which proved a huge success, Peter Ueberroth...
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