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A 2022 Let's Wait Proposal

For emphasis, that’s $880 million dollars. I will say it again, and slowly: $880 million. That’s nearly $1 billion. That’s...

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On the NFL, Ray Rice and Leadership

The leadership of any high-profile sports enterprise can be said, in one way or another, to be an exercise in...

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There’s a football model in the US — now, soccer?

Like it or not, this is the fact: in the United States, football, Peyton Manning-style, is king. A release issued...

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LA 2024′s new bid team, many rivers to cross

When the four American cities still in the would-be race for the 2024 Summer Olympics head to Colorado Springs, Colorado,...

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Sustainability? Legacy? LA 1984 revisited

So, now, with International Olympic Committee extolling a renewed commitment to “sustainability” and “legacy,” and with the true believers this...

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A sprint champion to want to believe in

Maybe Kendal Williams doesn’t go on to run 9.57. But now that he has won the men’s 100 at the...

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Ledecky makes beautiful music in 200 free

Katie Ledecky took down Missy Franklin in the women’s 200 freestyle Thursday evening at the U.S. nationals in Irvine, California,...

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Michael Phelps as work in progress

The upshot: Phelps is back on the national team. For him, for the U.S. team, for swimming in general, that’s...

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Selfies and the Youth Olympic Games future

There is no question the Olympic movement needs to reach out to young people, especially teens. Everyone in a position...

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Phelps having fun, and it’s all good

Thirty years ago, amid the delivery of the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, which proved a huge success, Peter Ueberroth...

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