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It would be very….I guess we call it “this age” as 2021 hasn’t really separated itself from 2020 yet, for leagues…
Feb 12 2019
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In its new year’s letter, one of the key accomplishments the IOC touted was improved relationships on the Korean…
Oct 11 2018
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Organizers for the 2028 L.A. Olympics have boasted, repeatedly, that an overwhelming majority, between 78 and 83 percent, of Angelenos support the Olympics. However, NOlympics L.A. has raised some good questions about their poll in addition to conducting one of their own, which showed that 46 percent of people did not…
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May 3 2018
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Asbel Kiprop, the best miler of the last decade, a three-time 1,500-meter world champion, and an Olympic gold…
Jan 9 2018
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Japanese kayaker Yasuhiro Suzuki was expected to represent his country at the 2020 Olympics, but he will no longer…
Jul 26 2016
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We already knew the Olympic athletes’ village in Rio was a mess, but now we’ve jumped from stories about uninhabitabl…
Jul 5 2016
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Yesterday, members of the Rio de Janeiro police force staged a protest at the city’s airport, claiming that they…
Jun 27 2016
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One of the big storylines in the run-up to this summer’s Olympics was the fact that many of America’s best…
May 20 2016
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Mourad Laachraoui is one of the best young taekwondo fighters in the world; the 21-year-old won the 54kg weight class
May 17 2016
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As is standard practice, the International Olympic Committee recently retested urine samples from the 2008 Beijing…
Jan 14 2015
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Feb 26 2013
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You remember Mo Farah, right? He's the Somali-born runner who became the darling of the 2012 Summer Olympics after…
Feb 14 2013
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So how can wrestling save itself from extinction as an Olympic sport? Maybe it needs to start bribing the shit out…
Feb 12 2013
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Yesterday, members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) convened in order to decide which of the 26 core…
Sep 13 2012
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Well, finally. Someone at NBC has admitted that its coverage of the Olympics wasn't absolutely perfect.
Aug 16 2012
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It's been 20 years since the Dream Team's Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Magic Johnson showed the world which…
Aug 14 2012
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We've been analyzing NBC's primetime Olympics coverage sort of the way we analyze SportsCenter in Bristolmetrics,…
Aug 12 2012
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Well, it's official—the United States is the best country at a collection of regular sports and a whole bunch of ran…
Aug 12 2012
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At this point, boxing couldn't even beat its rap as a sham if it paid off every person who ever thought about…
Aug 12 2012
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"Sure, God made the universe," Jake Mooney noted in this space back before the Olympics started, "but can he coach…