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At last summer’s Olympics in Tokyo, the U.S. women’s volleyball team celebrated a historic victory over Brazil, winning gold medals for the first time. Less than 10 months later, one of those gold medals is missing after it was stolen from Olympian Jordyn Poulter’s parked car in Anaheim, where the team trains. She told police […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to host the 2020 and 2022 U.S. Olympic teams at the White House on Wednesday, celebrating athletes from the most recent winter Games while staging a much delayed, in-person celebration for participants of last summer’s Tokyo Olympics. The president and first lady Jill Biden will host Olympians from the […]
Story Links COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley, along with the 1996 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team, are among the finalists for induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame’s 2022 class. Staley is nominated both as an individual Olympian along with being a member of the 1996 team […]
After he gave up the gridiron for the ice, Shaquille Murray-Lawrence says his dream to compete for Canada at this year’s Beijing Olympics was thwarted by systemic discrimination within Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. “I gave this sport everything that I had. I gave my country everything I had. I gave the organization everything I had. I […]
Amanda Kessel is joining the Pittsburgh Penguins for a one-year fellowship that fast-tracks her for an NHL management role. “My dream is to work in a hockey front office, and when the Penguins presented this opportunity to me, it wasn’t something I thought was available — because it wasn’t available,” Kessel told ESPN. “But I’m […]
“As of March 20, 2022, Peter Foley is no longer employed by U.S. Ski and Snowboard,” US Ski and Snowboard said in a statement to CNN. “Mr. Foley has been on a leave of absence since February 21, 2022,” the statement said. The organization did not provide a reason for the departure of its longtime […]
The International Olympic Committee has always been political, from the sheikhs and royals in its membership to a seat at the United Nations to pushing for peace talks between the Koreas. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago exposed its irreconcilable claims of “political neutrality.” The IOC’s politics were evident at Hitler’s 1936 Olympics. […]
Mar 04, 2022, 10:28pmUpdated 49m ago By: News 12 Staff A local athlete is switching sports in hopes the move earns him a spot at the next Winter Olympic Games. Norwalk’s Andy St. Fleur has always dreamed of playing pro football and even had tryouts with the NFL and CFL. While he’s been working toward […]
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that there would be “effectively a diplomatic boycott” of the 2022 Beijing Olympics by Britain, which has now joined the United States and others in pulling its top officials from attendance of the Winter Games. The boycott by Britain means that athletes will be allowed to […]
Global Screen has boarded “Munich ’72,” a documentary series about the attack perpetrated by a Palestinian militant organization at the Munich games Olympic Village in 1972. “Munich ’72” is being directed by Roman Shumunov, the award-winning Israeli director of “Back to Chernobyl” and “Babylon Dreamers.” It is produced by Ronen Machlis-Balzam (“Berenshtein”) at the well-established […]