Op Ed
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September 12, 2017
Written by Michael Pirrie
London Olympic Park is a legacy from 2012 (Getty Images)
Before she recommended that the Blair Government support the bid for the London 2012 Oly...
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August 04, 2017
(ATR) Eleven years ago, the top three selling mobile phones were Motorola’s Razr, Research in Motion’s Blackberry Pearl, and the Nokia 6070. Apple’s iPhone had not yet been i...
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June 08, 2017
With only two Candidate Cities following a two-year application process, the International Olympic Committee finds itself in an interesting situation for the allocation of th...
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May 04, 2017
Stand-up paddle (SUP) is my passion and at the center of my life. This passion started when I was young and was born out of a close affinity to the ocean.
Casper Steinfath (...
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April 20, 2017
In my previous blog, I said that the lack of a long-term strategy and vision has blinkered the IOC in its ability to anticipate the current dearth of viable host cities for th...
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April 11, 2017
With the International Olympic Committee vote to award the 2024 Summer Olympic Games just over five months away, the Los Angeles bid for these Games is a proverbial Catch-22. ...
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March 18, 2017
(ATR) Paris and Los Angeles appear to be on track to lock up an Olympic Games for 2024 or 2028, but hurdles remain. Can the two strike a deal with the IOC?
IOC President Th...
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March 08, 2017
Veteran Olympic journalist Phil Hersh says Thomas Bach is blaming the wrong people for the 2024 bid failures.
Phil Hersh (ATR)
Budapest officially bowed out of the race to...
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February 24, 2017
(ATR) Is anybody really surprised that Budapest has ended its bid for the 2024 Olympics?
The demise of the Hungarian bid in the face of public opposition and lack of poli...
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January 30, 2017
It turns out, thankfully, that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will not tailor his conscience to suit the fascism of the times.
Philip Hersh (ATR)
(Did I just write fascis...
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January 23, 2017
(ATR) Welcome to the Donald Trump era of the Olympics.
Unpredictable, quotable, controversial and impulsive, the new U.S. president takes office in the final months of the...
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