Op Ed
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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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January 04, 2017
Note: AIPS President Gianni Merlo's open letter to IAAF President Sebastian Coe can be found here.
Dear Gianni,
IAAF response to open letter from AIPS President Gianni Mer...
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January 03, 2017
LAUSANNE, January 3, 2017 – Dear Lord Coe, just over a month ago you launched an online portal for reporting suspicions of doping. It is the latest move in the fight against d...
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December 22, 2016
In deference to my friends who bleed Cub Blue on the North Side of Chicago, I recognize the emotions associated with finally winning baseball’s World Series for the first time...
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November 26, 2016
(ATR) Budapest is a longshot for the 2024 Olympics. So was Beijing for 2022.
In a world where anything can happen, the IOC is fortunate to have this gentle city on the Da...
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November 05, 2016
On December 15, 2014, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi declared in the presence of Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) leaders that Rome 2024 was the bid of “all of I...
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