Obama sends message supporting Chicago Olympic bid
AP - 4 hours ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Chicago presented its 2016 Olympics bid to a key international audience Friday with a powerful endorsement from its highest-profile supporter in America: President-elect Barack Obama.
USOC reorganizes staff with TV network in mind
AP - 3 days ago
DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Olympic Committee reorganized part of its management team, a move that will allow chief operating officer Norm Bellingham more time to focus on starting an Olympic television network sometime in the next few months.
Women ski jumpers out because of low participation
AP - 3 days ago
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Women's ski jumping is being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics because there are not enough athletes to merit the sport's inclusion, not because of gender discrimination, an International Olympic Committee spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Michael Phelps wins 3 Golden Goggle Awards
AP - 5 days ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Phelps' record-setting performance in Beijing earned him three Golden Goggle Awards on Monday at USA Swimming's annual banquet.
Baseball, softball make case for 2016 Olympics
AP - 1 week ago
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Baseball made its pitch for reinstatement in the Olympics on Friday, one the seven sports fighting for two spots on the program for the 2016 Summer Games.
Karolyi still miffed about Chinese gymnasts probe
AP - 1 week ago
(AP) - Bela Karolyi says he views the probe into the ages of Chinese gymnasts from the 2000 Olympics as a lame attempt to shift the focus from the investigation of this year's athletes that resulted in no sanctions for China's gold-medal team.
Mountain biker bounced from '04 Olympics wins suit
AP - 3 weeks ago
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A federal jury has awarded mountain biker Susan Haywood nearly $319,000 in a lawsuit over her removal from the U.S. Olympic team in 2004.
Wrestler banned 2 years for Olympic medal protest
AP - 3 weeks ago
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (AP) - The Swedish wrestler who dropped his medal in protest at the Beijing Olympics has been banned from the sport for two years.
Tokyo fears Obama strengthens Chicago Olympic bid
AP - 3 weeks ago
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Olympic officials fear the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president could make his home city of Chicago the favorite to host the 2016 Olympic Games and harm Tokyo's bid.
Report: China listed possible US troublemakers
AP - 4 weeks ago
MCLEAN, Va. (AP) - The Chinese government, concerned about the possibility of demonstrations during the Beijing Olympics, created a list of nine U.S. athletes and one assistant coach it thought might cause problems, USA Today reported Thursday.