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Tough task: USOC tamped down discord to help LA get Games

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - These were the jobs nobody wanted. Sure, becoming leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee meant you immediately became the person pulling the strings behi...
AP Source: USOC to receive fixed amount in deal with LA

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - The U.S. Olympic Committee and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic organizers have agreed to a revenue-sharing deal in which the USOC will receive a fixed amount ...
With LA bid sealed, US cities look at possible Winter Games

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - There's an outside shot the United States won't have to wait 11 years to host its next Olympics. It's a longshot, but there's talk in Salt Lake City, a...
Olympic skating champion Lipnitskaya opens up about anorexia

The Associated Press
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - She was Russia's golden girl at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the 15-year-old skater with the "Schindler's List" theme tune who won an Olympic title and a hug ...
SKorea seeks to boost slow Olympic ticket sales

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - With five months to go before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics open, the Games are barely an afterthought for most South Koreans, with slow loca...
CAS to hear appeal in Bolt Olympic relay case in November

The Associated Press
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - An appeal case involving the 2008 Olympic title stripped from Usain Bolt and the Jamaican relay team is going to court in November. The Cour...
LA gets official go-ahead to host 2028 Olympics

The Associated Press
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - Los Angeles has received its formal go-ahead to host the 2028 Olympics, getting a thumbs-up from the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commi...
IOC seeks more information regarding vote-buying case

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - What was supposed to be a stress-free meeting of the International Olympic Committee turned into something quite different Monday, when IOC president T...
LA loves the Olympics, even though they're 11 years away

By EDDIE PELLS
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - More than anything, the United States was looking for a city that liked the Olympics. After a debacle in Boston, where public support for hosting the g...
Paris aiming to make Olympic Games desirable again by 2024

By JOHN LEICESTER
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The world's capital of romance intends to make the Olympic Games desirable again. After decades of waste, excess and grotesque behavior by other Olympic hos...

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