The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held, somewhere. That’s about the only thing we can say for certain, six months before the International Olympic Committee is due to announce who the host city will be. One potential candidate, Calgary, took … Continue reading
As epic collapses go, Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics wins points for speed, if nothing else. On Monday, Mayor Marty Walsh announced that he didn’t intend to sign the International Olympic Committee’s required pledge to cover any cost … Continue reading
Until yesterday morning, it appeared Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics was contingent on waiting out the Sept. 15 deadline for the U.S. Olympic Committee to submit its candidate. Everyone — the bid’s high-powered promoters, its loud opponents, … Continue reading
It’s likely going to be the biggest sports news out of Oslo, Norway since Tex Schramm was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the war between the NFL and AFL. (Note: No, not really. Though he should have been.) … Continue reading
The sports-calendar gods have truly blessed us this year. Super Bowl goers have only now just barely managed to escape the clutches of New Jersey Transit, yet it’s already time to gear up for the Sochi Winter Olympics, or as … Continue reading
As if landing the Olympics wasn’t trouble enough already, now it could come with the requirement of passing newly expanded police powers: Countries could be barred from hosting the Olympics, starting with the 2018 games, if they don’t have laws … Continue reading
Not everybody who’s happy Chicago didn’t get the 2016 Olympics is a right-wing Obama-hating loon: And so President Obama spent a day in Copenhagen for nothing: The 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio, not Chicago. Adding insult to injury, … Continue reading