Olympics

USOC tabs Tagliabue to lead committee examining board structure

Board will publish meeting agendas, minutes

BRIAN GOMEZ

The man who turned the NFL into the country’s most popular professional sports league will lead a team charged with determining whether the U.S. Olympic Committee’s much-criticized, highly secretive policy-setting panel needs an... Full story

Watch out for U.S. curlers

Women winning when others think they shouldn't

BY BRIAN GOMEZ

The U.S. women’s curling team doesn’t have an endless pipeline of players, like Canada. It lacks the Olympic success of Sweden and Switzerland. Its training facilities are limited, making quick jaunts to Canada and long trips to Europe a... Full story

At local event, Spitz says there is lots of pressure on Phelps

BRIAN GOMEZ

Mark Spitz insists he wasn’t bitter last year when he lost swimming’s most sacred record. He feels the same way now, 15 months after Michael Phelps cemented a spot in Olympic history with eight gold medals, one more than Spitz won in... Full story

Military groups receive Paralympic training

BRIAN GOMEZ

Heidi Grimm wishes she had a manual detailing how to work with disabled soldiers who become active in adaptive sports. She knows it doesn’t exist, meaning Army bases across the country must determine the best programming, with help from U.S.... Full story

Youth Olympics hopefuls playing to win

BRIAN GOMEZ

Gregory English hears the whispers about the Youth Olympics being staged primarily to promote friendship, peace and education, a way for the International Olympic Committee to show it also cares about the athletes, not just what they accomplish on... Full story

USOC holds NYC festival for Vancouver Games kickoff

BRIAN GOMEZ

The next Olympics is around the corner, and the U.S. Olympic Committee celebrated the 100-day countdown Wednesday in New York by kicking off a new marketing campaign and officially nominating the first 20 Americans for the 2010 Vancouver Games.... Full story

Countdown to Winter Olympics reaches 100 days

A look at each sport from a U.S. perspective

BRIAN GOMEZ

Let the final countdown begin. The 2010 Vancouver Games are 100 days from today, with about 2,500 athletes from 80-plus countries, including an estimated 220 Americans, vying for 258 medals in 10 sports. Olympic Training Center bobsledder Steven... Full story

U.S. not surprised by limited access to Vancouver Games track

BRIAN GOMEZ

The head of bobsled and skeleton’s national governing body isn’t shocked 2010 Olympic organizers are giving American athletes limited access to the world’s most difficult track, maintaining Canada wants to capitalize on its... Full story

Olympic swimmer Hoelzer shares success story at OTC camp

BRIAN GOMEZ

A wide-eyed teenager not sure if swimming was in her future, Margaret Hoelzer listened to Rowdy Gaines speak and stared in amazement as he flashed an Olympic gold medal. “One of you guys might be an Olympian,” Gaines told Hoelzer and... Full story

U.S. Speedskating on thin financial ice after losing sponsor

BRIAN GOMEZ

The cash-strapped national governing body for speedskating might require a bailout from the U.S. Olympic Committee after its primary sponsor went bankrupt last week. U.S. Speedskating faces a $300,000 funding shortfall entering the heart of its... Full story

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