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PANORAMA: Atlanta tug-of-war over "96 cauldron; Ski Mountaineering in for 2030 Games; Romanian mayor bans Russian flag at gymnastics World Cup
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (873+ words) " THE 5-RING CIRCUS " " Olympic Games 1984: Los Angeles " Sad news of the passing of another member of the organizing team from 1984, as Bob Liljenwall, who served as the Venue Press Chief for both archery and modern pentathlon, passed away at age…...
PANORAMA: Lawsuits already on NCAA 5-year play plan; open-water quality upset at Portugal World Cup; eight IIHF Presidential candidates!
1+ day, 33+ min ago (348+ words) " THE 5-RING CIRCUS " " NCAA " As expected, on the day after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved the five-year eligibility plan, lawsuits were filed in Ohio state court by 15 basketball players asking for a fifth year of eligibility, not allowed under…...
PANORAMA: "Alpes 2030" reveals logo; 774, 000 viewers for USATF LA Grand Prix; NCAA T&F Champs sold 88. 5% of all available tickets?
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (965+ words) " THE 5-RING CIRCUS " " Olympic Games 2024: Paris " The famed Paris 2024 electric cauldron will return to the Tuileries Gardens once again for its summer residence, from 21 June " Olympic and Paralympic Day in France " through 14 September. It will be available to view without…...
PANORAMA: FIFA reported dumping slow-selling World Cup tix on outside sale sites; Simone Biles almost died? U. S. women win 3x3 World Cup!
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1774+ words) " THE 5-RING CIRCUS " " Athletics " The U. S. Anti-Doping Agency said Friday that Marvin Bracy-Williams, 32, the 2022 Worlds men's 100 m silver medalist, has been banned for 12 years for a third doping violation, in this case three "whereabouts" failures over a 12-month period. The last…...
PANORAMA: Int'l Fair Play Committee expands with new "Academic Circle; ATHLOS expands to two "26 meets; big event win for USA Gymnastics!
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (791+ words) " THE 5-RING CIRCUS " " Fair Play " Tuesday the 19th of May marked the second anniversary of "World Fair Play Day" as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in July 2024. To expand its expertise, the International Fair Play Committee invited Olympians Emma…...
MILAN CORTINA 2026: Court of Arbitration for Sport slams door on Uhlaender appeal, rules it has no jurisdiction to consider arguments
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (255+ words) " The Sports Examiner: Chronicling the key competitive, economic and political forces shaping elite sport and the Olympic Movement." " KATIE UHLAENDER APPEAL " Uhlaender lost an appeal to the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation's Interim Integrity Unit, but another appeal to the IBSF…...