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Sports Illustrated
October 2, 2001
Frank Deford |
State of Turmoil Afghanistan has had an oddly central position in sports history...   |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Steroid Excuses Athletes are known for their physical gifts and not their intellectual aptitude, which explains why there have been so many far-fetched steroid excuses over the years. These top 10 steroid excuses have been used by many athletes. |
AskMen.com
October 4, 2000
Mark Simmons |
Olympic Drug Scandals Ah, the beautiful Olympic games: great athleticism, camaraderie and professionalism. But come every four years, the not-so-glamorous drugs also make their unwanted appearance... |
Sports Illustrated
September 13, 2000
Frank Deford |
A culture of 'sus' So overwhelming is the perception that drugs sustain most Olympic athletes, that it really doesn't matter how much the well is poisoned. Almost every record and every winner is sus. Sus, a shortened version of the word "suspicious," is, so far as I know, only used in Olympic circles. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Victor Conte Interview We caught up with Victor Conte, possibly the most infamous non-athlete associated with steroids, to find out if the next generation of athletes are destined to raise the bar by juicing, just as snowboarders and tennis players do by continuously getting improved equipment? |
Sports Central
August 25, 2008
Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses. |
Sports Illustrated
May 5, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Olympic burnout factor Q&A on the Olympics: increasing surge of interest rising in the 2000 Games in the U.S. public and media?... How does the United States' shot put, discus and hammer throwers look this year?... Has the IOC ever considered offering "at large" berths to athletes... etc. |
Search Engine Watch
August 16, 2004
Gary Price |
An Olympic Selection of Search Resources The 2004 Summer Olympics are underway in Athens and the web is home to plenty of information that makes watching the games even more interesting. |
Wired
January 2007
Mark McClusky |
The Righteous Fury of Dick Pound As head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this man is on a crusade to rid elite sports of performance-enhancing drugs. And he's making a few enemies along the way. |
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2012
Diana Britton |
Cold Call with John McCardell John McCardell works with several athletes and coaches, including Dawn Staley, three-time Olympic gold medalist in U.S. basketball. What types of financial decisions do Olympians have to make post-games? |
Sports Illustrated
February 1, 2002
Tim Layden |
Good news, bad news U.S. Olympians will get intense scrutiny, support... |
Sports Illustrated
July 21, 2000
Tim Layden |
Trials are a true test The issue lies dormant and then arises once every four years. Clearly, the U.S. Olympic track and field trials are -- by far -- the best track meet held on American soil. Athletes are physically peaked and emotionally prepared for a moment that is absolutely a cliche: a once-in-four-years shot at going to the Games.... |
Sports Illustrated
August 16, 2000
Frank Deford |
Sydney Olympics must overcome The Sydney Olympics are a month away, so let's look at the problems they face in attracting their usual high degree of interest in the United States. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Olympics: No Ad Bonanza The showcase for the world's athletes doesn't produce marquee names for advertisers. |
Sports Illustrated
July 13, 2000
Tim Layden |
Track trials top 10 Ten reasons why the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, which open Friday in Sacramento and run for 10 days, are among the best sporting events on American soi |
Sports Illustrated
August 11, 2000 |
Games are mere weeks away US will likely dominate Olympic basketball... Swedes and Norwegians strong in handball... Changing of the guard in US Wrestling... Should automatic spots be awarded to top athletes?... Does Fu Mingxia have a shot diving in Sydney?... Why isn't golf an Olympic sport?... |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Olympic Athletes To Look For In Torino These skiers, skaters and sledders have an excellent chance of making their home countries proud by writing a page in the history books at the Winter Olympics February 2006. |
Sports Illustrated
August 14, 2001
Tim Layden |
Help Wanted Hurdler Anjanette Kirkland was the aging U.S. team's only first-time world champion... |
Reason
June 2008
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Olympic Gag Order Many countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia, have promised not to restrict their athletes' political speech about China in the run-up to the games. Britain promises to "review" the U.K.'s policy, so the Brits may yet fall in line with their Anglosphere cousins. |
Sports Illustrated
April 28, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Cuban diver sees stars and stripes Will Ramirez make it to the Olympics?... Some thoughts about the difficulties Athens is having as it prepares for the 2004 Olympics... The Sydney organizers are planning to send an Olympic torch into orbit on the shuttle Atlantis... |
Sports Illustrated
April 5, 2000 |
What's in and what's out Q&A on the Olympics: Anything like Triplecast in the future?... Handball... Surfing... Mary Slaney and Amy Van Dyken... Why no golf?... Michael Bennett... Will Bahamas team win the 4x100-meter relay?... |
Sports Illustrated
February 20, 2002
Rick Reilly |
Go Fourth ... and Disappear Win a medal in Salt Lake City, and you're treated like a returning astronaut. The rest of your life is just walking past smiling bouncers into the coolest parties and having the words "Olympic medalist" follow your name. Fourth place? Never heard of you... |
AskMen.com
May 13, 2013
James Fell |
Jordan Burroughs Interview Wrestling is as much a part of Olympic history as foot racing, jumping and throwing. How the IOC can cast it aside as a core sport for 2020 boggles the mind. |
Chemistry World
February 8, 2010
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay |
To catch a cheating athlete As the athletes take center stage at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games this month, chemists will be hard at work behind the scenes to catch athletes looking to win by taking drugs or blood products to artificially boost their performance during the competition. |
Sports Central
September 1, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Olympics Coverage Fails U.S. Women's Teams Now that the 2004 Summer Olympic Games have come to a close, it might be the right time to evaluate the television coverage and the accessibility to view the sports U.S. fans most coveted during the Games. |
Sports Illustrated
August 8, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Inside Olympics Competition will be fierce when America's best dive into the Olympic trials |
Fast Company
February 2010
Anne C. Lee |
The Vancouver Olympics by the Numbers Let the Games Begin! More than 80 nations and 5,500 athletes and officials will participate in this year's Winter Games. |
Sports Illustrated
April 27, 2001
Tim Layden |
The wrong example USOC won't forget actions of U.S. track team in Sydney... |
Outside
August 2008 |
The Guide: Beijing Olympics 2008 The 15 things you must know about this year's Olympics in Beijing. |
AskMen.com
February 19, 2014
Michelle Magnan |
Meet The Olympian Who Gave A Teammate His Spot In The Race Canadian speed skater Gilmore Junio, gave up his spot in last week's 1,000-meter race to his teammate, Denny Morrison |
Sports Central
August 13, 2012
Angus Saul |
What London 2012 Was Really About London 2012 was all about passing on the baton. We can only hope that the baton is passed with good grace, and that sport will benefit from such a marvelous event. |
Outside
November 2003
Stuart Stevens |
Drug Test Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist out to try them and report back. |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Scorecard What's worse -- suing to go to the Games, or just not caring? |
Sports Central
January 25, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics Athletes Face Double Standard Big media and corporate sponsorship of sporting events in the US have become as big a story these days as the sports and athletes they themselves sponsor, with nary an opportunity missed by advertisers and networks alike to promote themselves. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 6, 2006
James Aisner |
Winners and Losers at the Olympics Harvard Business School professor emeritus Stephen Greyser has been studying, teaching, and writing about the business of sports for over 30 years. Here, he discusses his perspectives on the the marketing aspects of the recent Turin Games. |
AskMen.com
Will Brody |
Top 10: Former Olympic Sports There have been many sports that have been dropped over the years. Let's take a look at some of the Olympic sports of yesteryear. |
Inc.
April 2007
Max Chafkin |
Gold-Medal Marketing For companies looking to profit from the Beijing Olympics, the race is on. |
Sports Illustrated
September 15, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Opening secrets Some of the highlights from the opening ceremonies in Sydney... |
Sports Illustrated
January 29, 2002
Tim Layden & Kostya Kennedy |
Seasonal Debate Forget the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics are tops... Put the Winter Games in deep freeze, the Summer Olympics are hot... |
Sports Illustrated
April 18, 2000
Jamal Greene |
Scorecard The new U.S. Olympic Committee chief's business-speak throws a scare into minor sports |
Sports Central
August 8, 2012
Diane M. Grassi |
Shocker: Unsportsmanslike Conduct at Olympics The entire world is watching, and given the attention that the global media has recently dedicated to unethical behavior of certain Olympic athletes, sports fans could mistake it for a newly introduced Olympic sport of its own during these 2012 London Summer Games. |
Sports Illustrated
February 19, 2002
Janet Maslin |
Medal Worthy NBC's two toughest jobs in broadcasting the Olympics have been guessing what will make the best broadcast and, more important, knowing when to leave well enough alone. So far the network is succeeding at both... |
Sports Illustrated
November 15, 2001
Frank Deford |
War games Muslim women athletes offer glimmer of hope... |
BusinessWeek
June 14, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
Can Drug-Busters Beat New Steroids? Scientists enlisted by anti-doping agencies are trying to stay a step ahead of the cheaters as the Athens Olympics approach. |
InternetNews
February 15, 2008 |
Blogs Get Official Go-ahead For Beijing The International Olympic Committee on Friday gave the green light to allow blogging at the Olympics for the first time, issuing guidelines for this August's Beijing Games. |
Sports Illustrated
March 3, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Defining the Olympic Spirit Welcome to the first Sydney 2000 Mailbag, where we'll discuss anything and everything relating to the Summer Games.... |
AskMen.com
Jim Bauer |
5 Things You Didn't Know About The Torino Olympics Five of the more curious things you didn't know about the upcoming 2006 Winter Olympics. |
