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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.   |
Sports Central
August 14, 2012
Brad Oremland |
Thumbs Down For Olympic Coverage I mentioned last week that I didn't get into the Summer Olympics as much as usual this year. Much of the reason, I'm afraid, was NBC's television coverage of the London Games. |
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. |
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. |
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
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.... |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
August 19, 2008
Allen St. John |
After 8 Golds for Phelps, 8 Big Questions on Beijing's Super Pool Sports fans and average humans were left dumbfounded last week as Michael Phelps and his USA Swimming teammates shattered records on a daily basis. |
Outside
December 2008
W. Hodding Carter |
Memo to Michael Phelps Nice job in China, guy. Now could you turn your attention to saving swimming? |
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. |
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
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
July 17, 2001
Brian Cazeneuve |
Russian Roulette Who hit it big and who busted at last week's momentous Olympic summit... |
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
August 13, 2012
Simon Kuper |
London Olympics Post-Mortem The point of an Olympics isn't an economic legacy. It's to make people happy. Taken on that level, then for people around the world -- but above all for us Brits -- I think London worked. |
Sports Central
August 7, 2012
Brad Oremland |
Olympics: Gymnastics is Not a Sport I still believe what I wrote almost a decade ago: "If you need judges from seven countries to vote on who won, your activity is not a sport." |
AskMen.com
Anna Della Zazzera |
Olympic Workout Clothes These Olympic workout clothes are stylish and functional. |
Sports Central
August 24, 2004
Tom Kosinski |
An Olympian Effort ... Viva Le Chile! Tennis is a sport dominated by great hand-eye coordination, innate timing, impressive physical conditioning, and incredible heart. Few sports, maybe none, can match the influence of heart and soul on the outcome of play more then tennis. |
Sports Illustrated
August 22, 2000
E.M. Swift |
Inside Olympics Blaine Wilson lifted himself to new peaks at the U.S. gymnastics trials... U.S. swimmer Dara Torres has been a fashion model, TV color commentator and infomercial spokeswoman. Now, at 33, she is foremost a history maker. |
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?... |
Outside
December 2008 |
Outside's 100 Best Things of 2008 Lance Armstrong announced his comeback. Dara Torres gave us all hope for our older selves. Oh, and some kid from Baltimore won eight gold medals. If the past is prelude, we're in for an epic 2009. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2012
Lorie Konish |
Olympians Who Became Financial Advisors Discuss Their Lives, Work Most Olympic competitors want to make the most of any wealth that they attain when their physical talents are at their peak. For a select few, like Eric Flaim, this serves as inspiration to become a financial advisor and help other athletes and clients find their financial footing. |
AskMen.com
June 24, 2012
Jake Rossen |
Oscar Pistorius' Advantage As the 25-year-old "Blade Runner" prepares to make one last run at qualifying for the 2012 South African Olympic sprint team, there is no consensus on whether he's the feel-good story of the season or an ominous sign of things to come. |
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. |
Outside
February 2006
Gordy Megroz |
Medal Heads A look at the talent pool for the 2006 Winter Olympics suggests that the U.S. may have the firepower to return to the top. |
Sports Illustrated
September 11, 2000 |
A new sport: Olympic Web surfing Greetings from the Surf Shack at the athletes' village here in Sydney. The Shack is the computer haven athletes drop by to build their own Web pages and design personalized T-shirts. For the next two days, we'll be sampling some of the highlights from Web pages created at the Shack... |
Outside
January 2010
Ryan Krogh |
The Rise of Curling Enough with the beer jokes -- curling's quickly gaining on classic Olympic sports like skiing. |
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 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. |
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 Illustrated
August 8, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Inside Olympics Competition will be fierce when America's best dive into the Olympic trials |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000 |
Sydney Pen Pals Thanks to the Sydney Olympics' internal computers, I can reach all the athletes via e-mail. So I e-mail 3,000 of them, 60 at a time, and ask them: What single thing has happened to you at these Olympics that you will never forget?... |
Sports Illustrated
July 11, 2001
Brian Cazeneuve |
Vote for Me! The IOC is set to choose a host for 2008 and a new president... |
Finance & Development
March 2010
Andrew Zimbalist |
Is It Worth It? Hosting the Olympic Games and other mega sporting events is an honor many countries aspire to -- but why? |
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 Central
August 27, 2004
Eric Poole |
An Immodest Proposal It seems we can't get through an Olympics without having some sort of controversy over judging. That's because gymnastics are fundamentally flawed. |
Outside
February 2002
Howard Berkes |
Let the Games Begin The just-in-time, let's-party, fear-no-evil Winter Olympics get ready to rip in the country that needs 'em now more than ever... |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
Colleen Paulson |
China Sporting Gold Medal Potential Double-digit growth forecast for China sports market. |
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. |
Sports Central
August 14, 2012
Angus Saul |
Britain's Golden Boy For years, Andy Murray has been labelled "the best player not to win a slam," and that hasn't changed. Some have simply branded him "unlucky," and, had he not lived in arguably the toughest era in tennis, he would have won several by now. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2008
Graham & Lomax |
China's Epic Olympic Opportunity Will China's glory fade after the Olympics? Not a chance. |
Sports Central
July 19, 2012
Kevin Beane |
The Other Nations of the Olympics Since the Olympics see fit to include as many nations as possible, they give out wild card entries to nations that do not have any athletes who qualified through competition. This makes the Olympic Opening Ceremonies a truly global event. |
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... |
CFO
October 1, 2007
Wu Chen |
View from China: What Price Glory? The Beijing Summer Olympics will undoubtedly be a success -- but at what cost? |
Sports Central
September 10, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
Once More ... With Purpose I've got to be honest. Basketball is not at the forefront of most people's minds right now. |
Sports Central
August 20, 2015
Luke Broadbent |
The Healthy State of Great British Tennis Britain has dominated track cycling, three of the last four Tour de France winners have been British and we exceeded all expectations at the London 2012 Olympics. And now, it seems, we are successful at tennis. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 1, 2008
John Quelch |
The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics The Olympic Games are normally a marketer's dream. Not so much this year, given widespread protests against the Chinese government. Here are the branding challenges posed by this year's games in Beijing. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2005
Marlowe Hood |
Born to Run Could an 18-year-old double amputee perched on a pair of carbon-fiber springs have an edge over able-bodied athletes? Leading experts were surveyed, and the answers are as different as they are surprising. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2004
Mike Cianciolo |
McDonald's Olympic Glory The fast food king utilizes the games to further expand its empire. |
