Olympics

Bridgestone the latest to end Olympic sponsorship

Morning Buzz - 10/01/2024

Bridgestone "will end its contract" with the IOC at the end of this year, making it the last remaining Japanese company to withdraw its sponsorship from the Games. Panasonic Holdings Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. have already announced that they will also end their sponsorship...

Sailing at the Paralympics: A missed opportunity for inclusiveness

Unpacks Newsletter - 09/30/2024

The recent Paralympic Games in Paris marked an important milestone for elite Paralympic athletes. The Paralympics, like the Olympics, provide a venue for elite athletes to compete on the world’s stage and fosters international cooperation on multiple levels to advance “big ideas.” For sailing, that opportunity began when Paralympic sailing was included as a...

Olympians, Paralympians hosted at White House

Closing Bell - 09/30/2024

President Joe Biden welcomed U.S. Olympians and Paralympians at the White House today "to recognize their achievement" in this summer’s Games in Paris. Biden also "recognized the Olympians who served in the country’s armed forces," and he "called for more support for all of the nation’s...

Thomas Bach not focused on legacy as IOC tenure winds down

Daily - 09/30/2024 | Unpacks Newsletter - 09/30/2024

LOS ANGELES – Thomas Bach said on Sunday that he’s not thinking about his legacy as president of the IOC, a role he’ll step down from at the end of his term in June. “That is up to others. What I’m thinking about now...

IOC's Bach downplays idea SLC could lose Games

Weekend Rap - 09/29/2024

IOC President Thomas Bach “sought to ease worries” that Salt Lake City “could lose its second Olympics if organizers don’t fulfill an agreement to play peacemaker between anti-doping authorities.” Bach “downplayed the gravity of a termination clause” the IOC inserted into Salt Lake City’s host contract...

WADA loses track of cases amid data problems

Weekend Rap - 09/29/2024

The N.Y. TIMES reported in a front-page piece on Saturday that lawyers for WADA in late May told top officials at the organization that a “series of problems with its databases had led to corrupted, missing or incorrect data related to at least 2,000 cases." As a result, the...

Toyota confirms it is ending IOC TOP sponsorship

Morning Buzz - 09/26/2024

Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda confirmed today the company will not renew its 10-year contract as a TOP sponsor for the Olympics and Paralympics following the Paris Games. Toyota said the company "will continue to financially support athletes." This month, Panasonic Holdings announced it would also...

USA Volleyball names John Speraw as new president and CEO

Morning Buzz - 09/26/2024

USA Volleyball found its next leader in-house, hiring John Speraw as its next president and CEO after he spent more than a decade coaching the U.S. men's national team. Speraw has also coached at UCLA since 2012, leading the Bruins to back-to-back men’s national championships...

Olympics do little to lift August sports betting handles

Betting Newsletter - 09/20/2024

It appears the Olympics provided little, if any, additional wagering activity in what has been the second-lowest handle month each year in the U.S. Results from August were up 26% compared to the same month last year in the 20 states that have reported, nearly mirroring the year-over-year...

Seven candidates vying to replace Thomas Bach as IOC president, a role that will bring numerous challenges

Journal - 09/23/2024 | Unpacks Newsletter - 09/20/2024 | CU Professor News - 09/20/2024 | Unpacks Lite Newsletter - 09/20/2024

With the nearly yearlong specter of Thomas Bach remaining in his post as president of the International Olympic Committee now lifted, the movement faces a six-month sprint to select his replacement from among seven IOC members. The campaign begins in earnest as...

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