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The IOC is tossing a lifeline to the suspended Indian Olympic Association, and sent a letter stating it’s willing to meet with Indian officials in Lausanne to discuss terms of possible reinstatement. First and foremost, the IOC said in the letter that the suspended IOA “must be in a position to hold free, fair, transparent…
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American gold medalist Lindsey Vonn is still struggling in her return to the slopes and will skip the slalom race in Flachau, Austria on Tuesday to focus on her recovery, and on races in Italy this weekend. “It’s her goal to race where she has the chance to win,” U.S. women’s head coach Alex Hoedlmoser…
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And the story remains the same. Slovenia’s Tina Maze took home her sixth World Cup victory of the season in St. Anton, Austria over the weekend, and her first super-G victory after eight previous podium finishes. “It’s incredible, I don’t have words for this,” Maze told the AP. “I believed I could do it this…
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The (quite futuristic looking) Torch for the 2014 Sochi Games was unveiled in Moscow Monday, along with tentative plans for what will be the longest Torch relay in Olympics history. Get excited. “The Olympic torch is one of the key symbols of the Games,” Sochi Games chief Dmitry Chernyshenko told reporters outside the Kremlin. “In…
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There’s nearly nothing Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps can do that we wouldn’t deem newsworthy. Even growing a mustache. Especially growing a mustache like the swimmer he dethroned as greatest-of-all-time, Mark Spitz. The newly single 18-time gold medalist was spotted poolside in the Bahamas with friends (and a lovely lady) only a couple weeks after…
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It begins. The American Cup, the most high profile international gymnastics competition held annually in the United States, is set to take place March 2 in Worcester, Mass. Sure, it’s technically the beginning on the 2013 season, but it’s really the beginning of the four-year run up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Excited…
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The secret of Mikaela Shiffrin is out after she became the first American alpine skier to win two World Cup races before the age of 18 last week. Now, some of her favorite Olympians are celebrating her success and following her on Twitter, including gold medal gymnasts Nastia Liukin and Aly Raisman. “You honestly have…
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The IOC banned India late in 2012 after the country’s Olympic Committee failed to heed warning that government interference would be lead to sanctions, and went ahead with the appointment of corrupt official Lalit Bhanot to secretary-general. Now the IOC has a similar concerns with Pakistan after alleged political interference with the Sports Board. There…
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She has four Olympic golds and a couple world records to her credit, but Missy Franklin says she was still nervous to dive in against her high school competitors at a dual meet earlier this week. “My teammates were like, ‘What is wrong with you?’” Missy told the LA Times. “I was so nervous and…
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman apologized for the lockout Thursday, after the seemingly pointless 113-day lockout cost the league more than 600 games and at least a billion dollars in revenue. But Bettman is still yet to discuss realignment, or, more important for the purposes of this blog, whether players will compete in the Olympics. “We’ll…
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‘Shred’ unleashed: U.S. skier Ligety at center of documentary
Jan 10, 2013, 2:27 PM EDT
Ever wonder what it’s like to be U.S Alpine skiing superstar Ted Ligety? You’ll get an inside look at the Olympic gold medalist and world champion this weekend. On Sunday from 3:30-4 p.m. ET, NBC will broadcast U.S. Ski Team 36, a documentary that will take us through the 36 hours before Ligety’s giant slalom…
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The Oscar nominees are out, and, no surprise, Lincoln scored the most nominations with twelve. That’s because we’re suckers for biopics that show the struggle of the American spirit and ignore the “details” that might muddy the story. And so, here’s six Olympic biopics we’d like to see made from stories plucked from London 2012.…
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Lindsey Vonn is back! The Vancouver gold medalist who struggled through competitions the last few months after being hospitalized with an intestinal illness and suffering through a lack of energy, has returned after three weeks of recovery in Colorado. Vonn told the Boston Herald that she was happy to be back competing, and that she…
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World No. 1 golfer, Rory McIlroy is already threatening to sit out the 2016 Rio Games due to pressure over whether he’ll play for Ireland or Great Britain. Now, champion Irish golfer Padraig Harrington is speaking out for the 23-year-old, saying that the IOC needs to make the call, or else everyone will miss out…
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While most American coins feature historical heros like Abe Lincoln, George Washington, and Sacagawea, why not a modern-day hero for the supposed trillion dollar coin that lawmakers in D.C. have been kicking around? Well, Slate magazine has nominated 18-time gold medalist and American hero Michael Phelps for the honor: “At this point we all agree that…
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Michael Phelps may be done with the water, but now he’s going up against the sharks. The swimming legend is apparently trying his hand at poker (as well as golf) and escaped day one of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, where he was pitted against the likes of top pros Phil Ivey and Mike “the Grinder”…
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NHL hockey is back, but whether or not the pros will be in Sochi next winter is still up in the air. The players – particularly Russian stars Evgeni Malkin and Alex Ovechkin – want to play, but league commissioner Gary Bettman thinks it’s a disruptive waste of time, money, and resources. Despite a 113-day…
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BISCHOFSHOFEN, AUSTRIA – With the Super Bowl less than a month away, it’s nearly that time of year when the nation shifts its focus to the NFL’s championship game on that unofficial holiday. Few sporting events can compare, of course, so when I was told I would be attending the “Super Bowl of ski jumping”…
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Injury forces defending figure skating champs out of Nationals
Jan 8, 2013, 1:51 PM EDT
In other figure skating news (if you read the last story): Americans John Coughlin and Caydee Denney won’t have the opportunity to defend their 2011 National Championship because Coughlin is still recovering from a Dec. 4 hip surgery. Coughlin and Denney were set to be the only returning pair from last year’s podium, after both…
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American figure skater Isabella Tobias has been denied Lithuanian citizenship by the country’s president after a Constitutional Court said they don’t hand out citizenship based on “future merit.” President Grybauskaitė added that the ruling should not be second-guessed, then probably slow-clapped. Tobias, 21, had hoped to compete with her partner, Lithuanian skater Deividas Stagniunas, at…
