International Olympic Committee Begins 4-Day Inspection of Madrid for 2020 Bid
All three finalists for the 2020 Olympics have incredible architecture, but Madrid’s should not be undervalued even against Istanbul and Tokyo. Above is the Calle de Alca, the longest street in Madrid. (Photo: Antonio Garcia Rodriguez)
Dave and Gary Wrestle with Stuff
Is today the day that the column makes some (some) sense? Find out for yourself, in this installment of: Point? Counter Point!
Michael Phelps’ Olympic Super Agent, Carlisle, Respected as Creative Force
Swim News: “In the afterglow of Michael Phelps’ crowning 22 career Olympic medals, Team Phelps is enjoying the limelight.” (Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Michael Phelps Lands Cover of Golf Digest
“Golf seems to be top of mind for Phelps everywhere he goes.”
Michael Phelps Visits Slums of Rio to Promote 2016 Olympic Games
“Phelps appeared at the Olympic Center in Complexo do Almeao, in the center of a group of shantytowns that were still embroiled in drug-trafficking and gang as recently as 2010.” (Swim Photo Credit: EN)
Youth Olympics Adding 800 Free Relay in 2014
Minnesota’s Kiera Janzen is one of the Americans who bounced from the Youth Olympics to collegiate success.
CAS Ready to Rule on British Doping Non-Compliance
The CAS will soon release their decision on whether or not Britain’s Olympic Committee is non-compliant. (Photo Courtesy: Andres Rueda)
British Olympic Association Listed as Non-Compliant Per WADA
On the official list of compliant and non-compliant signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code, released yesterday, WADA has listed the…
