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AT & T Now Has A Seat At Sports Media Table
A new player. Just in case you have not noticed, AT &T has taken over Time Warner in a major media deal. AT & T also now owns Turner Sports which includes various partnerships including...
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Graz Says No To 2026 Winter Olympics
The IOC Is Turning Off Cities. For anyone who has been around politics this much is known. You can hire a consultant or an economist and pretty much get the results you want because the hired help...
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It Is Getting Harder To Find Public Money For Sports Venues
No money for you? It is getting more difficult for owners, sports leagues and sports organizations to get public money to build stadiums or arenas or Olympics venues. The International Olympic...
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Does Anyone Want The Olympics?
Money, money. The Olympics, whether it is the summer or winter version, is a hyped television show that lasts about two weeks which brings out the rah rah nationalism that is a major part of the...
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Event Volunteers Save Sports Organizations A Lot Of Money
Sports operators save money by “hiring” volunteers The organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are looking for a few good men to help with the presentation of the event. In fact, the organizers are...
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Did California Politicians Err In Putting Up A Half Billion Dollars For the...
Taxpayers on the hook. Sometimes you wonder why politicians ever even think of spending public money on the Olympics. There are so many Olympics sized problems such as a court in France indicting the...
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Does Hosting The Olympics Make A City A Great Sports City?
A pro-Olympics take. If you have ever been in Pittsburgh during the National Football League season, you are seeing one of the best sports cities in the world. Everything in the Pittsburgh area is...
View ArticleA number of teams from the U.S.A. say they want to see the 2020 Summer...
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Olympic leaders are facing a growing rebellion inside their ranks about holding the Tokyo Games. A board member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee countered leadership by...
View ArticleAthletes already qualified for Tokyo Games get to keep spots
About 6,500 athletes who already have earned their spots for the Tokyo Games are in for 2021 under redrawn qualifying regulations published Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC...
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A New Sports Game: The Mad Dash To Keep TV Cash
Money. That’s what I want. Just a reminder in the rush to get sports up and going as soon as possible. COVID-19 has not magically disappeared. Even the people who put on the Olympics, the...
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Biden Has Some Sports Issues On His Plate
Sports matters. There will be at least four sports issues facing President-elect Joe Biden after he assumes the highest office in the United States on January 20th, 2021. The most immediate is the...
View ArticleAmid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics `focused on hosting’
TOKYO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled. Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed...
View ArticleAP sources: USA Basketball eyeing 60 players in Olympic pool
MIAMI (AP) — USA Basketball is casting a wider-than-usual net in its roster selection for this summer’s rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, two people with knowledge of the situation said Saturday. Additions...
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Does Anyone Want The Olympics?
Money, money. The Olympics, whether it is the summer or winter version, is a hyped television show that lasts about two weeks which brings out the rah rah nationalism that is a major part of the...
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Event Volunteers Save Sports Organizations A Lot Of Money
Sports operators save money by “hiring” volunteers The organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are looking for a few good men to help with the presentation of the event. In fact, the organizers are...
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Did California Politicians Err In Putting Up A Half Billion Dollars For the...
Taxpayers on the hook. Sometimes you wonder why politicians ever even think of spending public money on the Olympics. There are so many Olympics sized problems such as a court in France indicting the...
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Does Hosting The Olympics Make A City A Great Sports City?
A pro-Olympics take. If you have ever been in Pittsburgh during the National Football League season, you are seeing one of the best sports cities in the world. Everything in the Pittsburgh area is...
View ArticleA number of teams from the U.S.A. say they want to see the 2020 Summer...
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Olympic leaders are facing a growing rebellion inside their ranks about holding the Tokyo Games. A board member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee countered leadership by...
View ArticleAthletes already qualified for Tokyo Games get to keep spots
About 6,500 athletes who already have earned their spots for the Tokyo Games are in for 2021 under redrawn qualifying regulations published Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC...
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A New Sports Game: The Mad Dash To Keep TV Cash
Money. That’s what I want. Just a reminder in the rush to get sports up and going as soon as possible. COVID-19 has not magically disappeared. Even the people who put on the Olympics, the...
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