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Bud Greenspan, equal opportunity Olympic documentarian
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 27, 2010 at 1:30am

The Christmas Day death of Bud Greenspan, the official documentarian of the Olympics since 1984, is generating the typical fond remembrance pieces from the likes of Alan Abrahamson and Richard Sandomir, among others. What I found most striking about some...more

Sunday Evening Decathlete 12/26/10
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted December 27, 2010 at 1:29am

What did we learn this week?Track's greatest spokesman has died. The Olympic Games, and track and field by proxy, lost Bud Greenspan yesterday. The filmmaker was possibly more important to the Olympics than Juan Antonio Samaranch (also deceased this y...more

Things to know about gender equity in the Olympics
by After Atalanta
posted December 21, 2010 at 6:26pm

A most excellent piece of writing from Canadian Laura Robinson who details not only the case of the women ski jumpers (ongoing given that the IOC has not deemed them worthy for the 2014 Olympics) but other inequities in the Olympic Games. What we often se...more

The Life of an Olympian: Not as Glamorous as You'd Think
by Loree: A Skirt, A Hammer, A Life, and A Dream
posted December 17, 2010 at 2:04am

Training is as training is. It’s nice to be back on routine again and training full time, but I had a great trip at the convention. It’s always motivating for us top athletes to get together and talk and train. I think if USATF development asked...more

Bringing Changes to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games
by nerdbarry
posted November 30, 2010 at 12:38pm

The United States Olympic Committee USOC is not only looking to further the athletic accomplishments but make sustainable environmental changes to the Winter Games. And with the bid for the 2022 games being award in 2015, they must move fast with their ef...more

Navy SEAL tough
by Dr. Borlabi
posted November 16, 2010 at 2:04pm

Women may not be allowed to join the Navy SEALs but they can experience a day in training…and ROCK it!...more

Lindsey Van: "I get mad because a little girl like you couldn't go out and ski jump with the boys"
by anngaff
posted November 15, 2010 at 5:27pm

The scene: Bill Kerig, director of Ready to Fly, sits down to interview World Ski Jumping Champion Lindsey Van in order to promote fundraising for the documentary he is producing. His young daughter Grace comes in and asks what they're doing. Grace: "Can...more

Review: Apolo Ohno and Zero Regrets
by Byline to Finish Line
posted November 9, 2010 at 9:16pm

“Do you know him from dancing or from skating?” the gentleman asked as Sue and I entered the book store on a cold Saturday night. “Skating,” we replied in unison. That promptly put a pamphlet in our hand from the Buffalo Speedskating Club. (And ...more

Glamour’s Women of the Year: Lindsey Vonn, Mia Hamm & Lisa Leslie
by Pretty Tough
posted November 4, 2010 at 11:28am

Strength and Beauty: Lindsey Vonn, Mia Hamm and Lisa Leslie were among the many women honored at Glamour’s annual event. Soccer great Mia Hamm is among the game’s top scorers ever, male or female. Basketball star Lisa Leslie was the first woman t...more

Rest and Relaxation is coming to an end...
by Britney Henry - Olympian in Progress
posted October 28, 2010 at 7:18pm

Rest and Relaxation~ “Rest and Relaxation” has been my daily motto for the past 7 weeks! I have had no plans, came and went as I pleased and enjoyed spending some quality time with friends and family. Next week, I will be back to the daily grind of ma...more

Team Arizona has a new coach!
by Pretty Strong
posted October 27, 2010 at 5:25pm

We are proud to announce that Performance One (Team Arizona Weightlifting) has hired 1999 World Champion and 2x Olympian Shahin Nasirinia to Coach our Olympic Weightlifting Team and work with our Strength and Conditioning Athletes. Coach Nasirinia wil...more

Women's Ski Jumpers Feeling Optimistic about Inclusion in 2014 Olympics. Should they?
by anngaff
posted October 25, 2010 at 4:51pm

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that they will delay the final decision on whether to add several new events, including women's ski jumping, to the Olympic program for Sochi 2014. The IOC board has further announced that they ha...more

IOC Meeting: Because Mexico makes you think winter...
by After Atalanta
posted October 25, 2010 at 3:02pm

...the IOC is meeting in Acapulco for the next several days to consider, among other things, which sports it will add to winter games program starting in 2014 when the games will be in Sochi, Russia.One might think that with all the bad press the IOC rece...more

Tuff-n-uff MMA Weigh-in Photo Plus 145 Tournament Preview
by MarQFPR
posted October 22, 2010 at 3:08am

Tuff-n-uff amateur MMA hits Vegas tonight at the Orleans Arena, which will be streamed for $10 on GoFightLive.tv.   Nikki Rae Lowe (Left) & Latasha Marzolla (Right) The popular 125 pounder LaTasha Marzolla (2-0) makes her way back ...more

Women’s sumo and women’s ski jump: striving to be recognized by the IOC.
by Same Size Balls
posted October 21, 2010 at 2:25pm

Women’s ski jump and women’s sumo are both struggling to gain acceptance from the International Olympic Committee. The women’s ski jump battle had dead-panned for the time being, but women’s sumo is starting to grow, while seemingly smoothly break...more

Olympic pricing: Equality? Economics? Gender?
by After Atalanta
posted October 19, 2010 at 9:11pm

What equality is remains contextual and questionable. I don't know much about economics. And gender continues to present so many interesting issues with which to contend.Hence all the questions in the title of this post.But what I really want to talk abou...more

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