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Boxing Could Face Future Olympics Knockout Blow
The Olympic Games have long been regarded as the highest standard in the sport of amateur boxing, with fighters from all over the world battling through years of hard work ... -
"Going for the Gold: The Economics of the Olympics"
The Summer Olympics are just around the corner and the Spring 2016 issue of the Journal of Economic of Economic Perspectives has a paper on the economics of the Olympics. The ... -
Two Weeks Out From the World Cup, a Familiar Picture Emerges
The opening match between Brazil and Croatia will kick off two weeks from tomorrow. But there seems less anticipation leading up to the Cup on whether Brazil will reign supreme ... -
Should US Olympic Training Be Federally Supported?
Here’s a short post about the sacrifices made to make an athlete an Olympian. Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be Olympians. It may not have the ring ... -
Olympic Distance Running -- Dominated Strategies?
In Thursday's 800m final, David Rudisha set the track on fire with a new world record -- the first ever under 1:41. He led from start to finish and pulled ... -
Olympic Stew
A few random thoughts related to the Olympics: 400 Implosion for U.S. For the first time since WWII (excepting 1980), the U.S. will not medal in the men's 400 meters. ... -
Olympic Athletes -- Real Life Avengers
The Olympics hooked me from my earliest memories of Bill Toomey, Lee Evans, and Jim Hines in Mexico City in 1968. The Super Bowl, The Tour de France, the ... -
Going Juantorena
The current IAAF Track and Field World Championships and the 800m final inspired me to reflect on Alberto Juantorena' unusual 800m/400m gold medal "double" in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal ... -
Mega Event Legacy Update: Athens Edition
I have been watching quite a bit of World Cup coverage, and the announcers seem to have gone out of their way to complement the new stadiums built for the ... -
Olympic post-mortem
Personally, less viewing was more fun. It was a shame though, to see "home-cooking" in the Men's 500m short-track race, where a Canadian judge made a marginal call to disqualify ...
