International Olympic Committee

Dodgers' Matt Kemp isn't holding up as well as he used to

2013-06-01 16:37:00

Kemp, then and now Beyond power and speed, Matt Kemp had durability. When the Dodgers signed him to an eight-year contract, Kemp had played in 365 consecutive games. We are two months into the second year of that contract, and Kemp is on the...

John Tortorella is fired as coach of New York Rangers

2013-05-29 22:22:00

John Tortorella was defiant in stating that the New York Rangers didn't take a step back when they were knocked out of the Stanley Cup playoffs in the second round. General Manager Glen Sather thought otherwise and fired the combative coach Wednesday....

Iran's wrestling team abruptly decides to skip L.A. competition

2013-05-17 20:23:00

On the eve of an international wrestling meet at the Sports Arena, American officials remain at a loss to explain why the Iranian team — making its first visit to the U.S. since 2003 — has unexpectedly withdrawn and flown home. Los Angeles...

PASSINGS: Robert W. Edgar, Chrissy Amphlett, Robert Earl Holding

2013-04-23 22:43:00

Robert W. Edgar Six-term Pennsylvania congressman Robert W. Edgar, 69, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives, served as president of the Claremont School of Theology and went on to lead the public interest group...

New details in Boston bombings revive fears for Sochi Olympics

2013-04-19 14:50:00

After bombs ripped through the Boston Marathon this week, Russian officials promised to beef up security for the upcoming Winter Olympics, calling it a “clarion call” to take “tougher measures.” Days later, the threat seemed to...

Los Angeles Kings peaking at the right time

2013-04-14 22:01:00

A year ago Monday the Kings took a 3-0 playoff series lead over the top-seeded Vancouver Canucks, as goaltender Jonathan Quick made 41 saves and Dustin Brown scored on a rebound in a 1-0 victory at Staples Center. The Kings lost the next game but finished...

Seattle group raises offer for Sacramento Kings

2013-04-12 22:26:00

San Diego-Tijuana bid for '24 Olympics may be instant loser

2013-04-30 19:25:00

Like a runner who falls face first before leaving the starting blocks, the idea of a joint San Diego-Tijuana bid for the 2024 Olympics may be an instant loser. According to the Associated Press, Christopher Sullivan, the U.S. Olympic Committee's chief...

San Diego and Tijuana make joint proposal to host 2024 Olympics

2013-04-26 11:10:00

U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Scott Blackmun said Friday that he is talking to 10 cities about a possible bid for the 2024 Summer Games and mentioned an intriguing pairing: A joint proposal from San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. “We're in...

Transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox puts California panel on the spot

2013-03-07 14:24:00

As head of Georgia’s small state athletic commission last year, Andy Foster sat through an Assn. of Boxing Commissions discussion he believed was a bizarre waste of time: How to deal with post-operative transgender athletes. Now, Foster is the...

Jim Scherr calls restoring Olympic wrestling a 'major challenge'

2013-03-01 09:39:00

Former U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Jim Scherr says it will be a "major challenge" for wrestling to reverse the International Olympic Committee's decision to eliminate the sport from the Olympics in 2020. "I think it's a major challenge to the...

Wrestling goes for an Olympic reversal

2013-02-28 00:00:00

I watched a video of the movie "Argo" as I flew into Tehran recently. I couldn't help but wonder why I was willingly accompanying a group of Americans into a city that not so long ago was the scene of one of the greatest exfiltrations ever. I wondered...

Ali Isayev of AZE (red) competes against Disney Rodriguez of Cuba (blue) in the men's 120kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

2013-02-28 16:35:00

Marion Jones was once considered the fastest woman alive. The International Olympic Committee formally stripped Jones of the five medals she won during the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

2013-02-15 10:45:00

The International Olympic Committee has dropped wrestling, beginning with the 2020 Olympics.

2013-02-12 06:31:43