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Text of letter gauging Baltimore's interest in 2024 Olympics
Text of the letter: Dear Mayor: As you may know, the United States Olympic Committee is currently considering a bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As we explore this exciting possibility, we are actively seeking to gauge the interest of U....Tags: 2012 Summer Paralympics, International Olympic Committee, Sports, Olympic Games, Sports Organizations
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Lady Gaga injury impacts concert business
Lady Gaga’s injured hip, which forced her this week to cancel the remaining 21 dates on her massive, two-year, six-continent Born This Way tour, will have a major economic impact on the concert business. Promoters estimate the canceled dates could...
Tags: Tyson Gay, Live Nation, Lady Gaga, United Center, Injuries and Wounds
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Olympics officials wrestling with an identity crisis
Change of SubjectFriday's print column Dear International Olympic Committee: I don't ask that you back down from your preliminary plan, announced this week, to eliminate wrestling from the list of now-25 core events for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and beyond. And...... -
Olympics wrestling with an identity crisis
Dear International Olympic Committee: I don't ask that you back down from your preliminary plan, announced this week, to eliminate wrestling from the list of now-25 core events for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and beyond. And I don't ask that you...
Tags: Gymnastics, International Olympic Committee, Sports, Wrestling, Sports Organizations
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What sport should replace wrestling in the Olympics?
The International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling as a Summer Games sport on Tuesday, meaning that effective with the 2020 Games, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling won't be a part of the festivities after being in every Summer Olympics since 1896....
Tags: Elections, International Olympic Committee, Modern Pentathlon, Wrestling, Politics
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Wrestling gets no respect from Olympic committee
Boy did the IOC executive board make a huge blunder and underestimate exactly what it was doing when it made a purely political decision by recommending the removal of wrestling for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tennis, anyone? How about golf?...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, Pentathlon Swimming, Modern Pentathlon, Pentathlon Running, Wrestling
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Former IOC president's son is modern pentathlon vice president
A lot of people are scratching their head today over the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics, starting with the 2020 Games. The sport many people believed should have been dropped, modern pentathlon,...
Tags: Track and Field, International Olympic Committee, Pentathlon Swimming, Sports, Modern Pentathlon
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IOC votes to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics
In a stunning surprise, the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling, which has been a part of the modern Games since they began in 1896, from the Summer Olympics starting in 2020. Modern pentathlon was considered the most likely sport to be...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Services and Shopping, International Olympic Committee, Sports, Olympic Games
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NFL field change: League might consider widening field by 35 feet
The NFL reportedly might consider widening the playing field from 160 feet to 195 feet to make the game safer for players, the National Football Post is reporting. The new field width would be the same as that in the Canadian Football League. "I'm not...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Michael Vick, Football, Canadian Football, Sports
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Percy Harvin rumors: Which will come first, trade or holdout?
Percy Harvin wants to get paid. And judging by the way folks on the Internet reacted to rumors that the Minnesota Vikings receiver is on the trading block, he probably will get big money somewhere. But will it happen before or after things get ugly --...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Michael Vick, Leslie Frazier, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings
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IOC will drop one sport from Summer Olympics on Tuesday
Grab your lucky rabbit's foot, modern pentathlon fans (all 12 of you). Your sport could be dropped from the Summer Olympics on Tuesday. That is when International Olympic Committee leaders will decide which sport to drop from the Summer Olympics...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Elections, Pentathlon Swimming, International Olympic Committee, Modern Pentathlon
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