Bob Costas and Piers Morgan debate whether any nation is flawless enough to host a global sporting event
"Every nation has flaws and problems and issues and things that they need to correct and shame in their past."
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Former WADA No. 2 Rob Koehler tells Real Sports he was told to ‘back off’ on calls to disqualify Russian athletes
This segment is a notable look at WADA's challenges and failings overall, but the discussion of specific pressure on a WADA executive to back off from his comments about banning Russian athletes is particularly significant.
The IOC has apologized “to those who feel offended” and deleted a video and tweet celebrating the 1936 Berlin Olympics torch lighting
"We apologize to those who feel offended by the film of the Olympic Games Berlin 1936. We have deleted this film, which was part of the series of films featuring the message of unity and solidarity, from the @Olympics Twitter account."
How a GIF of Aly Raisman’s floor routine got me permanently banned from Twitter
I thought the only people to get permanently banned from Twitter were Leslie Jones’ online bully and terrorists. Apparently those...
Reporter who broke Pat Hickey story has IOC credential revoked
On Wednesday morning, Brazilian journalist Jamil Chade broke the news that International Olympic Committee executive Pat Hickey had...
IOC executive issued arrest warrant for scalping Olympics tickets
A high-ranking Olympic official was issued an arrest warrant for illegally selling tickets for the 2016 Rio Olympic...
Olympic Channel to launch right after Rio Olympics ends
The IOC’s Olympic Channel is hoping it can use momentum from August’s Rio Games to get its free...
