From Jousting To Juicing
Here’s a collection of our Rio 2016 posts, all in one place.
* A Plea: Make Jousting An Olympic Sport.
* Does Practice Make An Olympian? No.
* U.S. Ping Pong Prodigy Ready For Rio.
* On Eve Of Olympics, Top Investigator Details Secret Efforts To Undermine Russian Doping Probe.
* Chicago 2016 Spokesman, Now With USOC, Assures Us That Multimillion Dollar Donation From Scandal-Tainted Businessman Had Nothing To Do With Exclusive Rio Ticketing Contract.
* The Surprising Places The 5 New Olympic Sports Announced For Tokyo 2020 Could Lead Us.
* Competitive Climbing Could Reach Olympic Level.
* Tokyo 2020 Olympics Beset By Corruption Investigations.
* The Pie Olympics.
* How Do Olympic Athletes Pay The Electric Bill?
* Match-Fixing Allegations Now Hit Wrestling.
* How Do Archers Resist Firing Arrows At Everyone In The Spectator’s Gallery.
* NBC Sells $1 Billion In Ads For Rio Olympics.
* WGN-TV’s Pat Tomasulo Reports On The Olympics International Athletic Competition Run By One Of The Most Corrupt Organizations In The World.
* When USA Gymnastics Turned A Blind Eye To Sexual Abuse.
* How The IOC Effectively Maintains A Gag Order On Nonsponsors Of The Olympics.
* Sexism In Olympics Coverage.
* With Skateboarding’s Inclusion In Tokyo 2020, A Once-Marginalized Subculture Enters The Spotlight.
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Posted on August 26, 2016