Refine Search

  •  
  •  
Tulsa might make run at 2024 Summer Olympics

...acknowledge the idea is a bit far-fetched, but Tulsa was among several small cities that received letters from the U.S. Olympic Committee asking whether they might be interested in hosting the games."Some people think of Tulsa as a flyover, Dust...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2013-04-27/tulsa-might-make-run-202
Wrestling can learn from flashy mixed martial arts

...promotion companies took to success."Some of the things that wrestling has been criticized (for) by the U.S. Olympic Committee are the very things that mixed martial arts, the UFC, Bellator (MMA) and others do very, very well...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-04-11/wrestling-can-learn-
Overtime

Masters Tournament champion Bubba Watson and golf equipment maker Ping presented $250,000 to the Phoenix Children's Hospital on Thursday for the construction of Arizona's first pediatric gait lab.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2012-12-20/overtime
US wrestlers blindsided by Olympic ouster

...tradition of wrestling, and its popularity and universality, we were surprised when the decision was announced," U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun said. "It is important to remember that today's action is a recommendation, and we hope...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2013-02-12/us-wrestlers-blindsided-
IOC drops wrestling from the Games

Wrestling is dropped from Olympics starting with the 2020 Games.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2013-02-12/ioc-drops-wrestling-game
Olympic wrestling fights back after being dropped for 2020 Games

...is clearly in total opposition to the history of the Olympic Games and of sports in general."On Tuesday, U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun questioned the IOC decision "given the history and tradition of wrestling, and its popularity...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2013-02-13/olympic-wrestling-fights-back-aft
Team USA brings back berets for opening ceremony

Berets are back for the U.S. Olympic team.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2012-07-10/team-usa-brings-back-ber
Lance Armstrong gets more time to contest charges

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday granted Lance Armstrong an extension of up to 30 days to contest drug charges while the seven-time Tour de France winner challenges the case in federal court.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-07-11/lance-armstrong-gets
Lawmakers outraged US Olympic uniforms are made in China

WASHINGTON - Uni­forms for U.S. Olympic athletes are American red, white and blue - but made in China.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-12/lawmakers-outraged-us-olym
Lawmakers outraged US Olympic uniforms are made in China

Republicans and Demo­crats railed Thursday about the U.S. Olympic Committee's decision to dress the team in Chinese manufactured berets, blazers and pants.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-07-12/lawmakers-outraged-us-olym