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Jacques Rogge to meet with wrestling leader to discuss Olympics
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, under fire after the IOC's decision to drop wrestling from the Olympics on Tuesday, says he will meet with the head of wrestling's governing body to discuss ways the sport can fight to return to the...
Tags: Modern Pentathlon, Wrestling, Sports, International Olympic Committee
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O.J. Simpson held Super Bowl party in his prison cell
O.J. Simpson, serving a 33-year sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, had a problem many people had earlier this month: How to throw the best Super Bowl party. According to the New York Post, Simpson...
Tags: O.J. Simpson, Modern Pentathlon, Prisons, Sports, Football
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Advisor says Vince Young took out loan for $300,000 birthday party
Ronnie Peoples, a former financial advisor for former NFL quarterback Vince Young, said Young took out a seven-figure loan during the 2011 lockout in part because Young wanted to throw a $300,000 birthday party for himself. Peoples made the statement...
Tags: Buffalo Bills, Super Bowl, National Football League, Sports, Tennessee Titans
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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: Pentathlon Swimming, Modern Pentathlon, Summer Olympics, Sports, Track and Field
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World of wrestling reacts to IOC's decision to drop sport
The fallout from the International Olympic Committee's stunning decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Games beginning in 2020 has drawn outrage from wrestling officials and competitors around the world. Former Olympic champion Cael Sanderson of the...
Tags: Modern Pentathlon, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Wrestling, Olympic Games
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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: Services and Shopping, Modern Pentathlon, Summer Olympics, Sports Illustrated, Wrestling
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Elimination of Olympic wrestling shines light on IOC politics
As burning issues go in sports, the elimination of wrestling from the 2020 Olympics is a pilot light. What's more interesting is the strange politics and fractured logic that apparently still exist within the Olympic ruling body, the International...
Tags: Modern Pentathlon, Baseball, Sports, Softball, Elections
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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: Services and Shopping, Modern Pentathlon, Summer Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Sports
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Lionel Messi likely to end European career with FC Barcelona
Lionel Messi said on Thursday when he signed a two-year contract extension that he envisions playing only for FC Barcelona while in Europe. Messi, 25, also believes he'll end his playing days in Argentina. "I have said before that as far as Europe...
Tags: Soccer, Sports
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Lance Armstrong scandal: Head of UCI resigns from IOC committee
Pat McQuaid, the head of the International Cycling Union, has stepped down from a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. McQuaid is on the committee that is evaluating bids for the...
Tags: Summer Olympics, National Football League, Sports, International Cycling Union, Tom Brady
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Lance Armstrong scandal: Should cycling be dropped from Olympics?
Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong, a bronze medalist in the 2000 Games, is said to have admitted doping to Oprah Winfrey in an interview that will air later this week. Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss whether the International Olympic Committee...
Tags: Clean and Jerk, Cross Country Skiing, Tribune Company, Swimming, Sports
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IOC releases statement on stripping Lance Armstrong of Olympic medal
The International Olympic Committee released the following statement Thursday regarding its decision to strip Lance Armstrong of the bronze medal he received in 2000: "Following the recent decisions of [the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency] and the...
Tags: Sports, Cycling Trial, Olympic Games, Lance Armstrong, Road Cycling Time Trial
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