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Mohamed Bin Hammam seeking to unseat Joseph 'Sepp' Blatter as FIFA president
The Fabulous ForumMohamed Bin Hammam, the 61-year-old Qatari who is president of the Asian Football Confederation, announced Friday that he will try to unseat Joseph "Sepp" Blatter as the president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body. Making the announcement in Kuala... -
Commissioner Don Garber says MLS is turning its back on FIFA's presidential election
The Fabulous ForumDon Garber, the commissioner of Major League Soccer, was at the Galaxy's game against New England in Carson on Sunday evening and at one point was asked where MLS stood on the upcoming FIFA presidential election. Mohamed bin Hammam, president...... -
Researchers at UC Davis find problems again with purity of imported olive oil
Money & CompanyThe food fight over the purity of extra virgin olive oil has boiled up again. The UC Davis Olive Center and the Australian Oils Research Laboratory released on Wednesday a second research report that found nearly three-quarters of the samples...... -
Swimmer Jessica Hardy after IOC ruling: London Calling?
The Fabulous ForumJessica Hardy’s long legal battle ended when it was determined that she will be eligible to compete for a spot in the 2012 Olympics in London. The Long Beach swimmer, who tested positive for a banned substance not long before...... -
Michelle Kwan to co-chair International Olympic Committee conference in L.A.
The Fabulous ForumThe Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games announced Thursday that figure skater Michelle Kwan, a five-time world champion, nine-time U.S. champion and twice an Olympic medalist, and movie producer Frank Marshall, a five-time Oscar nominee,... -
L.A. Galaxy to play Real Madrid at the Coliseum on July 16
The Fabulous ForumOn the same day that UEFA, European soccer's governing body, banned Real Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho for five Champions League games and fined him $73,000, the Galaxy announced Friday that it would play the Spanish club in a July 16...... -
ESPN's plan for NFL lockout is no plan; aggressive Olympics bid in works
Company TownA top ESPN executive told advertisers Tuesday he knows how the National Football League labor dispute will end. "They're going to play," said John Skipper, the cable sports empire's executive vice president of content. He then added wryly, "I don't...... -
Top 10 Twitter trends in 2010 announced
L.A. Times Tech BlogJustin Beiber, Pulpo Paul and the Gulf Oil Spill -- they're all on the Top Twitter Trends in 2010 list announced Monday. The list of the year's top 10 trending topics was complied from more than 25 billion tweets sent his year.... -
Sepp Blatter's joke isn't so funny to gay-rights activists
The Fabulous ForumFIFA President Sepp Blatter's apparent attempt at a joke regarding homosexual fans attending the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has infuriated gay-rights activists. Speaking at the launch of a post-2010 World Cup legacy project Monday in South Africa, Blatter... -
Philip Hersh: Bellingham leaves USOC a legacy of athlete support
The Fabulous ForumNow that Norm Bellingham has decided to step down on Feb. 11 after 4 1/2 years as chief operating officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee, it would be easy to remember his USOC career only for the outlandish compensation he...... -
Bud Greenspan dies at 84; Olympic documentarian
Bud Greenspan, award-winning filmmaker, writer, character and, arguably, the world's No. 1 fan of the Olympics, has died. He was 84.
Greenspan died Christmas Day at his home in New York City, his companion Nancy Beffa said. He had Parkinson's disease....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, International Military Interventions, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Minority Groups, Opera (genre)
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Wayne Collett dies at 60; UCLA sprinter won silver medal at '72 Olympics
Wayne Collett, a UCLA sprinter who won the silver medal in the 400 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympics but then was banished from the Games for failing to stand at attention on the medals platform, has died. He was 60.
Collett died Wednesday at St....Tags: Minority Groups, Multi-Sport Events, Petroleum Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, 2016 Olympic Games
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