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Chicago ousted in first vote for 2016 Olympics
L.A. Times Olympics BlogChicago was eliminated in the first round of International Olympic Committee voting, and Tokyo was eliminated in the second round, leaving Rio de Janeiro and Madrid in the running for the 2016 Summer Games. There were 95 votes in the...... -
Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Olympics
L.A. Times Olympics BlogAfter eliminating Chicago in the first round of voting, International Olympic Committee members have selected Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the site of 2016 Summer Games. This will be the first time the Olympics will be held in South America....... -
Coach Obama on his Olympic loss. Now, about the next game...
Top of the TicketFull text of the president's explanation for the IOC rejection.... -
White House puts on a brave face over Olympics loss
Top of the TicketSo the "O team," President and First Lady Obama (two, count ???em), and Oprah Winfrey failed to carry the day in Copenhagen, and the world???s athletes will samba their way to Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The real question is...... -
Obama loses gamble -- Chicago out of Olympics contention
Top of the TicketIn a stunner, the International Olympic Committee dropped Chicago from contention for the 2016 Summer Games in the first round of voting today. Tokyo was eliminated in the second round. No word yet from the White House, where President Obama...... -
Michelle Obama: Copenhagen Olympic politics just like Iowa caucuses
Top of the TicketIn 2008, voters in the Iowa Caucus -- famous for their quirky picks -- gave a little-known Democrat named Barack Obama his first victory, propelling him toward the White House. Now, First Lady Michelle Obama is in Copenhagen, stumping for...... -
NBC's Dick Ebersol: U.S. Olympic Committee needs 'real leaders'
L.A. Times Olympics BlogNBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol did not only blame the U.S. Olympic Committee for Chicago's humiliating first-round ouster in the voting for 2016 Summer Olympics host. When he spoke with me Friday a few hours after it happened, Ebersol also...... -
Michelle Obama goes for the gold in Copenhagen, wearing golden clothes
Top of the TicketIt was fitting symbolism for a first lady pitching her hometown as the site of the 2016 Olympics. As the Ticket reported earlier, First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a from-the-heart pitch for Chicago to the International Olympic Committee, talking about.... -
Obama on Chicago's Olympics bid: 'The most American of American cities'
Top of the TicketFull text of president's remarks to the International Olympics Committee in Copenhagen today.... -
What Michelle Obama told the International Olympic Committee about her Chicago (and father)
Top of the TicketFull text of her plea involving her late father and what the Games would have meant to him.... -
Obama, enroute to Denmark, hails Mahatma Gandhi
Top of the TicketFull text of U.S. president's message about the historic civil rights leader who advocated nonviolence.... -
Chicago's loss could be L.A.'s gain
L.A. Times Olympics BlogNow that the International Olympic Committee has snubbed Chicago and chose Rio de Janeiro to play host to the 2016 Summer Games, will the U.S. Olympic Committee try again to bring the Olympics to this country? How about to this......
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