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USOC inks revenue sharing deal with IOC

U.S. Olympic Committee inked a revenue-sharing deal with the International Olympic Committee that puts to end a long-standing dispute between the organizations and could result in a U.S. bid for 2022 or 2024 games. The financial agreement was announced today via telephone press conference with IOC president Jacques Rogge and USOC chairman Larry Probst, who [...]

Former IOC president dies

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Juan Antonio Samaranch’s final moments of consciousness were spent watching tennis — a fitting end for a person who was once one of the most powerful men in sports. The former president of the International Olympic Committee, who died Wednesday from cardiac arrest after being admitted to a hospital three days earlier, had been watching [...]

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