The Dow Chemical Company will partner with the International Olympic Committee as a TOP (The Olympic Partners) programsponsor through 2020. In signing its sponsorship, Dow becomes the official chemistry company for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England; the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia; the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; [...]
Continue reading …While the world focuses its attention to South Africa and the International Federation of Football Associations World Cup, Team USA athletes in other summer sports continue to battle global opponents with great success. Today’s Olympic Sports Scene included news on several athletic fronts: The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team earned a silver medal during the [...]
Continue reading …Ten years ago local attorney Scott Blackmun, who had been named interim CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, was passed over for the top job. Blackmun took the setback in stride, and moved on with his life. Meanwhile, the USOC became, in the opinion of many observers, a dsysfunctional mess. After a tumultuous year under [...]
Continue reading …The U.S. Olympic Committee will launch its second year of the “America Supports Team USA” initiative, which capitalizes on the patriotic period between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. The program will run Monday, May 31, through Saturday, July 31. Designed to enable Americans to be part of the Olympic mission, the campaign will [...]
Continue reading …The U.S. Olympic Committee plans to standardize sex-abuse-prevention guidelines for the national governing bodies of the various Olympic sports. Four-time Olympic cross country skier Nina Kemppel will lead a USOC task force, which expects to complete the project over the summer. Kemppel tells The Associated Press she hopes to produce a list of best practices [...]
Continue reading …Not even McDonald’s moves in without a sign. Renovation plans for the six-story U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters called for a number of impressive exterior features, any of which would have trumpeted the USOC’s presence. Among the building plans was a pedestrian bridge across Colorado Avenue to the city parking garage, Olympic-themed entertainment or retail on [...]
Continue reading …Brad Camp, who has served as CEO of USA Pentathlon, has stepped down amid speculation that the Olympic national governing body may move from Colorado Springs. His resignation came with little warning at the national governing body, said managing director and spokesman Rob Stull. Camp, a West Point graduate and the former CEO of USA [...]
Continue reading …Stephanie Streeter earned about $1 million as acting chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee in 2009, according to tax reports filed by the federation. The annual report recorded Streeter’s compensation as $1.006 million for 2009, which included $960,000 in salary and bonuses and $46,000 in benefits. The man she replaced, Jim Scherr, received [...]
Continue reading …Deloitte LLP has become the presenting sponsor of the U.S. Paralympic initiatives and community programs that serve injured military personnel and veterans. Deloitte will also assist with implementation of an annual conference that focuses on leadership and the expansion of paralympic programming nationally. The company also is the presenting sponsor of the Warrior Games, a [...]
Continue reading …Sports Business Daily reported last week that the USOC and Comcast have agreed to end last year’s agreement to launch an Olympic channel.
The decision to walk away from last year’s agreement to launch an Olympic channel, brings an end to the USOC’s nearly four-year effort to launch its own network.
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