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A new revenue-sharing deal reached this week between the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee could pave the way to a second Second City bid -- perhaps for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Chicago, of course, was dealt a ...
May 25, 2012 at 19:53 | Source: Huffington Post
LONDON, May 26 (UPI) -- Thousands of tickets to London Olympics events that went on sale this week had not been sold three days later, officials said. Some of the tickets were to events like beach volleyball, boxing and basketball that are ...
May 26, 2012 at 23:55 | Source: United Press International
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — When the Qatari sprinter Noor al-Malki makes her debut at the London Olympics, she will not be among those contending for a medal. Breaking her own national record in the 100 meters will be enough of a prize. But even this ...
May 26, 2012 at 20:13 | Source: New York Times
We've discussed a number of times how ridiculously over-aggressive the Olympics can be when it comes to anything close to an IP issue -- even to the point where it gets host cities to agree to pass exceptional IP laws that only apply to issues ...
May 24, 2012 at 18:06 | Source: Tech Dirt
An anarchist group that claimed responsibility for sabotaging railway signal cables in Britain is threatening to wage a 'low-intensity war' against the London Olympics. The sabotage, in which protective concrete slabs were lifted and the cables set on fire ...
May 26, 2012 at 23:19 | Source: Daily Mail
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Becky Hammon hopes that the Olympics will be a little less stressful for her. Hammon will once again play for the Russian women’s basketball team at the games this summer in London. She created a stir in 2008 when she ...
May 26, 2012 at 00:32 | Source: Boston Herald
Everyone knows the London Olympics is going to be an advertising shit-show. But a full understanding of the Olympics' all-enveloping corporate embrace requires a trip into the "Brand Exclusion Zone," a desolate region of London where only Official Olympic ...
May 24, 2012 at 22:31 | Source: Gawker
DENVER (AP) -- Now that they've made peace with their international partners on the financial front, leaders at the U.S. Olympic Committee must decide whether to try to bring an upcoming Olympics to America. The key to that decision will be ...
May 26, 2012 at 19:23 | Source: CNN Sports Illustrated
The conversation about Chicago hosting a Summer Olympics is being revived after one of the biggest hurdles to a U.S.-based games was overcome this week. The International and U.S. Olympic committees agreed Thursday to a revised deal for sharing ...
May 26, 2012 at 14:44 | Source: Chicago Tribune
Olympics organizers are doing what they can to eliminate competition for their sponsors. Too much maybe? Several media outlets are making sport of the London Olympics' so-called "Brand Exclusion Zone" in Olympic Park and general uptightness ...
May 25, 2012 at 21:26 | Source: Huffington Post