USA Swimming taps Meehan to run national team

USA Swimming has hired Greg Meehan as its national team managing director, giving the national governing body one familiar with the country’s top athletes.

LA28 program to increase Olympic quota spots

LA28 will mark the first time that women receive more than half of the quota spots in an Olympic Games after the IOC’s executive board approved changes to the sport program on Wednesday.

Champions 2025: Carol Stiff

In a room full of college sports administrators and coaches dressed in khakis and polos, Carol Stiff burst in wearing a hot pink pantsuit.

Stiff’s super impact at ESPN went beyond basketball

Carol Stiff’s work at ESPN is most evident in women’s basketball, particularly in college and the NCAA Tournament. But for most of her three decades with the network, she was responsible for programming other collegiate sports.

Speaking Of Carol Stiff …

“The foundation of what you’re seeing now in college sports was laid by Carol Stiff, period. Are there many others that were in there? Yes. But Carol did as much or more as anybody in the business and in the sports world.”

Shana Ferguson leaving USA Swimming for LA28

Shana Ferguson won’t become the permanent CEO of USA Swimming, but the interim leader of the organization will be staying in the movement.

Figure skating worlds head to Boston, tributes set

The ISU World Figure Skating Championships start in Boston today, marking a key moment of remembrance for a sport and club impacted by the tragedy of a mid-air collision between a commercial jet and Army helicopter two months ago. As the competition starts at TD Garden, here’s a look at what to know...

‘Proud that I could make her proud’

The significance of her win had yet to set in, but Kirsty Coventry drew the line through International Olympic Committee history.

Kirsty Coventry wins presidential election, becomes first woman to lead the IOC

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece -- For the first time in its 130-year history, the IOC will have a woman as its president.

Bach named honorary IOC president for life

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece -- Thomas Bach’s final session as president of the IOC became a victory lap, of sorts.