Olympics
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.
Milan-Cortina 2026 unveils $1.9B budget for Games
The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will have “an operating budget of about” $1.9B, a $112M increase from the previously stated amount. The budget “does not include construction of competition venues” like the $131M sliding center in Cortina d’Ampezzo and the new Santa Giulia ice hockey arena in ...
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.
LA28 eyes Huntington Beach for beach volleyball after unsuccessful talks with Santa Monica
The 2028 L.A. Games have been engaged in “ongoing conversations with representatives of Huntington Beach” as they “look for a home for the Olympic Games beach volleyball competition after the local organizing committee broke off negotiations with Santa Monica,” according to Scott Reid of the ORANGE ...
Santa Monica, LA28 end talks to host volleyball
Formal talks between the city of Santa Monica and the 2028 L.A. Games organizing committee about hosting Olympic beach volleyball “have ended.” Santa Monica State Beach was “tabbed to be the L.A. home for Olympic beach volleyball since the organizing committee’s first bid in 2016.” But city official...
Demand remains high for tix to Milan-Cortina Games
General ticket sales for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will “resume” on Tuesday, with “demand seen high despite the cost involved.” The lowest ticket price will be $32.90 (all figures U.S.), while “57% of tickets will be sold at prices of up to” $109.36. For the 2024 Paris Games, around 50%...
France to possibly explore other sites to host 2030 Winter Games events
France’s plans for the 2030 Winter Olympics “may be changing to include events held in other European countries,” according to Lisa Riley Roche of the DESERET NEWS. A post on a French language website that follows the Olympics and international sport -- FrancsJeux.com -- had a headline last week tha...
NBC vet Jim Bell joins 2028 LA28 media team as SVP
Former NBC veteran executive JIM BELL has been “quietly working” for the 2028 L.A. Games “over the past few months” as SVP of the media team, according to John Ourand of PUCK. His role “involves everything from” overseeing operations for broadcasters and credentialed press, to dealing with the right...
Goodell talks NFL player participation in LA28 flag football
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday said that the idea of NFL players competing in flag football in the 2028 L.A. Games has “been a popular topic among the league’s players” and suggested that it “was likely to happen,” according to Stephen Holder of ESPN.com. Goodell at the NFL’s annual meeti...
NBC Sports hires Prime Video’s Betsy Riley in Olympic production role
Betsy Riley, a 2024 SBJ Game Changer, is coming home to NBC Sports. The company named Riley SVP and coordinating producer, NBC Olympics. She’ll head up production of the Olympic primetime show, starting with Milan Cortina in 2026.
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