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Outside
February 2006
Gordy Megroz |
Medal Heads A look at the talent pool for the 2006 Winter Olympics suggests that the U.S. may have the firepower to return to the top.   |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2002
Josh Elliott |
All Aboard You might be surprised at who's hopped on the Olympic snowboarding bandwagon... |
AskMen.com
Jonno Hill |
Gretchen Bleiler Interview We talked to Gretchen Bleiler about how she got into snowboarding in the first place, and when her Olympic dreams first started. |
Sports Central
August 7, 2012
Brad Oremland |
Olympics: Gymnastics is Not a Sport I still believe what I wrote almost a decade ago: "If you need judges from seven countries to vote on who won, your activity is not a sport." |
Outside
December 2009
Grayson Schaffer |
Gretchen Bleiler Bleiler, the 28-year-old from Aspen, Colorado, has been the dominant woman in snowboarding for the past half-decade, but she's entering this Olympic year as an underdog. |
Sports Illustrated
January 29, 2002
Tim Layden & Kostya Kennedy |
Seasonal Debate Forget the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics are tops... Put the Winter Games in deep freeze, the Summer Olympics are hot... |
Salon.com
February 16, 2002
King Kaufman |
Fixing figure skating would kill it Without the diva judges, the bad costumes and the chance for scandal, it's just a chili cookoff on ice... |
Salon.com
February 16, 2002
Kerry Lauerman |
Make Olympic skating judges accountable Awarding the Canadians the gold was a half-measure, but as long as figure skating is controlled by a bitchy sewing circle it won't be a real sport... |
Outside
January 2010
Ryan Krogh |
The Rise of Curling Enough with the beer jokes -- curling's quickly gaining on classic Olympic sports like skiing. |
Sports Illustrated
February 14, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
Dominoes continue to fall Changes must take place to ensure figure skating's integrity |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Olympic Athletes To Look For In Torino These skiers, skaters and sledders have an excellent chance of making their home countries proud by writing a page in the history books at the Winter Olympics February 2006. |
Salon.com
February 12, 2002
King Kaufman |
Dee-fense! It's missing in the Winter Olympics. But the Games have their moments, including a star-crossed pair of endearingly frumpy Canadians... |
Sports Illustrated
February 13, 2002 |
Figure skating's black eye Another controversial decision hurts the sport. Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were awarded the silver. |
AskMen.com
Will Brody |
Top 10: Former Olympic Sports There have been many sports that have been dropped over the years. Let's take a look at some of the Olympic sports of yesteryear. |
Sports Central
August 27, 2004
Eric Poole |
An Immodest Proposal It seems we can't get through an Olympics without having some sort of controversy over judging. That's because gymnastics are fundamentally flawed. |
Sports Illustrated
February 16, 2002
Mark Beech |
Ross Rebagliati: Snowboarding Olympic Highlight: In 1998 he won the giant slalom but was stripped of his gold medal by the IOC after he tested positive for marijuana; arbitrators reinstated him as champion |
Outside
November 2002
Eric Hagerman |
The Cool Sellout After its triumphant coming-out party in Salt Lake City, American snowboarding faces a bright future. Is that a good thing? |
Salon.com
February 13, 2002
King Kaufman |
Skategate A figure skating scandal rocks the Games and tragically overshadows some fantastic women's curling... |
Sports Central
February 25, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
For USA Hockey, Miracles Can Wait The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team was overrated. Plus, a debate about sports vs. non-sports. |
Salon.com
February 18, 2002
King Kaufman |
NBC shows its true colors You mustn't miss a minute of the Olympics, the network says, unless we can save a few bucks by you missing a whole day. Plus: Ohno, hockey and more... |
Sports Illustrated
August 16, 2000
Frank Deford |
Sydney Olympics must overcome The Sydney Olympics are a month away, so let's look at the problems they face in attracting their usual high degree of interest in the United States. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Best Olympic Events 2014 With so many events and a weird time difference, keeping up with what's on at the Olympics is daunting. We'll be featuring a daily list of the best events to watch. |
Outside
February 2002
Howard Berkes |
Let the Games Begin The just-in-time, let's-party, fear-no-evil Winter Olympics get ready to rip in the country that needs 'em now more than ever... |
Sports Central
February 17, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics TV Coverage Far From Golden Sports fans are not averse to watching Winter Olympics coverage, but trying to figure out NBC's television schedule has become a sport of Olympic proportions unto itself. |
Sports Central
August 14, 2012
Brad Oremland |
Thumbs Down For Olympic Coverage I mentioned last week that I didn't get into the Summer Olympics as much as usual this year. Much of the reason, I'm afraid, was NBC's television coverage of the London Games. |
Outside
December 2005
Justin Nyberg |
Going Down in History A new documentary takes on the snowboarding revolution and launches one of its own |
Sports Illustrated
September 27, 2001
Frank Deford |
Time out What does the current atmosphere mean for sports? |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Alex Hutchinson |
New Game Theory The surprising, fresh science behind the icy tracks, massive leaps and blistering speeds of the Winter Olympics. |
Sports Illustrated
February 19, 2002
Janet Maslin |
Medal Worthy NBC's two toughest jobs in broadcasting the Olympics have been guessing what will make the best broadcast and, more important, knowing when to leave well enough alone. So far the network is succeeding at both... |
Sports Illustrated
February 20, 2002
Rick Reilly |
Go Fourth ... and Disappear Win a medal in Salt Lake City, and you're treated like a returning astronaut. The rest of your life is just walking past smiling bouncers into the coolest parties and having the words "Olympic medalist" follow your name. Fourth place? Never heard of you... |
AskMen.com
Ken Galloway |
Fitness Interview: Shaun White No snowboarder is as decorated. No redhead is as nimble. |
Outside
June 2010
Jennifer L. Schwartz |
Teva Games 2010: Daniel Woods 20-year-old climber Daniel Woods finished a disappointing second at the Teva Mountain Games' IFSC Bouldering World Cup. But the Boulder, Colorado-based prodigy is the favorite at this June's World Cup, in Vail. |
Fast Company
February 2010
Anne C. Lee |
The Vancouver Olympics by the Numbers Let the Games Begin! More than 80 nations and 5,500 athletes and officials will participate in this year's Winter Games. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 6, 2006
James Aisner |
Winners and Losers at the Olympics Harvard Business School professor emeritus Stephen Greyser has been studying, teaching, and writing about the business of sports for over 30 years. Here, he discusses his perspectives on the the marketing aspects of the recent Turin Games. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Big Paydays In Extreme Sports Competing in extreme sports provides much more than an excuse for an adrenaline fix. The money up for grabs is pretty good. In fact, a few extreme athletes have become millionaires. |
Outside
February 2006
Josh Dean |
Cool Millions If you can rip, you might be blue-chip. Just ask Steve Astephen, the superagent who's turning action-sports |
Outside
January 2010
Alicia Carr |
Shaun White's Project X A short conversation with Shaun White, who discusses the halfpipe called Project X which was built just for him at Silverton Mountain. |
Sports Illustrated
August 23, 2002
Tim Layden |
Sport like it oughta be X Games athletes put competition and fans first. |
Sports Central
January 25, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics Athletes Face Double Standard Big media and corporate sponsorship of sporting events in the US have become as big a story these days as the sports and athletes they themselves sponsor, with nary an opportunity missed by advertisers and networks alike to promote themselves. |
Sports Illustrated
October 23, 2001
Brian Cazeneuve |
Winter Wonders With the 2002 Games approaching, here's what to expect -- from skaters to skeletons... |
Sports Central
September 1, 2004
Diane M. Grassi |
Olympics Coverage Fails U.S. Women's Teams Now that the 2004 Summer Olympic Games have come to a close, it might be the right time to evaluate the television coverage and the accessibility to view the sports U.S. fans most coveted during the Games. |
Outside
December 2008
W. Hodding Carter |
Memo to Michael Phelps Nice job in China, guy. Now could you turn your attention to saving swimming? |
Outside
August 2008 |
The Guide: Beijing Olympics 2008 The 15 things you must know about this year's Olympics in Beijing. |
Sports Central
August 8, 2012
Diane M. Grassi |
Shocker: Unsportsmanslike Conduct at Olympics The entire world is watching, and given the attention that the global media has recently dedicated to unethical behavior of certain Olympic athletes, sports fans could mistake it for a newly introduced Olympic sport of its own during these 2012 London Summer Games. |
Sports Central
August 25, 2008
Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses. |
InternetNews
February 10, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
NBC's Digital Olympics NBC partners with Google, Intel, Sun, Lenovo and Apple to provide Olympic coverage to an audience beyond the TV-viewing public. |
Salon.com
February 11, 2002
Gary Kamiya |
Red, white and wrong NBC's jingoistic provincialism is missing what the Olympics are all about -- but the Games will prevail... |
Sports Illustrated
April 6, 2000 |
Track is still big-time to some of us |
