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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...   |
Sports Illustrated
February 14, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
Dominoes continue to fall Changes must take place to ensure figure skating's integrity |
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 13, 2002
King Kaufman |
Skategate A figure skating scandal rocks the Games and tragically overshadows some fantastic women's curling... |
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... |
Salon.com
February 22, 2002
King Kaufman |
So, they're all gay, right? Former U.S. figure skating champion Rudy Galindo talks about the Salt Lake Olympics, the sport's effeminate image and the reactions to his coming out. And no, they're not... |
Salon.com
February 15, 2002
King Kaufman |
The puck starts here The Olympics: As Jamie and David take over the world, the hockey spotlight turns from the dominant U.S. women to the "Dream Team" men's tournament. |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
Winter Games top 10 For those who have had enough of the pairs figure skating controversy, here, in no particular order, is a very unofficial Jamie Sale-and-David Pelletier-free list of the top 10 moments/sports/athletes, good and bad, from the just-completed Winter Games... |
Sports Illustrated
May 7, 2002
E. M. Swift |
Figuring It Out How will skating get its house in order after the Salt Lake scandal? |
Sports Illustrated
February 15, 2002
E.M. Swift |
Yagudin steals the show Figure skating's focus returns to the ice |
Salon.com
February 22, 2002
Gary Kamiya |
Golden girl 16-year-old Sarah Hughes, who looks like America's composite babysitter, shocks the figure-skating world -- and bails out the beleaguered Olympic judges... |
Sports Illustrated
January 16, 2002
Rick Reilly |
Dirty Dancing For some reason, the people who run figure skating have gotten all crabby about the crotch. In fact at the beginning of this season the International Skating Union (ISU) instructed its pairs skating and ice dancing judges to deduct points for "undignified" movements... |
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
August 6, 2002
E.M. Swift |
Goldfellas An alleged fix at Salt Lake is the latest link between organized crime and Russian athletes. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
They Should Have Gotten the Gold Some great stocks have been robbed of their shiny medals. Is Microsoft now the one being robbed -- by the market? |
Sports Illustrated
September 22, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
Onward and upward Figure skater Sasha Cohen hopes to find her way onto future medal stands. |
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 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." |
Sports Illustrated
October 23, 2001
Brian Cazeneuve |
Winter Wonders With the 2002 Games approaching, here's what to expect -- from skaters to skeletons... |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
April 6, 2001
Brian Cazeneuve |
Familiar foes headed for showdown Here is a nomination for the best rivalry in Olympic sports: the U.S.-Canada women's ice hockey showdown that will simmer for the rest of the year and come to a boil at world championships or Olympic Games... |
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... |
Salon.com
February 14, 2002
Allen Barra |
I'm so outraged I could twirl! Something really ugly went down on the Olympic rink, and it wasn't just a Canadian skating costume... |
Sports Illustrated
February 22, 2002
E.M. Swift |
The golden child With nothing to lose, figure skater Sarah Hughes was simply terrific... |
AskMen.com
January 6, 2003
Matthew Ross |
2002 Sports Highlights: What A Year! It certainly was an eventful year in sports. There were controversies, triumphs and tragedies. But rather than focus on the tragedies, let's focus on the more entertaining aspects. Here is a look at some sports highlights of 2002. |
Sports Illustrated
March 27, 2001
E.M. Swift |
They Spun Gold Glittering performances lit up the World Figure Skating Championships... |
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. |
Salon.com
February 20, 2002
Allen Barra |
Righting past sporting wrongs The IOC decision to give Canada the figure skating gold shows us that we can all rewrite history... |
Sports Illustrated
February 21, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Canada's story can finally be gold In a few days Canada's Olympic hockey team has gone from a team that appeared overmatched and out of sorts to one that, essentially, needs only one tough win (over the U.S. v. Russia winner) to take the gold medal... |
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
March 5, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Left missing the five-ring distraction There'll be no Salt Lake City Olympics next year, or the year after that, or, in all likelihood, ever again in most of our lifetimes. Maybe that's why it has been so hard to let it go... |
AskMen.com
February 19, 2014
Michelle Magnan |
Meet The Olympian Who Gave A Teammate His Spot In The Race Canadian speed skater Gilmore Junio, gave up his spot in last week's 1,000-meter race to his teammate, Denny Morrison |
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
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 Illustrated
April 9, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Wow, Canada For so long we kept hearing how Canada's NHL teams weren't rich, pretty or talented enough to compete. For a while it looked as though only Canadians named Mario were worthy of our attention. Well, folks how do you like the nation now? |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
February 12, 2002
Richard Hoffer |
Snowboarding's crowning achievement Snowboarding is still not really mainstream at the Olympics. |
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 Illustrated
February 26, 2002
Rick Reilly |
The Gold Standard Sarah Hughes's Olympic gold medal in figure skating is the sweetest story in sports this century, and here's why... |
Sports Illustrated
August 7, 2002
Frank Deford |
Our sports mafia The desire to win at any cost exists the world over. |
Sports Illustrated
April 24, 2002
Frank Deford |
Warm Hockey Nights Order is restored as Canada's teams return to prominence... |
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. |
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... |
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2002
Kelley King |
Frozen Assets A new togetherness has the U.S. women's hockey team streaking toward the Games... |
Sports Central
March 2, 2010
Bob Ekstrom |
America Touched By a Different Midas For 30 years, I've have shied away from any Olympic hockey discussion. |
Job Journal
December 12, 2010
Robert Wilson |
Uncomfort Zone: Dial Down the Pressure In some situations, you get better results by not trying so hard. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
February 21, 2002
Frank Deford |
Judge not Lack of accountability for officials is the problem... |
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. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Strange Sports Scandals In light of the recent excavations by Operation Slapshot, which uncovered a bizarre NHL betting ring with connections to the mafia, here's a look back on some other unusual sports scandals. |
