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Michelob Ultra Named Exclusive Beer Sponsor of Team USA for LA28 Games

Anheuser-Busch has announced that Michelob Ultra has become the exclusive beer sponsor of Team USA for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Paris, 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milan Cortina and will be the Official Beer Sponsor of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. “We are thrilled to announce Team […]

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Frank del Duca, Adrian Adams, Martin Christofferson, Manteo, Mitchell, of The United States, start their four-man bobsled World Cup race in December 2022, in Lake Placid, New York. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Lake Placid Proposes to Host 2026 Winter Olympic Bobsled, Luge and Skeleton Events

The New York State Olympic Regional Developmental Authority has proposed that the sliding events of bobsled, luge and skeleton for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games be held in Lake Placid, New York, as a solution to the long-running drama in Italy. “Our commitment to managing, marketing, maintaining, and providing top-notch facilities for training and competitions […]

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Lois Garlow of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team heads toward the sideline during a match against Canada at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2022. Members of the Haudenosaunee are hopeful they will have a chance to play the sport their people invented when lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Paul Newberry)

White House Supports Indigenous Lacrosse Team for 2028 Olympics

A push to allow the Haudenosaunee Nationals to compete as its own team in lacrosse at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles received a major endorsement when President Joe Biden announced Wednesday at the White House Tribal Nations Summit a push to allow the Indigenous nation that invented lacrosse to play under its own […]

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2024 U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials Awarded to Eugene

The 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field will be held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA Track & Field and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee have announced. The Trials will take place from June 21­–30 at the University of Oregon and will serve as the Team USA selection event for the […]

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LA28 Sports Program Additions Indefinitely On Hold

The announcement of proposed additions to the LA28 program has been postponed indefinitely, said U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Sarah Hirshland, who sits on the IOC program commission. Hirshland’s spot on the commission does not mean she is involved in the discussions between LA28 and the International Olympic Committee, instead focusing on […]

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Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics to Hold Hearing

The Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics will hold a public hearing on Capitol Hill on “The Future of Olympic and Paralympic Sports in America” on September 6 with a variety of witnesses scheduled to testify including U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Sarah Hirshland, U.S. Center for Safe Sport […]

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USOPC Board Gives Updates on Several Olympic Topics

The International Olympic Committee’s deferral on a final decision about the eligibility for Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games leaves international federations like the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee watching and waiting to see on developments like everybody else. “The decision [the IOC have] made is really a recommendation to […]

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USOPC Receives $10 Million Gift to Improve Mental Health Program

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, in partnership with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, has announced that Yucca and Gary Rieschel have committed $10 million in support of Team USA’s mental health program. The donation, made through The Rieschel Family Foundation, is the largest standalone gift in foundation history. “We are immeasurably […]

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USOPC Announces New Leadership, Members of Collegiate Advisory Council

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has named Stanford Athletics Director Bernard Muir as the new chair of the USOPC Collegiate Advisory Council to replace Duke’s Kevin White, a longtime chair and retired USOPC board member who held the appointment from 2017-2022. The​ USOPC also announced Iowa State’s Jamie Pollard as a new council […]

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USOPC Chief Executive Officer Sarah Hirshland, left, and Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games Chief Executive Officer Fraser Bullock chat with the media in February 2023 at the state capitol building in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Utah Legislature Passes Bills for Future Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games

The Utah state legislature and senate both unanimously approved a pair of bills on Thursday in the latest step toward the Salt Lake City region hosting a future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games after a morning of meet-and-greets with executives from the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games and United States Olympic and Paralympic […]

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