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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has formed the Lake Placid-New York City Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Exploratory Committee to study the feasibility of a bidding for the 2042 Games — one that would combine Lake Placid’s Olympic legacy with New York City’s global platform. Lake Placid previously hosted the Olympic Winter Games in 1932 […]
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“We will no longer be comfortable being great.” That message was heard both directly and indirectly at the recent 2026 SportsTravel Road Trip in Colorado Springs. It was a line delivered by former Penn State football coach James Franklin after his Nittany Lions suffered a crushing one-point loss to Ohio State for the second consecutive […]
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Coming off a dominant performance at the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, the U.S. Para Nordic Ski Team has a new home with U.S. Ski & Snowboard. The U.S. Para Nordic Ski Team, which has been managed by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee since 2014, will be integrated into U.S. Ski & Snowboard and […]
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Even with all of the attention that has been focused on the two upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games hosted in the United States over the next decade, there was the reminder during this week’s USOPC Assembly in Salt Lake City that its athletes will be competing in Italy in the 2026 Winter Games in less […]
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In the coming months, the Salt Lake and Park City regions will host both the International Skating Union and International Luge Federation — part of a buildup of international events and federations putting ever-deepening roots in the home of the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. A SLC 2034 steering committee meeting noted one of […]
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Podium34, an initiative by the organizing committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, has raised in excess of $200 million toward its $300 million goal, more than eight years before the Games return to Utah. The effort marks the largest philanthropic campaign in support of hosting the Olympic and […]
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Robin Harris, Grace Latz and Sydney Barta will join the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s Collegiate Advisory Council as new members. Harris, executive director at the Ivy League, joins the council after at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, the Ivy League had the fourth-most athletes on Team USA with 51 athletes across 12 sports. As […]
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For the first time in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, LA28 will implement naming rights at competition venues for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. Comcast Squash Center at Universal Studios and Honda Center have been announced as the first branded venues for the LA28 Games. “From the […]
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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from women’s sports, announced Monday with a quiet change on the USOPC’s website and confirmed in a letter sent to national sport governing bodies overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issued by President Donald […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has announced that five UCHealth hospitals and clinics in southern Colorado, along with 100 clinics in the region, will serve as a national medical center for athletes who live and train in Colorado Springs. UCHealth’s Memorial Hospital Central is adjacent to the Olympic & Paralympic Training Center, where […]
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