OP Ed: USOC Strengthening International Image

By USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny There is no mistaking that politics, geopolitical alliances, and relationships often influence the direction and decisions within the international Olympic Movement, resembling a microcosm of the United Nations model. In as much, we find ourselves sensitive to the cultural and philosophical nuances that can divide us and seek those [...]

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Op Ed: U.S. Recipe for 2028 Olympics

(ATR) The U.S. Olympic Committee takes the first steps in what will be an 18-year journey to the 2028 Olympics – the next time the Summer Games could possibly return to the U.S. The hiring of Scott Blackmun as chief executive of the USOC last week has been greeted warmly in the U.S. and internationally. Well-regarded [...]

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Op Ed: Optimism for New USOC CEO

“There are no second acts in American lives,” said F. Scott Fitzgerald. Scott Blackmun has proven the famous American writer wrong with the announcement by the United States Olympic Committee that the gifted Colorado Springs attorney is the new Chief Executive Officer of the 115-year-old organization, charged with the task of directing our nation’s Olympic [...]

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Op Ed: Rio 2016 Olympics Certain Seven Years Ago

This week’s election of a host city for the 2015 Pan American Games brings back memories of the contest for the 2007 Pan Ams in which Rio de Janeiro beat the bid from San Antonio, Texas. Plenty of lessons that the U.S. didn’t learn from that defeat that might have helped Chicago –such as don’t [...]

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