They were to gather at Saturday’s Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame induction to share hugs, swap tales and take bows for having brought a national title to Baltimore in 1994. Back then, a septet of girls from the North Baltimore Aquatic Club — some still in middle school — stunned their college-age...
Three-time Olympic champion snowboarder Shaun White has apologized for a Halloween costume that drew criticism from the Special Olympics. White recently posted and then deleted an Instagram photo showing himself dressed as “Simple Jack,” a character with disabilities from the 2008 movie “Tropic...
Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. In a statement issued late Wednesday night, the Walker County district...
Mary Bono’s tenure as the interim president of USA Gymnastics is already over. Bono, who was appointed to the position Friday, resigned Tuesday after an ugly first weekend marred by criticism for a controversial tweet about Colin Kaepernick. Shortly after the announcement that Bono would replace...
By the time they reached Mexico City in October 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were representing a country being torn apart. The Vietnam War, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., and Bobby Kennedy, riots outside the Democratic convention in Chicago and growing unrest over centuries...
Aly Raisman took to social media Monday to blast a recent decision by USA Gymnastics to hire former Congresswoman Mary Bono as the reeling organization's interim president and chief executive officer. The Olympic gold medalist pointed out Bono's connection to a law firm that Raisman said helped...
Olympic champion Simone Biles is upset about an anti-Nike tweet from USA Gymnastics interim president and CEO Mary Bono. Bono was appointed Friday to hold the position while USA Gymnastics searches for a permanent successor to Kerry Perry, who resigned under pressure from the United States Olympic...
The International Olympic Committee has three official candidates to host the 2026 Winter Games and a new timetable to pick the winner. Now the Olympic body needs to overcome "bad faith" — of local people and activists who believe staging the games is too expensive — to ensure all three candidates...
The organizers of the 2018 Winter Olympics have claimed that, in the final accounting, they generated a surplus of at least $55 million from the February sporting event. At an International Olympic Committee session in Buenos Aires, Pyeongchang 2018 officials said they had reached $2.245 billion...
The price tag keeps soaring for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite local organizers and the International Olympic Committee saying that spending is being cut. A report just released by the national government's Board of Audit shows Japan is likely to spend $25 billion to prepare the games, and the...
Fifty years ago, this country experienced one of the most unforgettable years as part of maybe the most tumultuous decade in American history. On October 12, 1968, the historic 19th Olympic Games began in Mexico City. The Mexico City games were the first in Latin America and the first to be held...
Nearly three years after Russia came under scrutiny for a massive doping scandal, international anti-doping authorities have taken a controversial step toward restoring the embattled nation’s status in the sporting world. The World Anti-Doping Agency ignored protests from around the globe in voting...