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Retired Gen. Martin Dempsey is returning as USA Basketball chair through 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
The Associated Press | Posted Oct. 23 - 11:13 a.m. | Save Story
Retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is returning as chairperson of USA Basketball through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where the American women will seek a ninth consecutive gold medal and the men will seek a sixth straight title. Dempsey served in the military for 41 years, retiring in 2015. He has chaired USA Basketball's board since 2016. USA Basketball announced his re-election on Wednesday. Dempsey is a former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Barack Obama.
Former captain Antoine Dupont back with France for autumn rugby tests
The Associated Press | Posted Oct. 23 - 9:21 a.m. | Save Story
Fresh from winning the Olympic rugby sevens title this summer on home soil, France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont has been named in Fabien Galthié's squad for the autumn tests. The France coach has also selected eight uncapped players in his group of 42. France will take on Japan, New Zealand and Argentina next month. Dupont has not played for the France XV since the World Cup quarterfinal loss to South Africa in October last year. The mercurial playmaker skipped the Six Nations and switched his attention from the traditional 15s format to rugby sevens in March to chase his once-in-a-lifetime chance to win an Olympic gold medal on home soil.
A new sport at the Los Angeles Olympics may be headed to the East Coast. Here's why
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 21 - 10:04 p.m. | Save Story
Matches in one of the newest sports at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, cricket, likely will be played on the East Coast.
How athletes and officials were protected from cyberbullies during the Paris Olympics
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 20 - 8:22 p.m. | Save Story
More than 10,200 online posts and comments about athletes and officials participating in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris were deemed abusive through what the International Olympic Committee is calling "the largest and most comprehensive service of its kind in sports history."
UK Olympic cycling hero Chris Hoy reveals terminal cancer diagnosis
The Associated Press | Updated Oct. 20 - 4:43 a.m. | Save Story
Chris Hoy, who won six gold medals while competing for Great Britain at four Olympic Games, has revealed that he is suffering from terminal prostate cancer. Hoy, 48, made the announcement in an interview with Britain's Sunday Times newspaper that precedes the publication of his memoir next month. The retired track cyclist had previously said he was undergoing cancer treatment without discussing details of his diagnosis.
Russian Olympic Committee president to step down. Neutral athletes competed at Paris Games
The Associated Press | Updated Oct. 15 - 10:47 a.m. | Save Story
The president of the suspended Russian Olympic Committee plans to step down after six years in charge. Stanislav Pozdnyakov's statement comes just over two months after a delegation of 15 Russians competed at the Paris Olympics as "Individual Neutral Athletes" without the national flag or anthem. The athletes did not represent the ROC and Pozdnyakov had been sharply critical of the neutral rules. Pozdnyakov says a board meeting next month is expected to set a date to elect his replacement.
Jerry West becomes first three-time inductee as Carter and Billups enter basketball's Hall of Fame
Brian Mahoney, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 14 - 5:59 a.m. | Save Story
Jerry West has made history by becoming the first three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. This honor for West, who died in June at 86, was for his work as a contributor, largely recognizing the eight championships he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win as an executive. He had already been inducted for his playing career with the Lakers, and then again in 2010 as a member of the 1960 U.S. team that won an Olympic gold medal. Michael Cooper, another of West's former Lakers players, also was enshrined Sunday as part of the 13-member class led by Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups.
Sebastian Coe tells AP his run to be IOC president might not be such a longshot after all
Eddie Pells, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 11 - 1:06 p.m. | Save Story
A common observation about Sebastian Coe's lifetime of going against the grain is that it makes him more of a thorn in the side of the International Olympic Committee than an ideal candidate to become its next president. The 68-year-old gold-medal runner who went on to lead the 2012 London Olympic Committee and, then, World Athletics isn't so sure of that. Coe is among the seven candidates to replace Thomas Bach next year. In an interview with The Associated Press, he said he's banking on the idea that IOC members could be ready to have a bigger say in what he calls "a reset in the movement around sports."
IOC sets January date for seven presidential candidates to woo Olympic voters
The Associated Press | Posted Oct. 10 - 3:05 a.m. | Save Story
The International Olympic Committee has set a Jan. 30 date for its key presidential election meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. It's where the seven candidates will present their ideas to voters ahead of the election at a March 18-21 meeting in Greece. The closed-doors meeting at IOC headquarters is the only set-piece campaign event in perhaps the most discreet and secretive election in world sports. The candidates are Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. of Spain, Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, Sebastian Coe of Britain, David Lappartient from France, Morinari Watanabe of Japan and Johan Eliasch from Sweden.
Olympic hockey at the Delta Center? How the 2034 Winter Games venues are already changing
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 9 - 5:32 p.m. | Save Story
The head of Utah's next Olympics wasn't expecting Utah Hockey Club owner Ryan Smith to announce a venue change for the 2034 Winter Games.
Bill introduced to award 1980 'Miracle On Ice' US hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals
Stephen Whyno, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 8 - 10:31 a.m. | Save Story
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team. Minnesota Congressman Pete Stauber introduced the Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act along with co-sponsors Elise Stefanik from New York, Mike Quigley from Illinois and Bill Keating from Massachusetts. Stauber says he will work hard to get the bill passed quickly. February marks the 45th anniversary of the Americans beating the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to the gold medal on home ice in Lake Placid.
Simone Biles' post-Olympic tour is helping give men's gymnastics a post-Olympic boost
Will Graves, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 3 - 9:11 a.m. | Save Story
Gymnastics star Simone Biles is giving the men's side of the sport a welcome boost. Several members of the U.S. men's Olympic team that captured bronze in Paris have joined Biles for her post-Olympic tour. Biles says the decision to include men was designed to show fans of the women's side of the sport what the men's side has to offer. Interest in men's gymnastics is spiking after the Paris Games, which could use some help as support at the NCAA level wanes. The Gold Over America Tour runs through early November.
Ticket prices for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics range from 30 to nearly 3,000 euros
The Associated Press | Posted Oct. 3 - 9:07 a.m. | Save Story
Ticket prices for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics range from 30 euros ($33) for men's and women's hockey preliminary games all the way up to nearly 3,000 euros ($3,300) for the most costly seats at the closing ceremony inside Verona's Arena amphitheater. The most expensive sports event is the men's hockey final with prices ranging from 450 to 1,400 euros ($500 to $1,545). Local organizers have announced that more than 20% of the tickets for the games in February, 2026, are available for under 40 euros ($44) and more than half (57%) ate priced at under 100 euros ($110).
Japanese sponsors Toyota, Bridgestone and Panasonic end Olympic contracts
Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 1 - 6:48 p.m. | Save Story
are terminating their contracts. TThis leaves the IOC without a Japanese sponsor with the focus now expected to shift to the Middle East and India for new sponsorship income. Japanese sponsors have turned away from the Olympics, likely related to the one-year delay in holding the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The delay reduced sponsors' visibility with fans not allowed to attend competition venues, ran up costs, and unearthed a myriad corruption scandals around the Games.
Here's what the world's Olympic leader said about Romney
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 1 - 9:06 a.m. | Save Story
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney wasn't at a celebration of the 2034 return of the Winter Games held during International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach's visit last week, but he still received "very special thanks" for leading the state's last Games more than two decades ago.
Could a doping probe strip Salt Lake City of the 2034 Olympics? The IOC president says it's unlikely
Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 29 - 4:11 a.m. | Save Story
The International Olympic Committee president is hoping to ease worries that Salt Lake City could lose the 2034 Winter Olympics if organizers don't fulfill an agreement to play peacemaker between anti-doping authorities. Thomas Bach on Saturday downplayed the gravity of a termination clause the IOC inserted into Salt Lake City's host contract in July that threatens to pull the 2034 Games if the U.S. government does not respect "the supreme authority" of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Utah bid leaders have agreed to the IOC's conditions to avoid delaying the much anticipated announcement. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chairman says he doesn't agree with public perception that the late change to the host contract was a strong-arm tactic.
Kopecky successfully defends her women's road race title at cycling worlds
The Associated Press | Posted Sept. 28 - 9:31 a.m. | Save Story
Lotte Kopecky has successfully defended her title at the women's road race at the cycling world championships after beating her rivals in a six-way sprint finish. The 28-year-old Belgian rider timed her attack to fend off American rider Chloé Dygert and Italian Elisa Longo-Borghini. The 154-kilometer trek from Uster to Zurich featured a short but steep climb, while the rainy conditions made descents even more precarious. Kopecky won in just over four hours. Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel will be among the favorites in the men's road race on Sunday.
Canadian Olympic swimming champion Maggie Mac Neil announces retirement
The Associated Press | Posted Sept. 26 - 3:47 p.m. | Save Story
Canadian Olympic swimming champion Maggie Mac Neil is retiring. The gold medalist in the women's 100-meter butterfly at Tokyo's Summer Games in 2021 announced the move on social media Thursday. The 24-year-old from London, Ontario, earned a complete set of medals in Tokyo after helping relay teams to silver and bronze medals. Mac Neil's five gold medals at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, were the most by a Canadian athlete at a single Pan Am Games.
