Tag: Winter Olympics
The Swiss Olympic Committee Would Like To Host A Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City is the only viable candidate for the 2030 Winter Olympics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZeTRaSi16M
The Swiss National Olympic Committee is looking into the possibility of hosting...
New Zealand Is Not Bidding For A Winter Olympics In The...
Former New Zealand Olympic Committee vice-president Bruce Ullrich thinks New Zealand should bid for the Games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wluo6A6adnI
When a discussion of where a Winter Olympics should...
Forty-Three Years After The Miracle On Ice, Lake Placid Still Seeks...
New York State wants to make it a winter destination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29QdAW8nE3E
New York State recently spent $200 million in an attempt to make Lake Placid a...
EXPLAINER: The Winter Games, a different kind of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The first so-called modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens. But the inaugural Winter Olympics were not held until 1924...
Ukraine Planning A Winter Olympics Bid
The next available Winter Olympics.is in 2030.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqJmNrcyCqE
It appears that Ukraine really wants to host a Winter Olympics and that Ukrainian officials are ready to...
Australia On The Fast Track To Get The 2032 Summer Olympics
All you need is cash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slsoKfjG2oE
The 19th century American showman Phineas T. Barnum probably never said “there’s a sucker born every minute” but whoever came...
Winter Star: A ‘huge resounding’ success: Shiffrin medals in all 4...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — An ear-to-ear smile. No regrets. And another medal wrapped around her neck.
What a refreshing sight it was to see...
Salt Lake City Olympics Backers May Have Competition In Landing The...
No slam dunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WRIUPY656g
There are a number
of people in Salt Lake City and in Utah who think the 2030 Winter Olympics is
theirs for the asking....
A Television Deal Ended The First XFL In 2001
TV will be important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8pWxcijOs
On May 10, 2001, Vince McMahon announced that his football creation, the XFL, was closing up shop. There are...
Does Anyone Want The 2026 Winter Olympics?
It appears that the backers of the 2026 Sapporo, Japan Winter Olympics bid really don’t want to go ahead with the bid. The Sapporo backers may want to try to land the 2030 Winter Games but there really isn’t much of an explanation as to why the group is seeking a delay.