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— December 23, 2015

A new cause to defend

Anti-Olympics activism leads to everything in the United States. According to the local press, one of the main players in the campaign opposing Boston's candidacy for the 2024 Games is coming... Read more "

— December 8, 2015

USOC teams up with Dentsu

The American Olympic Committee (USOC) wants to boost its marketing revenue. For this, it has just signed a partnership agreement with Dentsu Sports America, the American division of... Read more "

— October 30, 2015

USOC sued

Bad business. Since Thursday, October 29, the American Olympic Committee (USOC) has been the subject of legal action taken jointly by three athletes from the national taekwondo team. Kendra Gatt, Brianna... Read more "

— October 15, 2015

Olympians visiting Boston

Coincidence of the calendar. A little more than two months after Boston withdrew from the race for the 2024 Games, a delegation of American Olympic athletes is visiting this... Read more "

— September 28, 2015

Blackmun takes over for 6 years

Scott Blackmun, the executive director of the American Olympic Committee (USOC), is unanimous in his country. The USOC General Assembly, meeting last weekend in Colorado Springs,... Read more "

— July 22, 2015

Robert Wood joins the USOC

The US National Olympic Committee has a new member. Robert Wood, a former director of Dow Chemical, one of the historic sponsors of the Olympic movement, joins the board of directors of... Read more "

— May 18, 2015

Record year for the USOC

All is well for the US Olympic Committee. At least on the financial side. The USOC released its figures for fiscal year 2014 last Friday, a year marked by the Winter Games... Read more "

— December 30, 2014

Youth bonus

The American successes at the Sochi Games did nothing: the jury of journalists from the American agency Associated Press awarded its prize for female athlete of the year to... Read more "

— November 28, 2014

Winter at the show

The operation to seduce the United States into the Olympic movement is well underway. The American audiovisual group NBC, exclusive holder of the rights to the Games in the United States, announces record coverage of... Read more "

— November 25, 2014

Nike extends

The equipment manufacturer Nike will continue to dress the American Olympic teams until the Tokyo Games. His contract with the USOC, the American Olympic Committee, has been extended until the end of the year... Read more "