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The U.S. Olympic Committee is moving to revoke USA Gymnastics' status as the governing body for the sport at the Olympic level, a move that comes in reaction to an organization that has botched its own restructuring in the wake of a sexual abuse case involving former team doctor Larry Nassar. In an open letter to the gymnastics community Monday, USOC CEO Sarah Hirshland said "you deserve better" and that the challenges facing USA Gymnastics are more than it is capable of overcoming as currently constructed. Under its bylaws, the USOC has the power to review all matters related to...

After one of his three daughters detailed Nassar’s sexual abuse when she was 13 years old during her victim impact statement, Randall Margraves charged at Nassar before being blocked by the ex-doctor’s lawyer, Matthew Newburg, and restrained by three deputies, according to multiple reports.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Army has the Green Berets, while the Navy is known for the SEALs. Now, an elite branch of the U.S. Marine Corps will officially be known as Raiders. The Marines will rename several special operations units as Marine Raiders at a ceremony Friday, resurrecting a moniker made famous by World War II units that carried out risky amphibious and guerrilla operations. The exploits of the original Marine Raiders — who pioneered tactics used by present-day special forces — were captured in books and movies including "Gung Ho!" in 1943 and "Marine Raiders" in 1944. The...

DENVER -- The U.S. Olympic Committee chose Boston to bid for the 2024 Games in an attempt to bring the Summer Olympics to America after a 28-year gap. During a daylong meeting at the Denver airport, USOC board members chose Boston over Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, all of which have been lobbying to become the American choice for more than a year.

The United States may break with a controversial tradition and dip its flag to Britain's leaders at the opening ceremony for the London Olympics, U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) CEO Scott Blackmun said on Thursday.

If you want to understand why some conservatives were gleeful over Chicago's fourth-place finish in its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games - after President Obama and the first lady flew to Copenhagen to pitch the American city to the International Olympic Committee - consider this quote in the New York Times from Anita DeFrantz, an IOC member from the United States: "I hate the fact that these elegant people were here, and then our country got treated that way." These elegant people? So the other folks who didn't win for their cities are what? Slobs? You see...

For weeks, the United States Olympic Committee and the national sports governing bodies it oversees had settled into an uncomfortable truce. Despite a year of upheaval and conflict, the parties had agreed to set aside their differences in solidarity for Chicago’s bid to win the 2016 Summer Games. The truce ended as quickly as Chicago was dispatched from the race won by Rio de Janeiro. In surprisingly frank terms, a number of influential people in American Olympic sports questioned the performance of the U.S.O.C.’s new management team and said its two top executives were ill-equipped to navigate the insular world...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP)—Another award for Michael Phelps: The record-setting swimmer was chosen the U.S. Olympic Committee’s sportsman of the year on Thursday. All-around gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin and swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who won six medals in Beijing, tied in voting for sportswoman of the year. Erin Popovich was selected paralympian of the year and the U.S. men’s volleyball team, which won a gold medal in the aftermath of the attack and killing of coach Hugh McCutcheon’s father-in-law, was team of the year.

<p>LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democratic leaders have settled on a plan to give presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton 69 delegates and Barack Obama 59 as a way to get the delegates seated at the national convention.</p> <p>Clinton won the Jan. 15 Michigan primary and was to get 73 delegates under state party rules. Obama was to get 55 delegates.</p>

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Little Rock - "Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife and Fork" In the words Governor Huckabee, that's the key to becoming healthy and the name of his new book. The book is not a guide on how to lose weight, it's advice on how to get healthy and for the Governor, it's the beginning of a new adventure. Friends of the Governor gathered at the mansion to celebrate the upcoming release of his new book. (Governor Mike Huckabee) "I think it does have an appeal. People say what? Quit digging your grave with a knife and fork? But really...

The United States Olympic Committee has a message for its athletes: Go ahead and wave the flag.Reports out of the USOC media summit last week in New York said United States athletes would be told not to wave the flag at this summer's Athens Games because of anti-American sentiment in the region.The USOC has instructed US athletes on security details and proper behavior, but chief executive Jim Scherr said they were never told not to wave the flag. 'The United States Olympic Committee wants to make it absolutely clear that we have not--and will not--instruct our athletes to refrain from...

The U.S. Olympic Team is being warned not to wave the American flag, and to restrain patriotism during this summer's Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. According to a recent article in the London Daily Telegraph, "American athletes have been warned not to wave the U.S. flag during their medal celebrations...for fear of provoking crowd hostility and harming the country's already-battered public image." Of course, the teams and crowds of other nations will be allowed to flaunt their flags and boo our countrymen. But, for us Americans, the politically-correct officials of the U.S. Olympic Committee want to tell us all how...

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A federal judge Friday dismissed all charges against two former Utah Olympic executives on trial for bribery to bring the 2002 Winter Games to Utah.   "It offends my sense of justice. Enough is enough," U.S. District Court Judge David Sam said as he scolded the prosecution and asked how much taxpayer money was spent on the case. Tom Welch and Dave Johnson had been charged by the U.S. Justice Department (news - web sites) with masterminding a $1 million cash-for-votes scheme to entice international Olympic dignitaries to chose Salt Lake City over other...

U.S. Olympic officials confirmed for the first time today that American sprinter Jerome Young tested positive for steroids a year before winning a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games. The confirmation opens the way for international officials to reopen the case and possibly strip the U.S. 1,600-meter relay team of the gold. The case was examined by the IOC executive board during a review by the U.S. Olympic Committee of its drug-testing program from 1985 to 2000. USOC acting president Bill Martin said Young was one of 24 Americans who won Olympic medals after positive drug tests. IOC President...

LINCOLN, Neb. - For 29 years, furry white athletes competed in the Rat Olympics: the long jump, rope climb, tightrope walk, five-yard hurdles and weightlifting. Now, the U.S. Olympic Committee says the name for Nebraska Wesleyan University's annual behavioral learning rat competition must be changed because it infringes on its name, which is protected by federal law. The few authorized exceptions include the Special Olympics. So the United Methodist-affiliated school is holding a competition to change the name of the rat runoff. "While we're disappointed about changing the name, we hope others will enjoy the opportunity to participate in this...

Chief of U.S. Olympic Committee Quits Amid a Furor Over Ethics By RICHARD SANDOMIR [L] loyd Ward resigned yesterday as the chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee, two Olympic officials said. The resignation ended a two-month siege in which he resisted stepping down, despite having been punished for violating the organization's ethics code and criticized for his management record. One of the officials said that Ward cleaned out his office Friday night. Mr. Ward's resignation came less than a day after two United States senators, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Republican of Colorado, and Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska,...