2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (503+ words) " THE RAMONA WINDS " It was blowing out in Ramona, Oklahoma, the favorite wind tunnel for discus throwers from around the world on Thursday at the Oklahoma Throws World Invitational on Thursday! After Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna got a world record 75. 56 m…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (170+ words) " TSX CALENDAR " Spring is here and sports are exploding everywhere, with the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan Cortina already a memory. So it's time for the most comprehensive schedule anywhere of Olympic-program sports and events to be available " all in…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (520+ words) [Nick Patsaouras was president of the Southern California Rapid Transit District during the 1984 Olympic Games, and parts of this comment are drawn from his 2024 book, The Making of Modern Los Angeles (ORO Editions). His opinions, are, of course, solely his…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1048+ words) " HUMAN RIGHTS & PROCUREMENT " A long-delayed release of the LA28 organizing committee's Human Rights Strategy document came Tuesday evening (7th) in a City of Los Angeles document notice, linking to a 35-page report submitted on 19 December 2025. The document was due by 31 December 2025 under…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (866+ words) " THE 5-RING CIRCUS " " Olympic Games 2016: Rio de Janeiro " There was a major fire at the Olympic velodrome on Wednesday, requiring a major response. Rio Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere told reporters, "The structure of the velodrome itself is preserved and the track…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1431+ words) " THE 5-RING CIRCUS " " Olympic Games 2028: Los Angeles " With the LA28 organizers opening ticket sales last week for Southern California and Oklahoma City residents and for worldwide sale this week, there's a story worth reading about one person's Paris 2024 experience. Torched. la…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (395+ words) " RODRIGUEZ'S LETTER " "With just 830 days remaining until the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the City of Los Angeles still lacks clear, enforceable protections over hundreds of millions of dollars in public exposure. "This is not a minor gap; it is a…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (524+ words) " STEERING COMMITTEE " Tuesday's meeting of the Utah 2034 organizing committee's Steering Committee did not have any splashy announcements, but confirmed continuing, behind-the-scenes progress on the organization of the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Games. There was a lot of discussion about the learning…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (679+ words) " ASSEMBLY HEARING " A second meeting of the California Assembly Select Committee on the 2028 Olympic And Paralympic Games, joined with the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism provided mostly an overview of the planning for the Games. However, LA28 chief…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (994+ words) " THE 5-RING CIRCUS " " Olympic Winter Games 2030: French Alps " With the new mayor of Nice, Eric Ciotti, saying that the venues and athlete village sites for the 2030 Winter Games should be changed, the mayor of Lyon " where the organizing committee has…...