Barack Obama Olympics

The Rio Games -- And Those GOP Games

Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

Why was the GOP so elated with Chicago's Olympic failure? Was it the joy in avoiding the inevitable cost overruns? The security concerns? Or was it enough that Obama had failed?

Chicago, Obama, the Olympics, and the Murder of Derrion Albert

Kevin Powell | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago


Kevin Powell

Chicago does not deserve the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. What the people of Chicago deserve is a domestic Marshall Plan -- an action agenda that will, once and for all, deal with the city's problems.

Obama Heads To Denmark To Lobby For 2016 Olympics

AP | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is on his way to Denmark to help his adopted hometown of Chicago try to land the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. ...

Copenhagen: Obama Better Go Back

Naomi Klein | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green


Naomi Klein

If Obama skips Copenhagen in December, after making time to go there to promote the Olympics, he will be saying something chilling about his commitment to battling global warming.

Obama Will Travel To Copenhagen For Chicago Olympics Bid: Report

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago


It looks like Barack Obama is heading to Copenhagen to make a personal pitch to the International Olympic Committee....

White House To Hold Chicago Olympics Event On South Lawn

Chicago Tribune | Katherine Skiba | Posted 11.14.2009 | Chicago


President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will welcome Mayor Richard Daley and Olympic athletes to the White House on Wednesday to promote ...

Obama Makes Video Pitch For Chicago Olympics

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago


ISTANBUL, Turkey — Chicago presented its 2016 Olympics bid to a key international audience Friday with a powerful endorsement from its highest-p...

Obama Records Chicago Olympics Message

Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago


President-elect Barack Obama has recorded a message on behalf of Chicago's Olympic bid, ABC 7 reports: Obama's message will be played at an importa...

Obama Win Boosts Chicago Olympic Bid

Associated Press | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago


Japanese Olympic officials think the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president could boost Chicago's chances of hosting the 2016 Summer Games at the...

Obama on Olympics Opening: "I Would Not Have Gone"

AP | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


ST. LOUIS — Democrat Barack Obama took issue Monday with President Bush's decision to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games, saying...

Obama Avoids Olympic Boycott Discussions

Political Radar | Sunlen Miller | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama doesn't seem to want to talk about the Olympics or Senator Clinton's call for a boycott of the opening ceremonies on August 8, 2008. At ...