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Lessons Learned From the Olympic Fiasco

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Sears Tower, Todd Stroger, International Olympic Committee, Ioc, Chicago Budget, Cook County Board, Cook County Board President Race, Willis Tower Tifs, Tifs, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

If citizens want to be protected from bad government and further rip-offs, we are going to have to rise to a new level of involvement. I have little hope that our elected representatives will truly represent us.

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What Happened in Copenhagen (When We Went to Influence the IOC -- Again)

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, No Games Tokyo, Jacque Rogge, International Olympic Committee, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Obama Copenhagen, Ioc, Pat Ryan, Olympics, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

We had penetrated the multiple rings of security, outfaced the bureaucracy of the International Olympic Committee and stood our ground to deliver information that the mayor, the 2016 Committee and the entire business elite of Chicago didn't want to see and didn't want to acknowledge.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Olympic Rugby, Chicago Marathon, Ioc, Colorado Rockies, Olympic Golf, International Olympic Committee, New York Yankees, Swine Flu, Minnesota Twins, Joe Torre, St. Louis Cardinals, New York News
Len Berman

Joe Torre used to say about the 1996 Yankees that "everyone wants to be the hero, but no one wants to talk about it." Left unsaid in sports is that nobody wants to be the goat.

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United States Needs to Rethink How It Treats International Guests

Gary Shapiro | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Orlando, Angela Merkel, Pakistan, International Olympic Committee, Gary Shapiro, 2016 Summer Olympics, Obama, Rio Olympics, Ces, Visa, Germany, Las Vegas, Consumer Electronics Show, Cea, China, Tarp, Business News
Gary Shapiro

We make our trade show a world-class event, but our nation's visa policies work against us in attracting the world to our country.

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Conservatives Go for the Bronze

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Bennett, Ioc, International Olympic Committee, Obama Copenhagen, Chicago Olympics, Glenn Beck, Barack Obama, Chicago 2016, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

That conservatives have such a blind, ignorant, hot hatred for Barack Obama and for anything that isn't them, that they'll sell America down Grover Norquist's bathtub drain just to have their way.

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Olympic Bid a No-Win Situation for Obama

Chris Prevatt | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, 2016 Olympic Games, Michelle Obama, Cnn, Twitter, Jon Stewart, President Barack Obama, Associated Press, Copenhagen, Liberal Media Bias Media Bias, The Daily Show, Newt Gingrich, International Olympic Committee, Right Wing Media.Rio De Janeiro, Ioc, Chicago 2016, Health Care Reform, Politics News
Chris Prevatt

But it is one hell of a leap to compare Obama's participation in Chicago's Olympic bid to his health care reform efforts.

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Axelrod Blames Chicago Loss On IOC Politics (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Axelrod Olympics Politics, Chicago News, Axelrod, 2016 Olympics Announcement, Chicago Olympics, Ioc Vote, Ioc 2016 Announcement, International Olympic Committee, Ioc Announcement, Olympic Bid, Axelrod Olympics, Olympics, 2016 Olympics, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympic Decision, Chicago 2016, Chicago IOC, Chicago News

White House aide David Axelrod thinks that internal politics at the International Olympic Committee are responsible for Chicago's unexpected early eli...

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2016 Olympics Vote: Chicago Dumped In First Round Shocker

AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago 2016, 2016 Olympics, 2016 Olympics Chicago, 2016 Olympics Announcement, Ioc Vote, Ioc Announcement, Ioc 2016 Announcement, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Decision, Olympic Bid, Chicago News

COPENHAGEN — Chicago was expected to be one of the last two cities in the race. Instead, it was the first to go. In one of the biggest upsets i...

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2016 Olympics Announcement: Chicago Eliminated In First Round Shocker (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics Vote, Olympics, International Olympic Committee, Rio 2016, Olympic Decision, 2016 Olympics Announcement Time, Chicago Olympics, Rio Olympics, Ioc Announcement, 2016 Olympics, Ioc Vote, Madrid Olympics, Madrid 2016, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

In a major upset, Chicago was eliminated in the first round of IOC voting for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Tokyo, considered the underdog at the outset, ...

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Obama's Big Question: To Go or Not to Go, Copenhagen That is

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Winter Olympics, Chicago, Tony Blair, Christopher Bond, Anderson Cooper, South America, Cbs, International Olympic Committee, Diane Sawyer, Missouri, London, Rio De Janeiro, Katie Couric, Hans Christian Andersen, Tivoli Gardens, Russia, Los Angeles Times, Vladimir Putin, Ram Productions, General Mcchrystal, Summer Olympics, Sochi, Abc, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Copenhagen, Lou Dobbs, Nbc, Food Channel, Funen Island, Democrats, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Cnn, Great Britain, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Fox News, Afghanistan, Republicans, Bill O'Reilly, Denmark, Ioc, Newspapers, William Shakespeare, David Letterman, Msnbc, Politics News
Michael Russnow

Obama is not a miracle maker, but he will have at least tried to win the IOC bid. And during it all, he and the government will continue in any necessary actions.

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Obama's Olympic Error

Dave Zirin | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Michelle Obama, Olympics, Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago Olympics Protest, Chicago City Hall, International Olympic Committee, Washington Park, Mayor Daley, g20 Pittsburgh, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Dave Zirin

The very idea that Chicago could be the setting for the Olympics might have been hatched by Jon Stewart for a four-year supply of comedic fodder.

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U.S. Could Get Olympics in 2016, Health Care in 3016

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Health Care Reform, Iran, Andy Borowitz, Borowitz Report, John Boehner, Olympics, Barack Obama, Chicago Olympics, International Olympic Committee, Obama Copenhagen, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Obama: "I am more determined than ever to get health care done in the next thousand years."

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Michelle Obama On Chicago Olympics: Emotional Pitch Planned, "There Won't Be A Dry Eye"

Bloomberg.com | John McCormick | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sports, Valerie Jarrett, Chicago Olympics, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, International Olympic Committee, Chicago, Obama Chicago Olympics, Obama Chicago, Obama Copenhagen, 2016 Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

A top White House adviser said first lady Michelle Obama is planning to make a dramatic presentation when she offers the closing argument for the bid...

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India: Women Use Boxing As A Ticket To A Middle-Class Life

nytimes.com | SOMINI SENGUPTA | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: India, India Women Boxers, India Women Boxing, Women Boxing, Indian Girls, India Women, Olympics Boxing, International Olympic Committee, Boxing Ring, London Games, Indian Women, Boxing, Box, Women Boxers, India Boxing, Boxing India, World News

Boxing represents a new kind of freedom to the women who entered this steamy, old-fashioned ring on India's southern tip. ...

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Brazil Passionate to Host 2016 Olympics

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 06.03.2009 | World

Read More: Brasil, 2016 Olympics, Rio, Terrorism, Brazil, United Nations Security Council, Imc, Obama, Spain, International Olympic Committee, Sports Marketing, Kroll, Madrid, Chicago, Geopolitics+Sports, Tourist Crime, Giuliani, Coca Cola, Japan, Ioc, China, Fifa, World Cup, Havelange, London, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The International Olympic Selection Committee just completed a week long visit to Rio and prospects seem good that the Olympics will come to South America for the first time.

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6 Beijing Olympians Drug Test Positive

BBC | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Olympic Drug Testing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, International Olympic Committee, Foreign Affairs, Drug Testing, Olympic Drug Tests, Drug Tests, Advocacy, Beijing Olympics Drugs Testing Positive, 6 Beijeng Olympians Retested, 6 Olympions Posive, China, Beijing-China, World News

Six Olympic athletes have been found positive for doping in retesting of Beijing samples, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced....

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International Olympic Torch Relay Barred By I.O.C.

New York Times | Lynn Zinser | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Torch Relay, Olympic Torch Barred, Olympics, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Torch Protests, London Olympics, Olympic Torch, Torch Relay Barred, Olympic Torch Relay, Beijing Olympics, Sports, World News

After a protest-marred torch relay preceding the Beijing Games last summer, the International Olympic Committee has decided to bar future organizing c...

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Blagojevich Scandal Won't Hurt Chicago Olympic Bid

Chicago Tribune | Phil Hersh | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ioc, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Rod Blagojevich, Olympics, International Olympic Committee, Prince Albert of Monaco, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Blagojevich Olympics, Chicago News

Several of the International Olympic Committee members who will choose the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics said the impact of Gov. Rod Blagojev...

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Daley Going To Turkey For Olympic Meeting

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: European Olympic Committee, Ioc, 2016 Olympics, Olympics, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Daley Turkey Trip Olympics, Daley 2016 Olympics, Istanbul Turkey, International Olympic Committee, Richard Daley, 2016 Olympics Bid, Pat Ryan, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Mayor Daley has traveled the world to promote Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. He's about to pile up even more frequent-flier mile...

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2016 Olympics Panel Picks Chicago For First Stop

Chicago Tribune | Philip Hersh | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Tokyo, Madrid, Ioc, 2016 Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, International Olympic Committee, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Chicago will be the first city visited by the International Olympic Committee's 2016 Summer Games evaluation commission next year, according to a Chic...

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How to Read the Great Olympics Internet Censorship Drama

Monroe Price | Posted 08.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Censorship, Australia, Jacque Rogge, Darfur, Tibet, Kevan Gosper, Falun Gong, International Olympic Committee, Amnesty International, Ioc, Olympics, Bocog, Media News
Monroe Price

The IOC has known that China's website policies would be a problem all along and informally sought to manage change.

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Should Saudi Arabia be Banned from the Olympics?

David Wallechinsky | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Ioc, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, International Olympic Committee, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Living News
David Wallechinsky

There are two countries, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which have consistently prevented women from competing in the Olympics.

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International Olympic Committee Warns Beijing Air Is "A Possible Risk"

Washington Post | Amy Shipley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Beijing Bad Air, China Pollution, Olympics, International Olympic Committee, Beijing Pollution, China Olympics, China Olympics Pollution, 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, Beijing Olympics Pollution, Ioc, Home News

The International Olympic Committee acknowledged for the first time today that air pollution could be harmful for athletes at this summer's Olympics i...

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Marion Jones Formally Stripped Of Her Olympic Medals, Name Wiped From Record Books

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Olympic Medals Marion Jones, IOC, International Olympic Committee, Marion Jones, Home News

The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that she wa...

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