...that money then went to the son of a member of the International Olympic Committee, which voted in 1995 to hold the 2002 Winter Games in Utah. The report also includes a letter from that IOC member, Austin Sealy of Barbados, in which Sealy refused...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Politics, drugs, a bribery scandal. The Olympic meetings this week had just about everything - even sport.
...CITY (AP) -- Olympic bid executive Dave Johnson responded to allegations that he helped pay $1 million to win the 2002 Winter Games by saying, "I didn't bribe anyone." Johnson, who was vice president of the Salt Lake Olympic bid committee...
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Unveiling itself to a curious world, Australia inaugurated the 2000 Summer Olympics on Friday with a multicultural pageant of triumphs and tears. Its hearty message to the planet's signature sports spectacle: "G'day!"
...hockey team to the gold medal against huge odds in 1980, was introduced Wednesday as the head coach of Team USA for the 2002 Winter Games. This time, he'll be coaching players from the NHL, not a group of amateurs. "That was then, this is now...
...Committee. SIG was willing to give away commemorative sidearms to police officers who will provide security for the 2002 Winter Games. The company made two prototypes, a pair of .40-caliber semiautomatic pistols engraved with the Olympic rings...
...commercial excess. He enjoys an image unscathed by the bribery scandal involving Salt Lake City's successful bid for the 2002 Winter Games. A low-key member of the IOC since 1991, he won praise for coordinating the highly successful Sydney Games...
...restaurant liquor licenses Friday. Those businesses can't expect the state's alcohol enforcers to be lenient during the 2002 Winter Games, said chairman Nicholas Hales. CARRYING THE TORCH: On Saturday the Olympic flame heads north from Washington...
...of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated. Photos Back | Next Back | Next The team lit the Olympic cauldron at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. In 2004, a movie was made about their historic accomplishment. Despite the fanfare that has...
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