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The NFL is free to twist arms, just like anybody else. So maybe it's just coincidence that all five of the new stadiums that will come on line during Roger Goodell's brief tenure as NFL commissioner have now been awarded Super Bowls.Or maybe not.Goodell emerged from an owners meeting Tuesday in Boston to announce that the 2016 Superpalooza — the 50th anniversary of the game — was awarded to a nearly-open-for-business stadium in Santa Clara that will be home to the 49ers, and that the 2017 game will return to Houston.More telling than the argument Goodell and the owners made for either venue might be the one they aimed at the Miami Dolphins' failed bid."I think the stadium is a very important part of any of these proposals," he said after the vote. "I had a couple of owners express to me privately the condition of the stadium was an important factor to them in their votes."In case you haven't been following the recent dust-up in South Florida over who's going to pay for the nearly $400 ...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve a 20-year revenue-sharing deal with the United States on Thursday that ends a long-running feud which para...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reviewing the sales process for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games after media allegations that tickets for London had ended up...
The International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee announced a new 20-year revenue- sharing agreement that will be enacted in 2020."The USOC...
The head of cycling's governing body has been replaced on a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping sc...
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that it has recommended dropping wrestling as a sport from the 2020 Olympic Games.Wrestling, ...
The IOC has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping, officials familiar with the decision tol...
To think the world can come together every couple of years at the Olympic Games and leave all the world's problems behind is the height of naivete.And that naivete c...
TOKYO (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has promised to strengthen the fight against doping cheats, calling it the IOC's top priori...
The International Olympic Committee asked Sochi 2014 Winter Games organizers on Wednesday to delay their international ticket planning in order to review the situati...
Former hurdles champion Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco and Craig Reedie of Britain have been elected vice presidents of the International Olympic Committee.Both memb...
American runner Crystal Cox was stripped of her gold medal from the 4x400-meter relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics on Saturday after admitting to doping, while the IO...
Just days before the eight-year deadline expires, the IOC formally stripped American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his 2004 gold for doping Friday and awarded the medal ...
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction work...
The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bil...
In Iran, Olympic wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs felt like Justin Bieber, LeBron James and Tom Brady all rolled into one.Not so much in his home country, though ...
With three years until the Rio Games, 3-on-3 basketball and BMX freestyle are trying to join the Olympics.The International Olympic Committee is assessing possible e...
Royals and other dignitaries are out in force Tuesday to watch the abdication of Dutch Queen Beatrix and investiture of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, as new king...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed IOC inspectors to Tokyo on Monday and said the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Olympics was "second to none."Bid organizer...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reviewing the sales process for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games after media allegations that tickets for London had ended up...