BidWeek: Of Peace, Dennis Rodman, Table Tennis and the Nobel Prize – Were the Olympics a Factor?
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – After news last week that at an historic summit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his counterpart in the …
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BidWeek: Why Is It Wrong For Mayor Nenshi To Champion The Calgary 2026 Olympic Bid?
BidWeek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – The decision by Calgary’s City Council to continue exploring the prospect of bidding for the Olympic …
BidWeek: With Calgary’s 2026 Olympic Bid On Verge of Collapse, IOC Must Take Note
BidWeek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – I spent much of Tuesday watching a live stream of the Calgary City Council Priorities and Finance Committee …
BidWeek: Motley Field Of 2026 Olympic Bidders Could Result In Repeat Of 2022 Race
Bidweek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – On Tuesday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released its final list of cities interested in hosting …
BidWeek: United States Makes Move Toward Its Olympic Manifest Destiny
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – Earlier this month the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) declared its early interest in bidding to host …
BidWeek: What Preemptive U.S. Bid For The 2030 Winter Olympics Means For Calgary 2026, and Others
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – In an unprecedented move last week, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) officially declared its …
BidWeek: Why Even Bother With Denver 2030 Olympic Bid Opposition?
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – I opened an email last week and discovered for the first time that a new NOlympics opposition group has …
After PyeongChang: What To Expect At the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games
PyeongChang, South Korea – Memories of the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games are still fresh in our minds – the gusting event-cancelling winds are …
Bach Claims ‘Message Of Peace’ For IOC, But Credit Belongs Only To Korea
BidWeek, Reporting From Gangneung, South Korea – The entrance of the Korean Unified Team during the Parade of Nations Friday night at the PyeongChang …
Persistence and Promise Paved 19-Year Road To PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games
Bidweek, Reporting from PyeongChang, South Korea – Most great ideas originate from a spark in a single mind. But few of them generate the emotion, …