USC hires lobbying firm as millions in sex abuse settlements loom
Scandal plagued USC, facing civil suits from hundreds former patients who allege they were sexually abused by a gynecologist at a campus health facility over a period of three decades, has hired a...
View ArticleUSOC threatens USA Badminton with decertification
The U.S. Olympic Committee in a thorough and damning rebuke of USA Badminton’s operations and culture said it would be appropriate to decertify the Anaheim-based national governing body because of the...
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Kendall Ellis, aka “Relay Girl,” set for pro outdoor debut at Mt. SAC Relays
LOS ANGELES — Decades ago, Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus was dubbed the Carnegie Hall of American track and field. And for nearly a century it was indeed center stage to some of the...
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Michael Norman puts world record on notice at Mt. SAC relays
Michael Norman of Nike wins the Elite 400 meter Dash as teammate Rai Benjamin finishes second during the Mt. SAC Relays at El Camino College on Saturday, April 20, 2019 in Torrance, California. (Photo...
View ArticleIs new SafeSport guideline designed to protect or silence sex abuse victims?
A sense of irony and outrage came over U.S. national team weightlifter Jennyfer Roberts as she read the recently revised U.S. Center for SafeSport guidelines last week. One section of the revised...
View ArticleLong Beach State allowed Scott Touzinsky to coach during sexual misconduct probe
A constant presence throughout Long Beach State’s bid to repeat as NCAA men’s volleyball champions this season has been assistant coach Scott Touzinsky, a 2008 Olympic gold medalist and former 49er...
View ArticleCharlie Wade coaching No. 1 Hawaii men’s volleyball team despite U.S. Center...
If the NCAA men’s volleyball tournament follows its seeding, top-seed Hawaii will meet defending national champion Long Beach State in the tournament final May 5 at Walter Pyramid. Under this scenario,...
View ArticleSenate wants USOC to explain halt in decertification of USA Gymnastics
The chairman of the U.S. Senate finance committee has given the U.S. Olympic Committee a May 10 deadline to explain why it has halted efforts to strip USA Gymnastics of its national governing body...
View ArticleScott Touzinsky leaves Long Beach State volleyball program after sexual...
Long Beach State assistant men’s volleyball coach Scott Touzinsky, a 2008 Olympic gold medalist, left the 49ers program Wednesday a day after it was revealed he was sanctioned by the U.S. Center for...
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Hawaii reviewing men’s volleyball coach Charlie Wade’s sexual misconduct case
The University of Hawaii is reviewing allegations of sexual misconduct against Charlie Wade, head coach of the top-ranked Rainbow Warriors men’s volleyball program, the university announced Thursday....
View ArticleUSA Gymnastics listed more than $1 million in legal fees last month
USA Gymnastics, facing dozens of lawsuits stemming from the Larry Nassar scandal and in the midst of Chapter 11 proceedings, paid nearly $700,000 in legal fees and expenses and listed $1.4 million in...
View ArticleWith Anna Cockrell back, USC women’s track and field rolls over UCLA; Bruin...
LOS ANGELES — She had waited a painful seven weeks for this afternoon. USC junior Anna Cockrell, the two-time NCAA 400-meter hurdles runner-up, trusted her coaches, trusted her trainers. She had done...
View ArticleState bar court suspends Richard Foster’s law license in ethics case
Attorney Richard Foster was once one of the most powerful figures in global aquatic sports; a board member for the U.S. Olympic Committee, a vice chairman with FINA, the sport’s worldwide governing...
View ArticleLA 2028 adjusts Olympic Games cost to $6.9 billion
LOS ANGELES — The 2028 Olympic Games will come with a $6.9 billion price tag according to a revised budget released by LA 2028, the local organizing committee, Tuesday. KPMG, the global consulting...
View ArticleUSA Gymnastics new medical director out after just one day
The missteps at scandal plagued USA Gymnastics continued Tuesday after the national governing body announced Dr. Edward Nyman, Jr. is out as the organization’s director of sports medicine and science...
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Has Charlie Wade requested a SafeSport hearing? Wade, attorney and University...
Since it was revealed last week that Hawaii men’s volleyball coach Charlie Wade has been suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport and USA Volleyball since September, Wade, his attorney and university...
View ArticleUSA Gymnastics was aware of allegations against Nyman’s wife’s gym since 2017
USA Gymnastics officials have been aware of allegations of misconduct against an Ohio club owned by the wife of the national governing body’s recently fired director of sports medicine and science...
View ArticleOlympic champ Angelo Taylor continues to coach despite guilty plea in Georgia...
Two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor posted a reminder on his Instagram Sunday. “Summer track season begins!!” Taylor, the 2000 and 2008 Olympic 400 meter hurdles gold medalist, wrote. “Parent...
View ArticleUSATF suspends two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor
USA Track & Field provisionally suspended two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor in an emergency action Thursday hours after the Southern California News Group revealed that he was coaching at a...
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Kennedy High AD admits Orange County school should have reported Joshua Owens...
Kennedy High School assistant water polo coach Joshua Owens was nervous. It was Monday, December 14, 2015 and Owens had been summoned to a meeting with one of the school’s athletic directors, Dave...
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