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Forget Tourism: Pyeongchang's Legacy Likely Debt & Anger
Hope is fading that Pyeongchang will do what was promised during its successful 2011 Olympics bid and turn an ignored, impoverished backwater into a premier Asian ski hub.
LA Wins 2028 Games, Lights Olympic Cauldron
The Olympic cauldron at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is blazing again after the official awarding of the 2028 Games to LA.
McDonald's Ends Olympic Sponsorship Deal 3 Years Early
Fast-food chain McDonald's has ended its Olympic sponsorship deal three years early.
Rio Just Got Hotter! Eight Athletes to Watch This Summer!
Going for the gold this summer is going to be tough, but these eight hunky Olympians have already won our hearts-and have also left us drooling.
Rio Readies For Worst As Terror Threat Hangs Over Olympics
A half-million foreign tourists, dozens of heads of state and the attention of the world's media. If there were ever a headache for anti-terror forces, it's the Olympics.
Homo History 101: Summer Olympics Edition
The news that the Rio Olympics will feature 33 out LGBT athletes is welcome -- but LGBT Olympians have always been part of the picture.
33 LGBT Athletes to Compete in Rio Olympics
Achieving record-level numbers, The 2016 Summer Olympics will feature the largest number of LGBT athletes, according to OutSports.
U.S. Rowers Get Anti-Microbial Training Suits for Rio Waters
U.S. Olympic rowers will be given a new, high-tech training suit with anti-microbial features designed to protect them against water pollution in Rio de Janeiro.
Organizers Go for Harmony in New Tokyo 2020 Logo
Opting for simplicity and harmony, organizers unveiled the new official logo on Monday, seven months after an initial design was scrapped over allegations of plagiarism.
AP: S. Korea Covered Up Mass Abuse, Killings of 'Vagrants'
Even as South Korea prepares for its second Olympics, in 2018, thousands of traumatized former inmates have still received no compensation, let alone public recognition or an apology, after abuses leading up to '88 games.
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