Edwin Moses
FILE - In this July 28, 1984 file photo, balloons are released into the air from the field of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Track is a niche sport in the United States when it comes to the fan base, even while the country hosts its first track world championships. They say that with sagging viewership totals and flat revenue across the broader Olympic world, it's critical to bring the cornerstone sport of the games back to its glory days in the U.S. before they return to Los Angeles in 2028. (AP Photo/Dave Tenenbaum, FIle)
Track looks to pump up US fan base ahead of 2028 LA Olympics

By Eddie Pells Jul. 24, 2022 02:06 PM EDT

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, of Bahamas, wins the final of the women's 400-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on Friday, July 22, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Sydney McLaughlin shatters 400 hurdles record with 50.68

By Eddie Pells Jul. 22, 2022 11:12 PM EDT

FILE - A man walking past the Russian Olympic Committee building casts a shadow on a window in Moscow, Russia on Nov. 18, 2015. The invasion of Ukraine could further undermine Russia's status as an elite sports dynasty, which already has been weakened by deception and doping scandals but often punished only by a tepid pushback from international sports bodies. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Ukraine invasion puts Russia's elite sports status at risk

By Eddie Pells Feb. 27, 2022 01:03 AM EST

Karsten Warholm, of Norway celebrates as he wins the gold medal in the final of the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Best race ever? Warholm wins record-setting hurdles race

By Eddie Pells Aug. 03, 2021 12:37 AM EDT

Karsten Warholm, of Norway, second left, clears the final hurdle to beat Rai Benjamin, of United States to win a semifinal of the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Huge leaps: Moses likes what he sees in today's hurdles game

By Eddie Pells Aug. 02, 2021 05:18 AM EDT

The sun shines above an image of the Olympic rings at Yokohama Baseball Stadium as the venue is prepared for softball competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Dirty Games? Testing slowdown during COVID raises questions

By Eddie Pells Jul. 22, 2021 06:29 AM EDT

FILE - Lenin Stadium, the main stadium for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games and a Lenin statue are shown in this July, 1980 file photo. Just to hear chatter in the nation’s capital about a possible boycott of the Winter Olympics in China had to be enough to alarm athletes already deep in preparation for the games. The United States and 65 other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics. (AP Photo/File)
Column: Olympic boycott chatter shouldn't go any further

By Tim Dahlberg Apr. 13, 2021 03:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 28, 1984, file photo, some 1,200 helium balloons are released into the air from the field of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dave Tenenbaum, FIle)
A red, white and blue Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984

By Tim Dahlberg Aug. 10, 2020 02:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 29, 1976, file photo, the United States' Sugar Ray Leonard, right, throws a right at Kazmier Szczerba, of Poland, during the light welterweight boxing match at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. (AP Photo/File)
In 1976, Comaneci's perfect 10s made her the perfect one

By Tim Reynolds Aug. 08, 2020 10:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this in this April 15, 2008 file photo, U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth takes questions during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit in Chicago. Ueberroth vision laid the foundation for what the Olympic Games have become today. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
BOYCOTT GAMES: Could another Olympic reset be on tap?

By Eddie Pells Aug. 05, 2020 01:00 PM EDT

Benn Fields holds a high jump crossbar which he called "The Benn" at his home, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Salisbury Mills, N.Y. Fields will forever be known as a U.S. Olympian, he will also always wonder about what might have been had the U.S. government not spearheaded a boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
BOYCOTT GAMES: Fields harbors no anger despite missing '80

By Eddie Pells Aug. 02, 2020 09:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 21, 1980, file photo, Edwin Moses, gold medal winner in 1976 in Montreal, coasts to an easy victory in the 400 intermediate hurdles as the 1980 Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore,. While the fact that Moses was denied a chance at a medal in 1980 is only a footnote to his career, he has spent the last several months organizing reunions for the 1980 team. (AP Photo/File)
BOYCOTT GAMES: 1980 U.S. team finds overdue recognition

By Eddie Pells Aug. 01, 2020 12:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia. A U.S. government study concludes that Americans do not get their money’s worth out of the $2.7 million that Congress sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency this year. The report from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy concludes that the U.S. is under-represented on WADA’s key policymaking committees. It says WADA has not moved quickly or far enough to reform itself in the wake of the Russian doping scandal. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
Study says US doesn't get value from WADA contribution

By Eddie Pells Jun. 24, 2020 02:52 PM EDT