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Enhanced Games in Las Vegas: PED-Fueled Competition Sparks Debate
sports4 days ago

Enhanced Games in Las Vegas: PED-Fueled Competition Sparks Debate

In Las Vegas, the Enhanced Games stage a no-holds-barred, PED-fueled competition across swimming, running and weightlifting with huge prize money and no post-event drug testing. Olympic medalists like Cody Miller and Fred Kerley compete alongside others as investors back the venture; supporters argue it spotlights athlete pay and potential scientific insight, while critics call it a clown show that undermines clean sport and WADA reform.

via Sports Illustrated|
#doping#enhanced-games#olympics
Las Vegas to host PED-powered Enhanced Games with $25M prize
sports4 days ago

Las Vegas to host PED-powered Enhanced Games with $25M prize

Las Vegas hosts the Enhanced Games this Sunday, a PED-friendly competition funded by investors including Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr., offering a $25 million purse and $1 million for world-records. Organizers released drug-use data showing about 90.5% of tested athletes used substances across five categories (testosterone, HGH, stimulants, metabolic modulators, and more) under FDA oversight. The event has drawn sharp criticism from IOC/WADA and has led to bans from Olympic- or World Athletics-sanctioned events, though supporters push it as a transparent, medicalized showcase of performance enhancement.

via Los Angeles Times|
#doping#enhanced-games#las-vegas
Expanded Olympic Q-Series to Tour Four Cities on Road to LA28
sports19 days ago

Expanded Olympic Q-Series to Tour Four Cities on Road to LA28

The IOC announced an expanded Olympic Q-Series will stage four stops—Tokyo (May 4–7), Shanghai (May 11–14), Montreal (June 1–4) and Orlando (June 8–11, 2028)—as a central Olympic qualifier ahead of LA28, featuring six sports (3x3 basketball, beach volleyball, BMX freestyle, climbing, flag football and skateboarding) in festival-style urban settings; the exact sport line-up per stop will be confirmed later, continuing a format that aims to boost athlete visibility and fan engagement on the road to the Games.

via olympics.com|
#la28#multi-sport#olympics
Lindsey Vonn fights back from crash, mulls 2030 Olympic return
sports25 days ago

Lindsey Vonn fights back from crash, mulls 2030 Olympic return

Lindsey Vonn, the U.S. skiing legend, returned in 2024 at age 40 to become the oldest World Cup winner, but a February downhill crash in Italy left her with a broken leg and multiple fractures, prompting five surgeries. She’s in slow but steady recovery, doing about 12 hours of rehab daily, currently on crutches and sometimes wheelchair-bound, and continuing public updates and her Invivyd antibody-awareness campaign. She hasn’t ruled out a 2030 Olympic bid, saying she’ll only return if she’s healthy and competitive.

via PBS|
#comeback#injury#lindsey-vonn
Lindsey Vonn grapples with long road back and retirement decision after Olympic crash
sports25 days ago

Lindsey Vonn grapples with long road back and retirement decision after Olympic crash

Lindsey Vonn says she’s still in 'survival mode' after a brutal Olympic crash left her with a complex tibia fracture and an ACL tear. She faces one more surgery to remove hardware and replace the ACL, followed by about 18 months of recovery before she could be back to full training. She won’t rush a retirement decision, acknowledging the long, uncertain road ahead after a career that has already included a return from retirement.

via BBC|
#acl#knee-injury#lindsey-vonn
LA28 Hits Major Ticket Milestone as Drop 2 Opens in August 2026
sports1 month ago

LA28 Hits Major Ticket Milestone as Drop 2 Opens in August 2026

LA28 announced that the initial ticket drop sold more than 4 million tickets, boosted by a large locals presale; Drop 2 opens in August 2026 with refreshed inventory across all Olympic sports, allowing up to 12 Olympic tickets per buyer (and 12 Soccer tickets) and a 4-ticket-per-ceremony cap. The campaign saw broad international demand (85 countries) and strong participation from LA/OKC locals, with women’s sessions outselling men; hospitality is via On Location and Visa is the official payment partner. LA28 frames the effort as a fiscally responsible Games with a lasting Los Angeles legacy.

via LA 2028|
#la28#los-angeles#olympics
Brazilian basketball icon Oscar Schmidt dies at 68 after long battle with brain tumor
sports1 month ago

Brazilian basketball icon Oscar Schmidt dies at 68 after long battle with brain tumor

Oscar Schmidt, Brazil’s all-time scoring sensation and five-time Olympian, died at 68 after more than 15 years of brain-tumor treatment. Renowned for his scoring records—including Olympic single-game marks and a pivotal 1987 Pan-American Games win over the United States—Schmidt never played in the NBA but left a lasting international legacy and was inducted into multiple halls of fame, with tributes from figures like Larry Bird and Steve Kerr highlighting his impact on the sport.

via NBC News|
#basketball#brazil#halloffame
Giants star Darius Slayton weds Olympic heptathlete Anna Hall
sports1 month ago

Giants star Darius Slayton weds Olympic heptathlete Anna Hall

New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton married Olympic track star Anna Hall at Oheka Castle on Long Island on April 11, after getting engaged in November 2025; the couple reportedly met when Slayton attended one of Hall’s track meets and proposed on the same track at Icahn Stadium. Hall competed for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics (fifth in the women’s heptathlon) and won gold at the 2025 World Championships; Slayton is in his seventh NFL season with career totals of 296 receptions for 4,435 yards and 22 touchdowns.

via Fox News|
#anna-hall#darius-slayton#new-york-giants
Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt dies at 68
sports1 month ago

Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt dies at 68

Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Schmidt, Brazil’s legendary scorer who starred in five Olympic Games and four World Cups, died at 68 after a 15-year battle with a brain tumor. He remains the all-time leading scorer in Olympic and World Cup basketball, retired in 2003, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, with the Brazil Basketball Confederation praising his lasting impact on the sport.

via New York Post|
#basketball#brazil#obituaries
Netflix Nixes Millie Bobby Brown’s Olympic Drama After Creative Differences
film-news1 month ago

Netflix Nixes Millie Bobby Brown’s Olympic Drama After Creative Differences

Netflix has dropped the planned Olympic gymnastics drama after Millie Bobby Brown exited the project due to creative differences. Brown was set to star as gold-medalist Kerri Strug with Gia Coppola directing and Ronnie Sandahl writing, and she planned to produce via PMCA; the project was announced last September. Spokespeople for Netflix and Brown declined to comment. Brown’s other Netflix projects, including Enola Holmes 3 and the rom-com Just Picture It, remain in development, along with Nineteen Steps.

via variety.com|
#creative-differences#film-news#kerri-strug
LA officials push for a no-surprise funding guarantee for the 2028 Games
politics1 month ago

LA officials push for a no-surprise funding guarantee for the 2028 Games

Los Angeles city officials are pushing LA28 to sign a binding contract that guarantees the organization will cover any excess city costs—policing, transportation, sanitation and more—for the 2028 Games, to prevent taxpayers from shouldering overruns amid revenue uncertainty and potential reliance on federal funding; the deal is six months overdue and has been complicated by security and leadership concerns, including scrutiny of LA28 chair Casey Wasserman’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

via Los Angeles Times|
#finance#local-government#olympics
LA28 Public Ticket Drop Opens; No Finals Swimming Tickets in Early Release
sports1 month ago

LA28 Public Ticket Drop Opens; No Finals Swimming Tickets in Early Release

Tickets for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics opened to the general public today, but there are no finals swimming tickets in Drop 1; prelims are available only in the top-tier category A, with prelim prices around $1,100, while finals range from about $186 to $1,860. Finals had already sold out in the local LA/OKC presale, and organizers say additional inventory will be released in later drops. If future drops don’t free up swimming sessions, non-locals may need to rely on resale markets due to high demand.

via SwimSwam|
#la-2028#olympics#sports