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The USOC Sports Scene is finally back after an Olympic/Paralympic break. Highlights from the prior week’s action include Brady Ellison’s … More

Olympic sports writing: 2004-2015

Selected features and interviews, plus coverage from several Olympics: Features Dec. 1, 2015: US college sports are a factory for Olympic … More

The World Championships are all over bar the shouting. And people are shouting about Qatar — the country you know as the … More

Never too soon, right? Spain was the runaway winner in the just-concluded World Championship, beating Denmark 35-19 in the final. … More

Like curling in the Winter Olympics, team handball (or, as the rest of the world calls it, “handball”) attracts a … More

Do we even need to call it “team handball” any more? If we say “handball,” will people tune in expecting … More

Now if only they could figure out a way to keep the American media from calling these teams “English.” Britains … More

Let’s see … I’ve done projections for archery, athletics, badminton … let’s call up the spreadsheet and see what’s next: … More

One of the joys of following a hundred sports or so is that you’re not stuck dissecting the Super Bowl … More