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Search results for "Olympics" ...
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Betrayal of Trust
The Orange County Register detailed the culture of exploitation that surrounded young female gymnasts who have fueled the sport's success since the early 1980's. Specifically, the Register investigation revealed the coach of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team had sexual relations with three young gymnasts he coached.
Tags: Olympics; U.S. Gymnastics; 1984; Coach; Sexual Abuse
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N.Y. Power Authority
The New York Power Authority provides about one-quarter of NY state's electricity needs. Although it is a branch of state government, it acts as a corporation, giving away some of its profits to pet charities of the Board and the Directors, rather than lowering utility costs to customers. Almost 200 of the NYPA's 1600 employees make more than $100,000 a year.
Tags: NY State Public Authority; NYPA; patronage; energy-efficiency programs; U.S. Olympic Committee; Olympic Regional Development Authority's Congressional Winter Challenge; ORDA; Energy Services Program; Governor Pataki
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Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids scandal that Rocked Professional Sports
San Francisco Chronicle reporters broke the story that some elite athletes used drugs to "run faster, hit harder, and cash in on the fame that comes only to those at the very top of their games." Fainaru-Wada and Williams used"Federal Grand Jury transcripts and federal investigative reports... court records and state health department records," among other documents. (332 pages)
Tags: steroids; drugs; BALCO; Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative; San Francisco Chronicle; Victor Conte; Major League Baseball; football; track and field; California Public Records Act; Federal Grand Jury; sports agents; trainers; sports doping; Olympics; Justice Department; IRS; U.S. Anti-Doping Agency; USADA
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"Deputy Mayor for the Olympics," & "Market-Rate Giveaway"
These two stories focus on the activities of Deputy New York City Mayor Daniel Doctoroff and his campaign to bring the Olympics to New York. In the "Deputy Mayor" story, newly elected mayor Bloomberg got Doctoroff to hit up corporations that do business with the city to raise money for the Olympics project. This even though a conflict of interest ruling should have prevented him from those activities. "Market-Rate Giveaway" is about a sweetheart deal handed to a friend of Doctoroff's, Steve Ross and his business Related Companies, as part of the Olympics project. That deal would allow Ross to replace the Bronx produce market with a new mall, putting thousands of market workers out of a job.
Tags: cronyism; public interest; city government; Olympics; politics; Bronx Terminal Market
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The Deputy Mayor and the Olympics
Although Bloomberg accepted no campaign contributions since first running for New York City mayor in 2001, Bernstein shows that his deputy mayor, Daniel Doctoroff, represented a conduit for donations from bankers, real estate developers and others with economic interests. While leading NYC 2012, an organization established to raise funds to bring the Olympics to New York, Doctoroff convinced many people who wanted to do business with the city of New York to donate to his pet organization.
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Nowhere to Run, Last Laugh
These stories are an in-depth look at the use of steroids in professional and Olympic sports. They look at both steroid production and distribution, and is a very complete view of the industry. Additionally, the stories are enhanced by an in-depth look at two famous alleged steroid users: Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones.
Tags: steroids; performance enhancing drugs; Victor Conte; BALCO; sports; athletics
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Magic Mountain
Six Flags is one of the largest regional park company and this investigation looks at how some of the guards at these amusement parks are trained to target African-Americans and Latino customers. It also reveals that a person visiting the amusement park in Southern California was an Olympic gold winner who was humiliated at the theme park.
Tags: racial profiling; discrimination; African- American; Mexicans; Latino; Olympics; Southern California; six flags; amusement parks; racial profiling by security
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BALCO Steroid Conspiracy Case
These stories from the San Francisco Chronicle, investigate two men who were suspected of supplying elite athletes with steroids that could not be detected through drug testing. These two men worked with a nutritional supplement lab and supplied steroids and human growth hormones to NFL football players, major league baseball players and Olympic athletes.
Tags: Food and Drug Administration (FDA); steroid supplements; Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative; Victor Conte; drug use by athletes; drug testing; NFL; baseball
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Stolen Souls
This story details allegations that Wirt Norris, a former Olympic diving coach with glamorous friends, used his social and political connections to upper-crust Fort Worth to gain access to, and cover up his sexual abuse of, several generations of boys over a period of almost 50 years.
Tags: Molestation; abuse; pornography
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Two part series. Part 1: U.S. Olympians had failed drug tests: Documents reveal a reluctance to penalize athletes who tested positive before the Games. Part 2: Too Few Surprises: U.S. athletes don't face as many drug tests as those in other countries do. And they usually know it's coming.
The Orange County Register's stories are about special treatment for U.S. athletes during the Olympics. The stories explain how U.S. athletes are rarely given surprise drug tests. Story includes multiple graphics including a Question and Answer graphic, a graphic explaining how drug testing works, common drugs found in test results, and many more.
Tags: U.S. athletes; athletes; Olympics; drug testing; drug tests; sports; competition; drug screening; Olympic Games; athletics