The boycott garnered more than two-thirds support from the 2,400 members of the unwieldy U.S. Olympic Committee house of delegates, the governing body that made the official move to keep the ...
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics may still be nine months away, but there is already controversy brewing as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for a “diplomatic boycott” ...
South Korean president Moon Jae-in’s decision not to join other American allies in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics came as no surprise. Moon has been courting China’s support ...
Mills, at one time an Olympic-caliber wrestler, was stung by Carter’s decision to boycott the 1980 Olympics. “At the time, I would’ve given anything in the world to be locked in a wrestling ...
Russia's recent spate of laws banning "gay propaganda" and same-sex couple adoptions has some gay-rights supporters calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian seaside resort ...
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other local leaders held a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 29, urging residents to know their rights amid increased immigration enforcement across the country.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the ...