Chicago’s stunning first-round loss in the voting for the 2016 Games was all about the deteriorating relationship between the US Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee and the lack of any American influence in the five-ringed world, despite all the dollars which sustain the Olympic family. The US hasn’t had an IOC president since Avery Brundage retired in 1972, ... (Full article: 1336 words)

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