Larry Nassar

Dionne Koller, co-chair of the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics & Paralympics, speaks at a conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 18, 2023. Koller says the commission has begun work on a report that will be released next spring and could include proposals for radical changes in the way the Olympics work in America. (AP Photo/Eddie Pells)

Olympic reform panel starts work: 'Opportunity to think big'

By Eddie Pells May. 18, 2023 04:46 PM EDT

US Olympic leaders tab former LA28 CEO Gene Sykes as chair

By Eddie Pells Jul. 08, 2022 07:59 PM EDT
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chose Gene Sykes as its next chairman Friday, elevating the former CEO of the Los Angeles 2028 organizing committee to a...

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland listens during a briefing with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Los Angeles 2028 organizers in Beverly Hills, Calif. At their keynote addresses at this week's annual assembly of U.S. athletes and administrators, both CEO Sarah Hirshland and chair Susanne Lyons said the federation's top-line priority for the upcoming year is on athlete excellence and expanding revenue. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Tensions sparking change in US Olympic world, but how much?

By Eddie Pells Jun. 24, 2022 03:26 PM EDT

FILE - At left, Chellsie Memmel is shown during the final round of the U.S. gymnastics championships, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in St. Paul, Minn. At right, Alicia Sacramone waves to the crowd during the women's senior division at the U.S. gymnastics championships, Sunday, June 10, 2012, in St. Louis. Alicia Sacramone Quinn and Chellsie Memmel won Olympic and world championship medals together. Now the two longtime friends and USA Gymnastics teammates are tasked with leading the organization back to the top of the podium. (AP Photo/File)

Sacramone Quinn, Memmel embrace new roles at USA Gymnastics

By Will Graves Jun. 13, 2022 03:29 PM EDT

FILE - USA gymnast Tasha Schwikert sticks her landing on the uneven bars during the women's gymnastic team finals at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000, in Sydney. Schwikert, a member of the 2000 Olympic team and one of hundreds of athletes sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, has been appointed to USA Gymnastics board of directors, a position created as part of the settlement between the organization and survivors of Nassar's abuse. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Olympian, Nassar victim Schwikert Moser on USA Gym board

By Will Graves Jun. 02, 2022 02:03 PM EDT

FILE - A silhouette of a snowboarder in action in a heat during the FIS World Cup snowboarding big air competition at the Battersea Power Station in London, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. When former members of the U.S. snowboarding team sought to report sex-abuse allegations against a longtime coach, they received conflicting information that left them unsure of where to turn — or whether they wanted to pursue the cases at all. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Sex abuse case in snowboarding exposes flaws in reporting

By Eddie Pells Apr. 14, 2022 12:50 PM EDT

FILE - Young people pose behind the Olympic Rings during the Torch Tour ahead of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, in front of the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Instead of staking out a hardline position on the conflicts inherent in sending Olympic athletes to China, the leader of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee turned questions about the issues in the host country into a marketing pitch of sorts for America's own aspirations. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)

USOPC stays neutral on China, pushes Salt Lake City

By Eddie Pells Dec. 17, 2021 04:32 PM EST

FILE - Larry Nassar listens as Rachael Denhollander gives her victim impact statement, Feb. 2, 2018, in Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich. The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by Nassar, among others, is over. A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, confirmed a $380 million settlement between USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the hundreds of victims, ending one aspect of the fallout of the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of the U.S. Olympic movement. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP, File)

USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims

By Will Graves Dec. 13, 2021 03:57 PM EST

Forster, leader of U.S. women's gymnastics team, resigning

By Will Graves Dec. 08, 2021 10:05 PM EST
U.S. women's gymnastics high-performance director Tom Forster is stepping down at the end of the year. USA Gymnastics announced Wednesday night that...