All three medalists in the women’s 800 are intersex. Semenya is unbeaten in her last 10 meets and swept the 400, 800 and 1500 this spring at the South African trials. She was slated to run the 400 in Rio, but withdrew. Speculation is she was paid off by Nike and NBC so not to steal Alyson Felix's spotlight. There are…

If you paid $12 billion for U.S. broadcast rights, would you share content with your competitors? If you missed a race, you could watch it as many times as you wished online.

Kipchoge is 31 and Rupp is 30. At best, they have one more Olympic marathon in them. I think Rupp should return to the track and earn money running the 10K. The older runner to win the Olympic marathon was Carlos Lopes of Portugal back in 1984. He was 38, but that age is an outlier. The average age of Olympic marathon…

NBC is in a no-win situation. Swimming and track and field was broadcast live. And it's these sports, along with basketball, beach volleyball and gymnastics that casual viewers who tune in to their local NBC affiliate want to see. Showing something like handball or judo in prime time would be a ratings disaster.…

There was a time when being an Olympic boxer was almost de rigeur for an aspiring professional fighter. Unfortunately, amateur and professional boxing have lost the attention of most sports fans. Just for reference, take a look at these former professional fighters who won world championships after medaling for the…