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<p>Joshua Needelman is a journalist based in New York City who has written for The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, The Guardian and more. He has dabbled in yoga and meditation for more than a decade. He enjoys eating (and making) pizza, as well as rooting for the New York Knicks, whom he is available to coach next season.</p>


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The Olympic rings are seen outside the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the opening day of a executive board meeting in Lausanne on March 19, 2024.

Olympics

What Will It Take To Fix SafeSport?

Bobsledder Aja Evans poses for a portrait during the Team USA Media Summit ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games on September 25, 2017 in Park City, Utah.

Lawsuit: Olympic Bobsledder Says Team Chiropractor Sexually Abused Her For Years

Ten years after the London 2012 Olympics were based here at Stratford, is a landscape of nature that surrounds the original Olympic rings in The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, on 14th June 2022, in London, England. The former main Olympic venue area was controversially re-landscaped from an old industrial estate. Its promised legacy is a green space now known as The Elizabeth Park which remains a wildlife habitat and whose centrepieces are still the Velodrome and Aquatic Centre used by the public while the main Olympic stadium is home to West Ham Football Club. (

Ex-Union Chief Donald Fehr Says Olympic And Paralympic Athletes Need Their Own Type Of Union

The US Supreme Court building as seen in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2023.

Death To The NCAA

Supreme Court Allows Lawsuits Against Ohio State To Move Forward

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on May 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. The building looks darks and the background behind it is cloudy.

Ohio State To Supreme Court: Please Stop People From Suing Us Over Athletics Doctor’s Sexual Abuse

The offices of USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee are seen on November 6, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Gymnastics

Every Promise Made By USA Gymnastics In The Larry Nassar Settlement

Olympic gold medal gymnast Jordyn Wieber, Olympic bronze medal gymnast Jamie Dantzcher, speedskater Bridie Farrell and figureskater Craig Maurizi testify before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee's Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee during a hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. The atheleats testified during the hearing titled 'Olympic Abuse: The Role of National Governing Bodies in Protecting Our Athletes.'

Congress Won’t Fund The Commission It Created To Fix Olympic Sports

U.S. gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman are sworn in to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of U.S. gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, September 15, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Congress Has Little More Than Apologies For Larry Nassar’s Victims

The FBI seal is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, DC on July 5, 2016.

All The Times The FBI Did Not Seriously Investigate Larry Nassar But Did Try To Cover Its Ass

Lauren Theisen

College Football

Law Firm Report: Bo Schembechler Knew About Michigan Doctor’s Abuse

A photo of former national gymnastics team coach John Geddert.

Gymnastics Coach John Geddert Dies By Suicide Hours After He Is Criminally Charged

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina watches as Former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar listens to impact statements during the sentencing phase in Ingham County Circuit Court on January 24, 2018 in Lansing, Michigan.

Larry Nassar’s Prison Sentence Stands, But The Judge’s Words Still Rankle

The US Capitol Building is seen at dusk in Washington, DC.

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