Quest for Gold

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold-The US Olympic qualifying marathon trials take place this weekend in Orlando-The USA Women’s Basketball team roster is coming into focus-The push for an Enhanced Games continues-Paris slims down its opening ceremony-And nine Team USA figure skaters will finally be awarded gold for their 2022 performance.  We hear […]

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-The USA Men’s Basketball pool has been announced-USA Golf has new uniforms-The U.S. is projected to win the most medals in Paris-A college professor is taking her whole class to the Paris Olympics-Flag football championships get underway next week-Two favorites were bounced from the Australian Open-And we speak with three-time […]

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The IOC has named its first official beer sponsor of the Olympics-The Italy bobsled venue issue should be settled soon-Paris police want more money headed into the Summer Games-Another American team has qualified for Paris 2024-American athletes keep climbing up world rankings to qualify for the Olympics-And we […]

This week on Quest for Gold:-The NBA plays a game in Paris, seven months ahead of the Olympics-The mayor of Paris says he’ll swim in the Seine River ahead of the Games-USA Badminton’s CEO has been suspended-Five more U.S. athletes have qualified for Paris-And we chat with Rhythmic Gymnast Evita Griskenas ahead of what will […]

On this weeks’ episode of Quest for Gold:Germany is teed up for a strong 2036 Olympic bid, but will the German public get on board for the first games there since 1972?

On this week’s Quest for Gold:  -The head of the IOC doubles down on the policy of Russian athletes competing in Paris 2024-The U.S. Boxing Trials have wrapped up-Skateboarding Olympic bids are on the line in Japan-There’s a push to make flag football an NCAA sport-And U.S. lawmakers debate transgender athletes in women’s and girl’s […]

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials are underway-U.S. Soccer has named a new training center-There will be one noticeable team missing from the Summer Games-Surfers could boycott the Paris Olympics-And we chat with seven-time Olympic medal gymnast Shannon Miller about her battle with cancer

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-The IOC prepares to name the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympic host cities-More tickets go on sale for the 2024 games in Paris-You could see Giannis or Luka in Paris next summer, but not both-And we talk to U-23 Men’s Soccer Goalkeeper Christopher Brady about trying to make the Olympic […]

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-Team USA Basketball Coach Steve Kerr is one and done with the Olympics-Brittney Griner has her eyes on Paris-The U.S. Men’s Water Polo team will be competing in Paris-The torches have been completed for the upcoming games-And we speak with Greensboro College wrestling coach Justin Harty as his school hosts […]

In this episode of Quest for Gold:-We’re live from Atlanta’s Centennial Park-We talk with Terrence Burns of T Burns Sports Group LLC about how Olympic bids come to be, and how host nations and countries are chosen – Terrence Burns blog on the LA 2028 bid | Terrence Burns blog on the Pyeongchang 2018 bid-The […]

This week on Quest for Gold:-The PanAm Games are underway in Chile-Argentina has a spot for Messi-The Tour De France is changing course-Daft Punk won’t be getting together ‘One More Time’-And we talk with USA Football CEO Scott Hallenbeck about flag football joining the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic program for the first time

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The Paris 2024 Organizing Committee offices were raided again-New sports have been added to the 2028 Olympics in L.A.-Kevin Durant has his eyes on a new Olympic record-Mary Lou Retton remains hospitalized-A celebrity lands a job with the IOC-Boxing is still up in the air for 2028-And we […]

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Mary Lou Retton is fighting for her life-The IOC makes a decision on Russian athletes for 2024-Israeli conflict could impact the games-LIV is shut out of the world golf rankings-Molly Seidel had a great run in Chicago-The US Men’s Olympic Soccer team roster 

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-USA Men’s Gymnastics does something they haven’t done in nearly a decade-Simone Biles continues to wow-Another NBA superstar is eyeing Paris-The U.S. has its first Olympic breakdancing bid-What’s up with Paris bedbugs?-And we talk with marathon runner Molly Seidel about the upcoming Chicago Marathon and what life has […]

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-We talk with German rower Nikita Mohr about training in the U.S. vs. Germany-Megan Rapinoe says farewell to the USWNT-USA Gymnastics preps for Worlds

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold we get a tour of the Olympiapark Munich, the location of the 1972 Summer Olympic Games.  We learn about the originality of the park, the contemporary uses, and the potential for a future games there. For more on Olympiapark Munich: https://www.olympiapark.de/en

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Coco Gauff is on top of her game-LeBron James plans to woo NBA stars to Paris-Suni Lee takes a pause on her gymnastics season-USWNT prepares to say goodbye to two legends-Five American surfers have punched their tickets to Paris-And there’s a new effort to create a games that […]

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-The US Men’s Basketball team has been bounced from the FIBA World Cup-The U-23 USMNT team has a new head coach heading into the Olympics-Simone Biles is eyeing France-A U.S. Judo Olympian gets engaged-Molly Seidel is prepping for the 2023 Chicago Marathon-And when will pickleball become an Olympic sport?  It […]

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The U.S. Men’s Basketball team has been rolling through Manila-Simone Biles keeps checking the boxes on a possible Olympic appearance-U.S. Track and Field cleaned up in Budapest-A couple big names are officially retiring from USWNT-And we speak with Canadian beach volleyball duo Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes about […]

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyle shine in the 100m at the World Championships in Budapest-Simone Biles prepares for her second test of her comeback-Olympic bids for Rhythmic Gymnastics are on the line in Spain-And the men’s FIBA World Cup gets underway in Manila, Joe Vardon, Senior Basketball Writer for The […]

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The USWNT is looking for a new head coach-There’s a men’s golf Olympic qualifying tournament this weekend-We talk with Tri Bourne and Chaim Shalk ahead of the AVP Manhattan Beach Volleyball Open-The World Athletic Championships begin this week-The US Men’s Basketball team is loaded heading into the FIBA […]

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Simone Biles wows in her return to the mat-USWNT falls in disappointing fashion.  We talk about it with Jeff Rueter of The Atlantic-The FIBA World Cup begins soon-France is trying to clean up the Seine River in time for the games

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-The USWNT needs to put down a frequent foe to move on in the WWC-Simone Biles competes for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics.  NewsNation’s Adrienne Bankart spoke with former Olympian, and gymnastics commentator Kathy Johnson Clark on Biles’ return to the sport-Katie Ledecky grabbed gold to set a […]

On our first episode of Quest for Gold ahead of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris:-We talk with Nexstar’s Marielena Balouris, who was in France and on hand for the one year preview celebration.-We keep our eye on the USWNT as it competes in the Women’s World Cup, where they’ve been more successful recently than […]

This week on Quest for Gold: The athletes have arrived in Beijing, though one high-profile American brought something she was hoping to avoid. The Beijing snow is fake. “The Cube” freezes over. The Bidens plan to cheer on Team USA from afar. And in the athlete spotlight of the season finale of Quest for Gold […]