Author: Eddie Pells, Associated Press

The U.S. Olympic Committee says it is working on reforms to prevent athletes from losing health insurance coverage when they become pregnant. Three senators wrote to USOC CEO Sarah Hirshland on Wednesday, asking her to provide details about the Colorado-based federation’s insurance program, saying the discontinuation of coverage when an athlete becomes pregnant is “unconscionable…

The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee believes the federation can reform with or without guidance from Congress. Speaking at an Aspen Institute event Wednesday in Washington, CEO Sarah Hirshland said she has delivered a proposal that would put the Colorado Springs-based USOC on the hook to deliver an annual report, as a way of…

The U.S. Olympic Committee has tabbed Paralympic executive Rick Adams to serve as its new chief of sport performance, and will also create a new department charged with making it easier for athletes to deal with off-the-field needs, including health care and reporting inappropriate conduct. CEO Sarah Hirshland announced those changes to the USOC staff…

A Boulder-based group of winter-sports athletes and the world’s biggest snowboard maker want the president of the International Ski Federation (FIS) to resign after he spoke of “so-called climate change” and said he would rather deal with dictators than argue with environmentalists. The Boulder climate advocacy group Protect Our Winters sent an open letter Friday…