With the Summer Olympic Games upon us, we will marvel at the incredible skill demonstrated by athletes from around the world. But what if those skills were amplified by the lesser gravity of the moon?

In seeking to host the Summer Olympics, Brazil promised “green games for a blue planet.” It pledged to clean up waterways around future Olympic sites, including a lagoon in front of the ...

For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, over 1.2 million Brazilians signed up for the first round ticket lottery within its first week alone. About 7.5 million tickets were available ...

Golf made its return to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a near 100-year absence. That year, Justin Rose won gold for Great ...

the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics topped $45 billion, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics exceeded $50 billion (Baade and Matheson 2016). These cost figures typically compare unfavorably with revenue ...