President Barack Obama

Major League Baseball Ponders Next Steps in Cuba

(ATR) MLB exec tells ATR the U.S. baseball league has no plans to open an office in Havana just yet.
Major League Baseball Ponders Next

Grandes Ligas Descarta Oficina en Cuba

(ATR) El abogado principal del MLB Dan Halem reveló a ATR que la liga no tiene planes para abrir una oficina en La Habana.
Grandes Ligas Descarta Oficina en

On the Scene - "Fan-in-Chief" Obama Welcomes Team USA to White House

(ATR) President Barack Obama tells U.S. Olympians and Paralympians, “You gave us a summer we will never forget.” ATR's Karen Rosen reports from the South Lawn of the White House.
On the Scene - "Fan-in-Chief"

On-the-Scene Photodesk - Obama Greets U.S. Olympians, Paralympians

(ATR) Around the Rings was on the scene in Washington D.C. as President Barack Obama welcomed nearly 400 athletes to the South Lawn of the White House, congratulating them for "a summer we will never forget" ... Images inside ...
On-the-Scene Photodesk - Obama Greets

Monday Memo - London Parade Lauds Team GB; Team USA Meets Obama

(ATR) "Glorious miasma of color, noise and excitement" set to sweep through London ... Olympians, Paralympians to meet U.S. President ... Tuesday Talk with Craig Reedie ... All that and more ahead this week from Around the Rings ... 
Monday Memo - London Parade

On the Scene in Copenhagen: 2016 Olympic Bids Seek Edge

Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero pushes for Madrid... Governor Shintaro Ishihara speaks for Tokyo... Obamas Captain Chicago 2016 Team...
On the Scene in Copenhagen:

Bidding for the Games: Happy Rio; White House and Copenhagen

(ATR) Rio de Janeiro is named the "happiest" city in a poll with Madrid not far behind ... A top aide for Barack Obama confirmed for IOC Session ... ...Chicago reaction to a political victory ...
Bidding for the Games: Happy

2016 Olympic Bid Chiefs See Tight Race

(ATR) The leaders of the four bids for the 2016 Olympics see a tight race as they head to the IOC vote with two months to go. CEO's from each bid speaks to Around the Rings about what’s ahead for them.
2016 Olympic Bid Chiefs See

On the Scene: Obama Opens Olympic Appeal for Chicago

(ATR) Chicago 2016 wasted no time bringing out President Barack Obama on the first day of the IOC Evaluation Commission visit -- even if he is now in Europe.
On the Scene: Obama Opens

Op Ed: 2016 Tour Begins in Chicago Chill

(ATR) If there's snow in the air it must be time for the IOC to inspect cities bidding for the Summer Olympic Games.
Op Ed: 2016 Tour Begins