The U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday fired its chief of sport performance, Alan Ashley, in the wake of an independent investigation into sexual abuse in the USA Gymnastics team that revealed that he and former CEO Scott Blackmun failed to address allegations leveled against Larry Nassar, reports AP.
Why it matters: The USOC released a 233-page independent report on Monday that concluded the organization's failure to address allegations of sexual abuse allowed Nassar to assault dozens of other girls over a period of 14 months. Last week, USA Gymnastics said it's filing for bankruptcy to quickly settle complaints from Nassar's victims. And in November, the Olympic Committee said it's seeking to revoke USA Gymnastics’s recognition as the sport's governing body.
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder is rounding up local and federal officials as the team makes a new push to include a new football stadium at the RFK site in the latest government spending bill, the Washington Post reports.
Why it matters: The team would skip over multiple public debates by including the stadium in the spending bill. Questions about whether RFK's stadium site would benefit from other uses for D.C. residents have long been debated in the public. Native American groups and allies remain opposed to the team's name as being racially offensive.
