The next Olympic Games in Los Angeles will depend on artificial intelligence for far more than faster results. The real test will be whether athletes, journalists and the public can trust how those systems are used. By: Alexzander Awni | Sports Technology and Next Generation Correspondent Editor: Michelle Anne Paris Artificial intelligence will not be a side story at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. By 2028, it will be part of the infrastructure through which athletes prepare,

From Los Angeles in 1984 to Rio in 2016, technology kept changing the Olympic experience. The enduring measure of progress, however, has always been whether it helps athletes, reporters and fans understand one another more fully. By Richard Awni | Senior Olympic and Sports Correspondent Editor: Michelle Anne Paris I have been fortunate to experience six Summer Olympic Games, beginning in Los Angeles in 1984 and continuing through Seoul, Barcelona, Beijing, London and Rio. Eac

A scoreless final at the Rose Bowl, a shootout and 94,000 fans. Thirty-two years later, the 1994 World Cup is still shaping how Los Angeles thinks about big events. By Richard Awni, Senior Olympic and Sports Correspondent Family First News Desk | Where Sports and Education Go Hand in Hand The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, site of the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final between Brazil and Italy. Wide view of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, host stadium for the 1994 World Cup Final On July 17, 199

Zika, water quality and a country in crisis dominated the run-up. What happened inside the Games, and after them, offers Los Angeles a lesson in planning for the day after. By: Richard Awni, Senior Olympic and Sports Correspondent Family First News Desk | Where Sports and Education Go Hand in Hand Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Olympic Games, where competition and community often told a fuller story than the pre-Games headlines Olympic venue and spectators in Rio de Janeiro d

Two Olympic Games gave Los Angeles a template. The third will be judged by what it leaves for children who were not yet born when the last one ended. By: Richard Awni, Senior Olympic and Sports Correspondent Family First News Desk | Where Sports and Education Go Hand in Hand The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, central to the 1932 and 1984 Games and scheduled to make history again in 2028. Wide view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, an Olympic venue in 1932, 1984 and 202

A student in middle school today will be a young adult when the Olympic Games arrive in Los Angeles. Their view of the Games, and of what they should leave behind, may be the one that matters most. By Alexzander Awni, Sports Technology and Next Generation Correspondent Family First News Desk | Where Sports and Education Go Hand in Hand he generation that will inherit LA28 is already old enough to ask what access, opportunity and lasting community investment should look like.

The 2028 Games will be spread across about 80 venues with no new permanent stadiums. That makes the real infrastructure invisible: data, networks and movement. By Alexzander Awni, Sports Technology and Next Generation Correspondent Family First News Desk | Where Sports and Education Go Hand in Hand LA28’s existing-venue strategy makes connectivity, transportation and secure data part of the Games’ essential infrastructure. Split image showing a Los Angeles Olympic venue and

In 2028, an Olympic baseball medal will be decided at Dodger Stadium for the first time. The city has been building toward that night for more than half a century. By Richard Awni, Senior Olympic and Sports Correspondent Family First News Desk | Where Sports and Education Go Hand in Hand Dodger Stadium is scheduled to welcome Olympic baseball when the sport returns to the program at LA28. Wide view of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the planned LA28 Olympic baseball venue. B

When the Olympic basketball tournament tips off at Intuit Dome in 2028, the audience will include millions of young players. The question is what they will find when they put the ball down. By Brian Taylor, Senior Basketball and Athlete Development Correspondent Family First News Desk | Where Sports and Education Go Hand in Hand Intuit Dome in Inglewood is scheduled to host five-on-five Olympic basketball during LA28. Exterior or interior view of Intuit Dome in Inglewood, t