21.   McCain has issued a string of critical statements about the IOC this week and holds hearings on the Olympic scandal next month.

22.   Mitchell and members of his panel will testify Wednesday at Senate Commerce Committee hearings on the Olympic scandal.

23.   Next month in Washington, the Senate Commerce Committee holds hearings on the Olympic scandal.

24.   Nagano Mayor Tasuku Tsukada says the Salt Lake games will endure an Olympic scandal and reap the rewards of the Olympic legacy.

25.   Salt Lake bid leaders Tom Welch and Dave Johnson lead a list of five people charged or indicted in a lengthy U.S. Justice Department investigation of the Olympic scandal.

26.   Signing up a hardware sponsor would likely be the first major business deal since the Olympic scandal broke in December.

27.   The demise of the Fox and Showtime projects also is part of the fading of the Olympic scandal after three years.

28.   The highest-ranking official implicated in the Olympic scandal said Saturday he would not contest a serious warning about his conduct recommended by IOC investigators.

29.   The Olympic judging scandal is all about the French now.

30.   The latest Olympic scandal has nothing to do with bribery allegations and everything to do with hundreds of disappointed high school students and angry parents.