2024 Olympics

Los Angeles is now the official U.S. bid city for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The United States Olympic Committee has formally named L.A. as the U.S. bid as it prepares to turn in the choice to the International Olympic Committee by a September 15th deadline...

(Associated Press) - Massachusetts lawmakers have given final approval to a compromise $38.1 billion budget and sent it along to Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature. The spending plan includes measures aimed at strengthening management of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and requiring lawmakers to sign off before public money could be spent on a potential 2024 Olympics in Boston...

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination and confidence. It's the same kind of spirit that's needed from local residents, the business community and our politicians to welcome the 2024 Olympic Summer Games to the waters surrounding New Bedford and the South Coast...

City Council President Brian Gomes is commending Mayor Jon Mitchell for taking the initiative, and seeking to have New Bedford be a part of the 2024 Olympics. The Mayor named a Steering Committee this week to work with the "Boston 2024" group to locate an Olympic sailing event on Buzzards Bay...

There are still many hurdles to clear, but Olympic Sailing may be coming to New Bedford. Mayor Jon Mitchell on Wednesday announced the formation of a steering committee to develop a proposal to bring the 2024 Olympic Sailing competition to Buzzards Bay and New Bedford...

The group behind Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics is reaching beyond the city for input on their proposal. Boston 2024 announced Wednesday that it would hold a series 20 community meetings in the coming months around Massachusetts _ venturing as far west as Springfield...

Former Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Richard Davey has been named to head the organization leading the drive to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Boston.

The Athens of America will get a chance to bid for the Olympics. The USOC picked Boston on Thursday as its bid city for the 2024 Summer Games. The city will be presented to the International Olympic Committee for a vote in 2017. Rome also is in the bidding, along with Hamburg or Berlin, Germany...