APNewsBreak: USOC admin costs rise after Nassar scandal

DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee’s administrative costs more than doubled from 2017 to 2018 as it dealt with a $5.2 million investigation into its handling of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse cases and paid a $2.4 million severance to its former CEO.
The payments to the Ropes & Gray law firm, former CEO Scott Blackmun and the Covington & Burling law firm helped raise the USOC’s administrative and general costs to $31.2 million in 2018, compared with $14.9 million the