The day after Thanksgiving has traditionally been one of the special football days of the year in America. While high school rivalries and the NFL play on… Read more “SUCH ARE THE MEMORIES OF SPORT”
Month: November 2015
STILL E PLURIBUS, BUT ARE WE LOSING THE UNUM?
As so often is the case, the very simple sport of running is an excellent prism through which to view life’s more complex problems. For life in… Read more “STILL E PLURIBUS, BUT ARE WE LOSING THE UNUM?”
IN SEARCH OF A UNIFIED LENGTH THEORY
While science has been at odds with both church and state throughout the centuries, and even today finds wide swaths of deniers at all compass headings, it… Read more “IN SEARCH OF A UNIFIED LENGTH THEORY”
THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS
Last year at this time I was in Durban, South Africa to give a keynote address at a Global Athletics Conference (GAC 2014). Ato Boldon was the… Read more “THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS”
THE DRUG DILEMMA
So five more Russian athletes gets popped for drugs, and so it goes. And our hands wring, and our spirits sink, and yet nothing seems to change,… Read more “THE DRUG DILEMMA”
A DAUGHTER’S JOURNEY, A MOTHER’S PRIDE
They say there are eight million stories in the naked city. But on marathon day in New York the spotlight shines brightest on a mere (though still… Read more “A DAUGHTER’S JOURNEY, A MOTHER’S PRIDE”
NEW YORK CITY 2015: A RESULT TO BELIEVE
The 2015 TCS New York City Marathon produced an outcome that satisfied logic. It was a race and a result you could believe. And thank God for… Read more “NEW YORK CITY 2015: A RESULT TO BELIEVE”
