On this Memorial Day weekend 2016, a time when we honor those who sacrificed so that we might run free, we take note that Memorial Day… Read more “MEMORIAL DAY 2016”
Month: May 2016
ARE WARRIORS PAYING FOR LATE SEASON SURGE?
Everyone is burying the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors after their game 4 loss to the OKC Thunder the other night as the teams prep for… Read more “ARE WARRIORS PAYING FOR LATE SEASON SURGE?”
OLYMPICS SHOULD ADOPT PARALYMPIC MODEL
Man, I’m telling you, I can’t wait for gene manipulation to get here. I mean, just so we can move on to something new. You just can’t… Read more “OLYMPICS SHOULD ADOPT PARALYMPIC MODEL”
WHY SPORT MATTERS
A race has as many reasons as it has entrants. But at the front end, at the tip of the spear, a race is a life… Read more “WHY SPORT MATTERS”
RUNNING WITH FIDO
People love to run with their dogs. And why not? Cats just look at you like you’re out of your mind. But dogs are like having a… Read more “RUNNING WITH FIDO”
REMEMBERING SAMMY WANJIRU FIVE YEARS AFTER
As might be expected in any nation with a talent pool as vast as theirs, Kenyans continue to debate the makeup of their 2016 Rio Olympic… Read more “REMEMBERING SAMMY WANJIRU FIVE YEARS AFTER”
THE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP OF SCANDAL
So on the same day that WADA unanimously declares Kenya non-compliant with its anti-doping code, thereby threatening the East African running juggernaut with exclusion from this summer’s… Read more “THE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP OF SCANDAL”
MOMS
On this Mother’s Day 2016 we find the world all around us continuing to be torn apart by the cross currents of economic, racial, ethnic and religious… Read more “MOMS”
POP GOES THE BOOM!
The running boom is over, and you can blame the millennials. So says an article in the Wall Street Journal quoting statistics from, among others, Running USA showing… Read more “POP GOES THE BOOM!”
America, The Brand – Or, Where is the West if Lewis & Clark Are No Longer Searching?
So here it comes, Ali-Frazier `71, Bird-Magic `84. Really, once his golden escalator eased The Donald and his wife Melania down into the lobby of Trump Tower last June… Read more “America, The Brand – Or, Where is the West if Lewis & Clark Are No Longer Searching?”