I was watching Oregon v Oklahoma at the NCAA West Regional Final on CBS over the weekend. One of the promotions on the broadcast was for the USGA… Read more “ODDS & ENDS”
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HEALING BEGINS
Last week’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon has been praised for its innovations in track & field presentation, things like NBA-style player introductions, music during… Read more “HEALING BEGINS”
THE CHARMIN SUPREMACY
For decades the U.S. wrestled the Soviet bear for international primacy in a long and bitter Cold War. Finally, the bear and its Communist system succumbed, driven… Read more “THE CHARMIN SUPREMACY”
COMITY AND OTHER LESSONS FROM LINCOLN
(POLITICS, NOT RUNNING) The heat and passion of political discourse is but a measure of the times, not their cause. And so in this particularly rancorous presidential… Read more “COMITY AND OTHER LESSONS FROM LINCOLN”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILSON KIPSANG
Happy birthday to Wilson Kipsang, the former marathon world record holder, who turns 34 today. Last year Wilson ran a strong second to fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge… Read more “HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILSON KIPSANG”
OUR PRESIDENTIAL APPRENTICE
Though clothed in the button-nosed cuteness of Mickey Mouse in the 1940 Walt Disney film Fantasia, the story of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice was a cautionary tale penned in 1797… Read more “OUR PRESIDENTIAL APPRENTICE”
MEB NOW ATOP ALL-TIME U.S. DISTANCE RUNNING LIST
After his impressive win at Saturday’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon in Los Angeles (in his debut at the distance) who knows how far Oregon’s Galen… Read more “MEB NOW ATOP ALL-TIME U.S. DISTANCE RUNNING LIST”
COE AND CLINTON IN A SIMILAR BOX
There is an interesting parallel between the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign and the ongoing drug and corruption scandal darkening the halls of the IAAF. Though Republican candidate… Read more “COE AND CLINTON IN A SIMILAR BOX”
THE EQUALITY OF MAN
When we speak of the equality of man where does it reside? In our native dignity? In our compassion, or maybe our intellectual curiosity? How about in… Read more “THE EQUALITY OF MAN”
COE ATTEMPTS TO WALK IAAF OFF THE LEDGE
And so it begins, the inevitable PR moon walk by the new IAAF president as he tries to draw back from the cliff of doom that revelations… Read more “COE ATTEMPTS TO WALK IAAF OFF THE LEDGE”
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