Even as the 14th IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Moscow reached its first crescendo yesterday with Yelena Isinbayeva’s thrilling win over American Olympic champion Jen… Read more “WHERE HAVE YOU GONE LEONID BREZHNEV?”
Category: Opinion
MO VERSUS BOLT – MORE PLEASE
It’s become the story of the day, Olympic sprint king Usain Bolt accepting Olympic distance star Mo Farah’s challenge to meet up over 600 meters in a run-off… Read more “MO VERSUS BOLT – MORE PLEASE”
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL
What are we asking of our parents and teachers these days? Where is the “right thing” to be found in a world of moral relativists and sinners,… Read more “TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL”
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Following the high profile mass shootings in Aurora, Colorado and Newtown, Connecticut the nation’s on-going gun debate has now moved south to Sanford, Florida. There, neighborhood… Read more “ARMED AND DANGEROUS”
USATF.TV TO DEBUT AT NATIONALS IN DES MOINES
If we can bitch and moan when things aren’t being done well — and God knows I have — then we must salute when something is. … Read more “USATF.TV TO DEBUT AT NATIONALS IN DES MOINES”
PROTEST, POLITY & THE SURVEILLANCE STATE
It was eerie to watch in light of this new world we find ourselves living in. Several protesters disrupted the French Open tennis final today between eventual… Read more “PROTEST, POLITY & THE SURVEILLANCE STATE”
BLOWING IN THE WIND
Watching last night’s Distance Night at the Pre Classic on RunnerSpace we, like everyone else, including commentators Tim Hutchings and Paul Swangard, were a little baffled by… Read more “BLOWING IN THE WIND”
BOSTON EFFECT ON RACE PARTICIPATION
It’s been six weeks since the bombings at the Boston Marathon, time enough for the first rush of emotions to have run their course, and for… Read more “BOSTON EFFECT ON RACE PARTICIPATION”
THE LINE
The lines in racing are evident and precise. At tomorrow’s Diamond League Adidas Grand Prix in New York City lines will define the arc of competition while… Read more “THE LINE”
IAAF ATHLETES’ HUB
It has been a long road out of the moral wasteland of amateurism for running, and the sport still hasn’t made it all the way home.… Read more “IAAF ATHLETES’ HUB”
