The following is a response to my last post TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD which outlined the political wranglings at last weekend’s Aviva London Grand… Read more “BOB BRIGHT: AFTER 25 YEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED”
Category: Opinion
TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD
I just finished watching an undistinguished 1957 horse opera called The Big Land starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo on Turner Classic Movies. (It’s a low-key Saturday). … Read more “TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD”
OLYMPIC PETITION – ROAD RACING
PETITION BACKGROUND (Preamble) Since its rapid growth during the so-called Running Boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, the sport of Road Racing has become a world-wide… Read more “OLYMPIC PETITION – ROAD RACING”
POOR WEATHER FORECAST FOR KENYAN OLYMPIC TRIALS
Ngong, Kenya – With fewer electronic pursuits available in rural Africa, time is spent more in the age-old give and take of robust conversation, where, whether the… Read more “POOR WEATHER FORECAST FOR KENYAN OLYMPIC TRIALS”
RUDISHA FOCUSED ON TIME AT ADIDAS GP
The build-up to the London Olympics is well underway. On June 9th the reigning 800-meter world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya will make his U.S. debut… Read more “RUDISHA FOCUSED ON TIME AT ADIDAS GP”
EMOTIONAL CONFORMATION
How many times have you watched a race and thought, “Boy, was he/she born to run?”, thereby giving voice to the emotional power released by the human… Read more “EMOTIONAL CONFORMATION”
THE PLAYERS MUST BE AT THE TABLE IF THEY ARE ALSO TO BE THE MEAL
(The following editorial was written for and posted by the Track & Field Athletes Association (TFAA) on its website. It is re-posted here with their permission.) *… Read more “THE PLAYERS MUST BE AT THE TABLE IF THEY ARE ALSO TO BE THE MEAL”
THE RUN FOR THE ROSE GARDEN
Do you feel like I do? Do you wish the race for president would never end? Ooohh, the very idea of a fully-blustered presidential campaign sets my… Read more “THE RUN FOR THE ROSE GARDEN”
TURN OFF THE JUMBOTRON!
“I felt good, I was running fast. Then, as everybody does, I kind of glanced up at the big JumboTron and I see this little… Read more “TURN OFF THE JUMBOTRON!”
OLYMPIC ROAD RACE
Now that Athletics Kenya has made its Sophie’s Choice for their 2012 Olympic Men’s Marathon team, it seems cruelly unfair that both history’s fastest marathoner, Geoffrey… Read more “OLYMPIC ROAD RACE”
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