The NFL is now investigating the New Orleans Saints for paying bounties to teammates for injuring other team’s players. Some people, perhaps most, are horrified by… Read more “BOUNTIES ON THE TRACK”
Category: Opinion
JOHN MICHUKI: RUNNING ENVIRONMENTALIST
It is understandably easy to forget in America’s own continental sanctuary that the world is a rather more hostile place, where for the vast majority of people the concept… Read more “JOHN MICHUKI: RUNNING ENVIRONMENTALIST”
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
As the Arizona and Michigan presidential primaries arrive, the final four Republican candidates continue their slash-and-burn tactics as they vie to take on President Obama in… Read more “THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM”
SAME AS IT EVER WAS
As we approach this weekend’s USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, once again we find the advance stories focusing as much on… Read more “SAME AS IT EVER WAS”
WHY POLS SHOULD RUN?
A piece for Sunday. In a 2004 Vanity Fair article James Walcott wrote: “Mass culture secretes condescension and borderline contempt for any quest for artistic expression… Read more “WHY POLS SHOULD RUN?”
BOSTON VS LONDON MARATHONS 2012
Again in 2012, the two springtime World Marathon Majors, Boston and London, will be staged six days apart. Boston’s 116th annual sets off from Hopkinton on… Read more “BOSTON VS LONDON MARATHONS 2012”
WHY TRACK IS THE BEST TEACHER FOR KIDS
Lee Evans – Catch or No Catch? Did Baltimore Raven receiver Lee Evans catch a 19-yard TD pass from QB Joe Flacco with 24-seconds remaining in… Read more “WHY TRACK IS THE BEST TEACHER FOR KIDS”
BLAZING FITNESS
Houston, Texas – Shellie Pfohl, executive director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition addressed the attendees of the Running USA Ashworth Youth Awards… Read more “BLAZING FITNESS”
RACING FOR THE PODIUM IN LONDON
Houston, Texas – The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials are over, and the focus now turns to the Games in London in August. The American marathon team is… Read more “RACING FOR THE PODIUM IN LONDON”
WHAT DIRECTION RUNNING USA?
Following this weekend’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas will be the annual Running USA conference set for January 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency Houston. This… Read more “WHAT DIRECTION RUNNING USA?”
