I’ve never met you, but I have always been a fan. The excitement generated by your come-from-behind racing has lifted more than one arena to its collective feet,… Read more “DEAR NICK SYMMONDS,”
Category: Opinion
SELECTING KENYAN OLYMPIC MARATHON TEAM
Say what you will about the American trials system for Olympic selection, how it discounts consistency or past excellence for a one-day, all or nothing performance,… Read more “SELECTING KENYAN OLYMPIC MARATHON TEAM”
AWAITING THE MARQUEE MATCHUPS
I have been a boxing fan even longer than a track/running fan, watching Gillette’s Friday Night Fights with my father in those halcyon days when black… Read more “AWAITING THE MARQUEE MATCHUPS”
CHANGING THE COMPETITIVE MODEL
Track and field is a sport of extremes, taking the most basic athletic abilities of running, jumping, and throwing, and distilling them into the Olympic motto:… Read more “CHANGING THE COMPETITIVE MODEL”
FAVORED BY THE GODS
I was in Helsinki in 1983 when Mary Decker took on the Soviet machine in the inaugural IAAF World Track & Field Championships over 1500 and 3000 meters. … Read more “FAVORED BY THE GODS”
BOLT’S DQ in DAEGU
Day two at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea began with a scintillating last 30 meter sprint in the longest track… Read more “BOLT’S DQ in DAEGU”
RUPP’S DILEMMA
Galen Rupp has been groomed for years by coach Alberto Salazar at the Nike-sponsored Oregon Distance Project in Portland. Now at age 25 the American 10,000 meter… Read more “RUPP’S DILEMMA”
DAEGU MEN’S 10,000M – THE SAGA OF MO FARAH
And so the 2011 men’s World Championships 10,000 meters is complete. And poor Mo Farah. England’s pride came up agonizingly short in his bid to win… Read more “DAEGU MEN’S 10,000M – THE SAGA OF MO FARAH”
UFC SIGNS WITH FOX
Today, what was once considered the modern blood-sport version of Roman gladiatorial combat, a sport so savage that Arizona senator John McCain referred to it as… Read more “UFC SIGNS WITH FOX”
WHY CAN’T WE COME TOGETHER?
You have to agree, ours is the oddest of sports. Last weekend we witnessed the 37th QC Times Bix 7 Road Race in Davenport, Iowa. Yesterday, the… Read more “WHY CAN’T WE COME TOGETHER?”
