No matter how you look at the results from today’s Weltklasse Diamond League meet in Zurich — to me it seemed a little down after the highs… Read more “NOW THEY’RE THERE”
Category: Opinion
BACK TO PACING AS USUAL
Running fast behind pacers is a thoughtless act. You know what’s coming — in fact, it’s been negotiated — and you can either do it or you… Read more “BACK TO PACING AS USUAL”
OLYMPICS: OUR COMMON BOND
The divisions in this world are profound and long standing. And the hope to surmount them, whether through politics or force of arms, is quixotic at best… Read more “OLYMPICS: OUR COMMON BOND”
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!
Sport, like life, is a series of self-fulfilling prophecies, for what you think you can do sets the stage for the reenactment of the belief in performance.… Read more “YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!”
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
So far in this first week of the 2016 Rio Olympics they’ve raised the red, white and blue of the American flag more than any other. But… Read more “DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?”
OLYMPICS REFLECTING LARGER FISSURES
“Let’s get to the root cause, and fix it.” This is both the message and plea we are hearing from far and wide, whether in talking about… Read more “OLYMPICS REFLECTING LARGER FISSURES”
RIO, OH MIO!
It’s still early, but the world is beginning to descend into Rio for these much maligned 2016 Olympic Games. Soon the athletes and competition will come to… Read more “RIO, OH MIO!”
NO BAN, NO JUSTICE
Leaking pipes, electrical problems and stopped up toilets found at the Rio Olympic athletes village by early arriving Aussies seem a perfect metaphor for the state of… Read more “NO BAN, NO JUSTICE”
TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN
The International Olympic Committee is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place as it comes to its decision on the potential Russian Olympic ban for… Read more “TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN”
TIME FOR OLYMPIC PARENTS TO LAY DOWN THE LAW
All that is good and pure about athletics (track & field) was on display in Eugene, Oregon at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials. The ultimate make-or-break meet… Read more “TIME FOR OLYMPIC PARENTS TO LAY DOWN THE LAW”
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