The skies are leaden, and the rain is pelting down.  It must be Boston Marathon time again.  The 115th marathon week kicks off today at… Read more “Boston Marathon Week Kicks Off”

    Running has long found it difficult to secure a solid foothold on the American sporting landscape.  One reason is lack of professionalism when compared to other… Read more “19th Century Sport in Search of 21st Century Foothold”

       When Ethiopia’s Haile Gebreselassie ran the current marathon world record 2:03:59 in Berlin 2008, he was paced through the half-marathon split by 2009 World Marathon… Read more “GOING OUT ON THE WIRE FOR THE WORLD RECORD IN ROTTERDAM”

              Ben Rosario understands the importance of group efforts.  Before returning to his hometown of St. Louis in 2006 to open the first of three Big… Read more “Another Event Joins Pledge Drive to Support U.S. Training Camps”

     Butler versus U. Conn will go down as the most poorly played NCAA basketball final in history. Butler shot an embarrassing 18.8% from the field in… Read more “NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP COMPROMISED BY STADIUM SELECTION”

           Hope is a fragile commodity, best supported by unwavering preparation and clench-jawed determination, qualities familiar to any who call themselves distance runners, regardless of the… Read more “HOPE ON THE HORIZON?”

          At the 20th running of the Carlsbad 5000 in 2005, Ethiopia’s Dejene Berhanu captured a third straight title (13:10), and country woman Tirunesh Dibaba set the ninth women’s world’s… Read more “Winds of Change Not Blowing in Carlsbad”

     Even as track and road running prize purses continue to stagger along at start up, 20th century levels, officials of the “beautiful game” soccer are placing… Read more “The Bizarro Running World: Soccer Seeks to Limit Athlete Spending”