The second Samsung Diamond League Athletics season kicked off today in Doha, Qatar. As expected the meet featured many world leading performances. Perhaps none was… Read more “Alamirew Impresses in Diamond League Opener”
JUST AN IDEA
There is a potential problem brewing in the sport, and who can say what the long-term effects could be? As was reported in the New York… Read more “JUST AN IDEA”
THE VALUE OF A HERO
We were broadcasting the National Scholastic Indoor Track & Field Championships for ESPN from the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. It was Sunday, March 11, 1990. Though… Read more “THE VALUE OF A HERO”
USA vs. The World – Who Won?
First of all, it sounds like either Michael Bay’s next disaster starring Shia LaBeouf, or The Donald’s campaign slogan for 2012. Instead USA vs. The… Read more “USA vs. The World – Who Won?”
Chilled in Boston 2011
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CROWDING THE NUMBERS
Thus have Prince William & Catherine been joined in Holy Matrimony in London’s Westminster Abbey with the eyes of England and the world upon them. And… Read more “CROWDING THE NUMBERS”
ESCAPE!
The drab blanket of night had already folded over the bleak Polish countryside when Colonel Paul Goode walked into one of the prison barracks of Oflag 64 in Szubin,… Read more “ESCAPE!”
National Tribute to Grete Waitz Planned
Now official, a Norwegian national tribute to Grete Waitz will be held at Bislett Stadium in Oslo on Wednesday May 11 at 5PM. Grete’s husband Jack has… Read more “National Tribute to Grete Waitz Planned”
AIDED?
Following Boston’s monumental 115th running last Monday, the talk once again has turned to the cold vivisection of the finishing times rather than the hot-blooded competition that… Read more “AIDED?”
COMING TO AMERICA
She sailed out of Antwerp on Tuesday, December 4, 1945. Everything she owned she carried in pigskin leather bag: two dresses from her time in Nuremberg,… Read more “COMING TO AMERICA”