Cape Elizabeth, ME – A race is all about urgency, whether along the cutting edge of competition itself, or in the honing of that edge leading up… Read more “2018 TD BEACH TO BEACON 10K – TALES OF TWO FAVES”
AVOIDING SUMMER CHORES
For all the attention the spring and fall marathons attract, there is a red, white, and blue, freshly mown grass quality to the U.S. summer road circuit,… Read more “AVOIDING SUMMER CHORES”
“IT’S GOTTA BE DA SHOES”
In his classic Nike ads from a generation ago, Spike Lee (as Mars Blackmon) asked Michael Jordan what made him the best basketball player in the universe. Was… Read more ““IT’S GOTTA BE DA SHOES””
MIND OVER MATTER
Foot racing is both a simple and complex proposition. Simple in the sense of one foot in front of another from a set starting point to a… Read more “MIND OVER MATTER”
WHAT IF WORLD CUP…
As I watch World Cup quarterfinal action from Russia, I can’t help but think how well an American team comprised of all the great NFL slot receivers… Read more “WHAT IF WORLD CUP…”
HEY, USAIN
In this year, with no Olympics or World Championships on the calendar, athletics is reshuffling its deck seeking the new face-of-the-sport to replace Usain Bolt who retired last… Read more “HEY, USAIN”
CASTER SEMENYA TO CHALLENGE IAAF CLASSIFICATION RULE
There’s almost no way to address the issue of hyperandrogenism in sport today in a coldly clinical manner. The politics of gender identification remain too sensitive, too… Read more “CASTER SEMENYA TO CHALLENGE IAAF CLASSIFICATION RULE”
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
It’s said you can tell what a society values by ts skylines. Through much of history, the steeple of the local church pricked the sky high above… Read more “OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW”
HOT CARS ON A COOL EVENING IN OREBRO
Late on a soft summer’s evening in June 1985, we arrived in the town of Örebro, Sweden a little over halfway between Oslo and Stockholm as we… Read more “HOT CARS ON A COOL EVENING IN OREBRO”
WINNERS
A newly-wedded friend recently traveled to his bride’s out-of-town family christening, a conclave that he couldn’t have been dragged to in any of his pre-wedded years had… Read more “WINNERS”
