Alexis Ohanian’s Athlos and Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track are bold swings to revive track and field—a sport gasping for air in the USA outside the Olympics.… Read more “Athlos and the Ten Hurdles to Track’s Reinvention”
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ATHLOS 2024 PROVED PROMISING
One of the major track-based stories of 2024 was the Athlos’ 2024 Women Run New York meet at Icahn Stadium on Roosevelt Island on September 26th. Funded… Read more “ATHLOS 2024 PROVED PROMISING”
TRYING ON THE NEW
Increasingly, the world of athletics (track & field) has realized that in order to make an impression in this glutted media and sponsorship universe, they have to… Read more “TRYING ON THE NEW”
CHICAGO 2018: TOO MANY CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT
Though it was a Frenchman, Michel Bréal, who first suggested that a distance race be held in the 1896 Olympic Games and be called the Marathon, it… Read more “CHICAGO 2018: TOO MANY CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT”
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”
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