Noah Lyle’s comment about track and field being a true world championship sport while the NBA is “World Champion of what? The United States?” continues to make news… Read more “LYLES RILES”
Tag: Nick Symmonds
THE TWENTY TEENS – THE DECADE’S TOP POSTS
As the Twenty Teens come to their conclusion, we join others in looking back at the decade now passing. Below is the list of top posts on… Read more “THE TWENTY TEENS – THE DECADE’S TOP POSTS”
THE SYMMONDS DILEMMA
Here’s the problem. When an endemic sponsor — in this case Nike — is signed to a generation long contract as the footwear and apparel sponsor of… Read more “THE SYMMONDS DILEMMA”
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
The state of the sport is never far from the minds of its most accomplished practitioners, for they are children of the game fully in the thrall of… Read more “AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD”
THINKING ON YOUR FEET
How many times have each of us come together in a working group to brainstorm an idea or try to come up with an idea to more fully… Read more “THINKING ON YOUR FEET”
TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD
I just finished watching an undistinguished 1957 horse opera called The Big Land starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo on Turner Classic Movies. (It’s a low-key Saturday). … Read more “TRACK ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF ALAN LADD”
DEAR NICK SYMMONDS,
I’ve never met you, but I have always been a fan. The excitement generated by your come-from-behind racing has lifted more than one arena to its collective feet,… Read more “DEAR NICK SYMMONDS,”