From The Editor — March 2010: OK, that was the best 4 decades of my life… so far
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME, HAPPY… December 29 marked an historic point in your editor’s life: 40 years at Track &… Read More
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME, HAPPY… December 29 marked an historic point in your editor’s life: 40 years at Track &… Read More
As Cordner Nelson liked to ask, “What kind of fan are you?” CORDNER NELSON (see p. 35 for his obituary)… Read More
CHICAGO’S OLYMPIC LOSS may have stung America’s pride, but for me the saddest thing to come out of the IOC’s… Read More
CALL ME CRAZY, but I’m concerned that Usain Bolt’s stratospheric popularity might have a bit of a negative effect on… Read More
CAN YOU TAKE ONE MORE COLUMN about Eugene and the 2012 Olympic Trials? That contentious subject came to life again… Read More
IN LAST MONTH’S SCREED I went off on the mind-numbing drabness of the U.S.’s international uniforms. I’m glad to see… Read More
THIS JUST IN! THIS COLUMN IS NOT ABOUT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS! After three straight months of ranting about the expected… Read More
CUE BROKEN RECORD: gh is about to rant on the Olympic Trials for the third issue in a row. Hey,… Read More
WHEN I WROTE ABOUT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS last month, I never dreamed I’d still be on that subject in this… Read More
IF I COULD GO TO ONLY ONE MEET every four years, it would be that glorious 10 days that serves… Read More
FACED WITH DWINDLING TV NUMBERS and fearful of losing the next generation of fans, the European Athletic Association (EAA) has… Read More
AS I HEAD TO EUGENE FOR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS, it seems only fitting that I channel the cult classic Animal… Read More
I’VE HEARD SAVVY EUROPEANS CALL IT “The greatest meet on the planet.” These are people who get the GP Circuit… Read More
“AMERICA’S NEED FOR SPEED” is the title of this issue’s lead article, which segues into the previews of both Olympic… Read More
I’VE LONG DREADED the day when I’d have to write this column, but at the same time I take no… Read More
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! The first edition of T&FN rolled off the presses in February of 1948 (see p. 37)…. Read More
WILL OSAKA REALLY BE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS No. 11? I musta been having an awful lot of fun since ’83, because… Read More
I HATE TO REPEAT MYSELF, but after seeing the NCAA Championships up close and personal (as the TV guys like… Read More
TRACK ISN’T BASKETBALL, but every time I watch the three-week thrillfest that is the NCAA’s March hoops climax, I wonder… Read More
FROM THE NCAA GUIDE: “The American people have shown a fondness for sports events that can be completed in the… Read More