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
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From The Editor — January 2010: As Cordner Nelson liked to ask, “What kind of fan are you?”
As Cordner Nelson liked to ask, “What kind of fan are you?” CORDNER NELSON (see p. 35 for his obituary)… Read More
From The Editor — December 2009: Without a Chicago Games, when will the U.S. host the World Champs?
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
From The Editor — October 2009: Is it possible that superstars might actually be bad for the sport?
CALL ME CRAZY, but I’m concerned that Usain Bolt’s stratospheric popularity might have a bit of a negative effect on… Read More
From The Editor — September 2009: Wiser heads appear to have prevailed in the 2012 Trials schedule decision
CAN YOU TAKE ONE MORE COLUMN about Eugene and the 2012 Olympic Trials? That contentious subject came to life again… Read More
From The Editor — July 2009: Programs! You can’t tell the players without a program! But even then…
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
From The Editor — June 2009: When will U.S. teams start wearing uniforms that are distinctive?
THIS JUST IN! THIS COLUMN IS NOT ABOUT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS! After three straight months of ranting about the expected… Read More
From The Editor — May 2009: Just where did they find all the athletes who hate the 10-day Trials?
CUE BROKEN RECORD: gh is about to rant on the Olympic Trials for the third issue in a row. Hey,… Read More
From The Editor — April 2009: A single-weekend Olympic Trials? Bad-bad-bad!
WHEN I WROTE ABOUT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS last month, I never dreamed I’d still be on that subject in this… Read More
From The Editor — March 2009: I’m biased on the subject, but I like the Olympic Trials just as they are
IF I COULD GO TO ONLY ONE MEET every four years, it would be that glorious 10 days that serves… Read More
From The Editor — January 2009: EAA presentation tweaks: inspiration or pure panic?
FACED WITH DWINDLING TV NUMBERS and fearful of losing the next generation of fans, the European Athletic Association (EAA) has… Read More
From The Editor — August 2008: Two of the all-time greatest words in the English language: Road Trip! (gh & dj head to Des Moines in tornado season)
AS I HEAD TO EUGENE FOR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS, it seems only fitting that I channel the cult classic Animal… Read More
From The Editor — July 2008: The greatest meet on the planet? Not the OG, not the WC—it’s the OT my friends
I’VE HEARD SAVVY EUROPEANS CALL IT “The greatest meet on the planet.” These are people who get the GP Circuit… Read More
From The Editor — May 2008: Watching 3 rounds of dash prelims is as good as a cliff-hanging serial at the Saturday matinee
“AMERICA’S NEED FOR SPEED” is the title of this issue’s lead article, which segues into the previews of both Olympic… Read More
From The Editor — March 2008: A column dedicated to Willi Krause, who epitomized all that was great about coaches
I’VE LONG DREADED the day when I’d have to write this column, but at the same time I take no… Read More
From The Editor — February 2008: Happy 60th Birthday To Track & Field News
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! The first edition of T&FN rolled off the presses in February of 1948 (see p. 37)…. Read More
From The Editor — September 2007: Some think the World Champs is held too often; I don’t think it’s held often enough
WILL OSAKA REALLY BE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS No. 11? I musta been having an awful lot of fun since ’83, because… Read More
From The Editor — August 2007: Can’t anybody run a scoreboard properly at a track meet?
I HATE TO REPEAT MYSELF, but after seeing the NCAA Championships up close and personal (as the TV guys like… Read More
From The Editor — May 2007: How about making the NCAA Champs a finals-only meet?
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 Editor — April 2007: Would you believe an NCAA meet that’ll be done in time to go have a beer after the meet and it’s not even noon?
FROM THE NCAA GUIDE: “The American people have shown a fondness for sports events that can be completed in the… Read More
