From The Editor — April 2006: I say take the relays out of the NCAA Championships
I’M ALMOST AFRAID to tackle this subject, given what an impassioned response—negative response, that is—we have gotten since Bret Bloomquist’s… Read More
I’M ALMOST AFRAID to tackle this subject, given what an impassioned response—negative response, that is—we have gotten since Bret Bloomquist’s… Read More
WORLD RECORDS. Is there anything more important to track & field than the ultimate level of performance in each event?… Read More
DESCRIBE THE WORST YEAR OF TRACK & FIELD you have ever seen. If somebody asked me that question, the answer… Read More
LAST MONTH’S COLUMN ended with this paragraph: “And if the IAAF is eager to improve field-event presentation, why aren’t specific… Read More
IN LAST MONTH’S LETTERS TO THE EDITOR a subscriber chided me for supporting what he perceived as a plan that… Read More
LAST MONTH I BASHED THE NCAA for making it hard on fans to follow the sport because it allows all… Read More
ENOUGH OF THIS RUBIK’S CUBE STUFF! Is there a fan out there that doesn’t want an end to this madness… Read More
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MILE RELAY. After all, it’s the event du jour in this issue, in this, the year… Read More
AND NOW THE (ATHLETIC) SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT. For years I’ve chided people who were big fans of… Read More
IF YOU’RE LIKE MOST FANS, YOU LIKE TRACK MORE THAN FIELD. I tend to be of the opposite persuasion, but… Read More
BASHING CRAIG MASBACK has become a popular Internet exercise in some quarters. And by all accounts there are some inside… Read More
TRACK & FIELD NEWS IS AT A CROSSROADS. And we’re not alone in standing at this fork in the freeway:… Read More
I GOT AN E-MAIL MESSAGE from a newspaper writer shortly before the Olympic Trials in which he wanted to talk… Read More
IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT. I’ve always liked that dictum, much as I have trouble following it myself…. Read More
IT WASN’T MEANT AS A LETTER TO THE EDITOR, the e-mail that crossed my desk the other day. I’d love… Read More
ALL MILING, ALL THE TIME! That’s certainly the impression you’ll get from reading the front part of this month’s edition… Read More
AS ROD STEWART SANG, “Every picture tells a story, don’t it.” There are thousands of words—most of them good ones—in… Read More
PICK YOUR FAVORITE DAY OF CELEBRATION: Christmas, your birthday, Thanksgiving, the Summer Solstice, whatever. One thing that makes it special… Read More
FOR GOING ON 40 SEASONS NOW, one of the happiest moments of every year for me has been the World… Read More
HOW MANY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. TEAM got seasonal bests during the World Championships competition in Paris? For the biggest… Read More