I LOVE LOUD MUSIC. No, really. Even an old fart like me can be totally wired into head-banging metal played… Read More
IF ASKED TO CHOOSE THE SINGLE GREATEST thing that has happened to our beloved sport in the 40-plus years I’ve… Read More
I’M JEALOUS! The Track & Field News travel division took 50-odd lucky track fans to Europe in August for our… Read More
Allow me to suggest that our sport could be improved for one and all (especially fandom) with some simple tweaking… Read More
I’M EXCITED TO SEE that the IAAF and the Daegu organizers have combined to come up with a radically revamped… Read More
COLOR ME CONFLICTED when it comes to the matter of the recent rash of “World Records” and whether or not… Read More
USATF MANAGEMENT basked in the glow a little bit at the World Indoor Championships (see p. 38). CEO Doug Logan… Read More
THE WINTER OLYMPICS are now history, and like most sports fans, I suspect most of you—despite the hazards of NBC’s… Read More
Stanford, May 01—Chris Solinsky came into his first track 10,000 at the Payton Jordan/Cardinal Invitational with the idea it would… 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
September 16, 2024
