From The Editor — August 2011: Words fail me in trying to describe the NCAA Regionals
I KNOW, I KNOW! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! And in the eyes of many I—what with my… Read More
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From The Editor — July 2011: What If They Didn’t Give Any Track Meets?
PERHAPS OUR MOST FAMOUS (or was it infamous?) cover ever was May of ’91, which featured a starkly empty LA… Read More
From The Editor — June 2011: Should the NCAA Championships be contested as two meets, one for men, the other for women?…
I LOVE THIS NCAA PREVIEW EDITION. It was things like cranking out NCAA formcharts as a student that really got… Read More
From The Editor — May 2011: Is the Diamond League delivering what it promised?…
I REMEMBER THE EVENING WELL. It was November 21, 2009, at a ritzy hotel in Monaco (hey, it’s a dark… Read More
2011 USATF PLOTLINES — Will Anybody Force The 1500 Pace?
The USATF men’s 1500 should go off as one of the most competitive and unpredictable events on offer at Hayward… Read More
From The Editor — April 2011: Do you still enjoy T&FN when we get into depressing reality?…
by E. Garry Hill IN MY EARLY DAYS AT T&FN, still basking in the glow of having lucked into a… Read More
From The Editor — March 2011: A T&FN Without Ink & Paper?
BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS ISSUE, you may well have already read this issue. No, I’m not channeling Marty… Read More
From The Editor — January 2011: Turn Down The Music — Aural abuse at a meet is aural abuse, whether you love or hate the music in question
I LOVE LOUD MUSIC. No, really. Even an old fart like me can be totally wired into head-banging metal played… Read More
From The Editor — December 2010: No More ‘Off-Years’
IF ASKED TO CHOOSE THE SINGLE GREATEST thing that has happened to our beloved sport in the 40-plus years I’ve… Read More
From The Editor — November 2010: Diamond League A Success?
I’M JEALOUS! The Track & Field News travel division took 50-odd lucky track fans to Europe in August for our… Read More
From The Editor — October 2010: Time To Bring Back Old Rules?
Allow me to suggest that our sport could be improved for one and all (especially fandom) with some simple tweaking… Read More
From The Editor — September 2010: Might the radical changes in the ’11 World Champs schedule backfire?
I’M EXCITED TO SEE that the IAAF and the Daegu organizers have combined to come up with a radically revamped… Read More
From The Editor — July 2010: WRs are the currency that keeps the sport alive: are we floating counterfeit money?
COLOR ME CONFLICTED when it comes to the matter of the recent rash of “World Records” and whether or not… Read More
From The Editor — May 2010: Why aren’t Americans peaking at the Olympics and World Champs?
USATF MANAGEMENT basked in the glow a little bit at the World Indoor Championships (see p. 38). CEO Doug Logan… Read More
From The Editor — April 2010: Does track & field need a touch of the X-Games mentality
THE WINTER OLYMPICS are now history, and like most sports fans, I suspect most of you—despite the hazards of NBC’s… Read More
American Record 10K — Solinsky Debuts At 26:59.60
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
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
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
