A small segment of the sports world endlessly debates the reasons why track and field is not more popular. Many consider the sport the backbone of the Olympics. In off years, however, it barely holds the attention of even its most ardent fans. At the recent Brussels Diamond League press conference, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, a 13x […]
Our friends in baseball have given Track fans an inadvertent promotion. The Atlanta Braves sponsor a contest called “Beat the Freeze.” It is a race between Nigel Talon, the Freeze, and a fan selected from the stands. They race along the outfield warning track from the left field to the right field foul poles. The […]
The playoffs and the march to the Super Bowl has begun. Fame and glory awaits the winners. In terms of finances, it is amazing to learn a strong playoff run has a minimal impact on a team’s bottom line because the NFL’s business model is based on socialist principles. Collective Security No lie. This is not […]
My dad recently moved into an assisted living facility. He battled for three years to maintain his freedom and independence. Sadly, his latest fall finally proved to him at ninety-one he no longer had the judgment or strength to live on his own. His new home right across from Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. amounts […]
A story for my blog about Medina Spirit’s positive drug test at the Kentucky Derby sat unfinished among my Google docs. My goal was to illustrate how track and field’s drug testing protocol is the most comprehensive of all sports. The Sha’Carri Richardson bombshell brings this issue to the front pages and provides me serious […]
Ding Dong the Super League is dead. It is a story for the ages how twelve European futbol super powers sought to form their own renegade league (per the Super League press release) ”to help futbol at every level and take it to its rightful place in the world.” How could such altruism collapse in […]