College Track Issues & Answers: Big New Stars and Team Battles

For some roundups of the weekend in college track, the USTFCCCA has you covered with their Weekend’s Best Moments, By the Numbers, Athletes of the Week, and a compilation of the weekend’s leading marks. There are new team rankings too, … Read More

The Scoreboard

Leading into every weekend, I identify the most interesting matchups coming up over the next few days. How did they turn out this weekend? Let’s take a look.

Bekele vs the field: the field

Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) is possibly the … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Dubai Marathon, College Track Heats Up and more

Kenenisa Bekele is one of the greatest distance runners of all time, but can he hold off a gigantic pacl of marathoners all by himself?

The college indoor track season is heating up and so is the European season. There’s … Read More

College Track Issues & Answers: A Record Chase and more

The USTFCCCA has really ramped up its coverage of college track and field over the last year. They produce a nice recap of the weekend’s action and have compiled the best marks of the week as well. Those are the … Read More

The Scoreboard

As you faithful readers know, every Thursday or Friday I post my picks for the weekend’s most interesting matchups. Mike M. left this comment on Friday:

I love these posts, and I would love it even more if you … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: USA Half Marathon and College Rivalries

The new year of track and field is beginning to roll, but some of the best matchups of the weekend are on the roads and the cross country course. In no particular order, here are the ten matchups you should … Read More

College Track Issues & Answers: Big Marks & more

The college season has barely started but some big marks have already been recorded, and none bigger than those by Shawn Barber.

The college season so far consisted of a handful of December meets and one weekend of low-key January … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Great Edinburgh Cross Country and more

The men’s pole vault may supply the next great North American rivalry.

The year has barely started and we’ve already got some great competitions lined up this weekend. The Great Edinburgh Cross Country supplies most of them (and you can … Read More

Best (and Worst) of the Year

Yesterday I published our picks for the best athletes of the year in each of the US states and Canadian provinces. What about the best and the worst of 2014 in other categories? I’ve got a whole bunch for you.

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Fifty Athletes of the Year

newHere’s one of our athletes of the year, but we have 49 more for you.

With the year winding down, it’s time to announce end-of-the-year awards. For the second year in a row, we’re doing it our way.

Here at … Read More