The Weekend’s Best Matchups: World Juniors, Commonwealth, Roads and more

Thank God it’s Friday.

It’s a big pause in the Diamond League schedule right now but there’s still plenty of action. The World Junior Championships run through the weekend, the Commonwealth Games begin, and there’s quite a bit of action … Read More

How Meaningful are the World Junior Championships?

The World Junior Championships are being held at Oregon’s Hayward Field this week. The events that will garner the most attention tonight are the men’s and women’s 100 meter finals. Trayvon Bromell is the well-known name in the men’s 100 … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Monaco Diamond League

The Diamond League resumes on Friday afternoon in Monaco, the land of the rich and famous.

You can see the meet live on Universal Sports TV, or on webcasts provided by Universal Sports, Watch Athletics, or Trackie.ca.

You can … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Glasgow Diamond League

Can Sanya Richards-Ross make her way back to the top of the 400 meters this weekend?

The Diamond League tour takes a one-off stop in Glasgow this weekend for the two-day meet normally held in London. With the Olympic Stadium … Read More

Five Things We Learned in Lausanne

Five quick reactions to some of today’s Diamond League action in Lausanne…

1. Merritt vs James is the best rivalry on the track right now. LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James are unafraid to race each other and have gone head-to-head … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

The high jump world record could very well be broken on Thursday — but by whom?

This is an incredible weekend for the serious track and field fan. We have not one but two Diamond League meets — on Thursday … Read More

What if Track & Field Had a World Cup?

Last week I talked about what track and field can learn from soccer’s World Cup. There’s a lot about FIFA’s approach to things that we can and should think about for our sport.

But what if track and field had … Read More

Sunday’s Best Matchups at the USATF Championships

Can Mary Cain live up to the expectations? It seems impossible, but she’s doing the impossible. (Photo: TrackTown Photo)

Today is the final day of the USATF Championships and I have seven tasty matchups for you. But first, you might … Read More

Saturday’s Best Matchups

Guess who won her qualifying heat yesterday? Lolo Jones might be back into hurdling shape already.

What are the best matchups in today’s action at the USATF Championships? I’ll take you through them, but first let’s look at what happened … Read More

Friday’s Best Matchups

Can anyone challenge Bernard Lagat in tonight’s 5000 meters? If so, who?

For this weekend’s USATF Championships, I’m abandoning my usual format of previewing the best matchups of the entire weekend and instead doing it one day at a time.

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