NCAA Championships Recap

Dozens of teams went into Albuquerque and just one came out with a championship. (Photo: TrackTown Photo)

My weekly college recaps usually end with handing out the “three stars” awards of the weekend. An NCAA Championships weekend requires a whole … Read More

NCAA Championships at Halfway

Bizarre things happen at NCAA Championships. Remember when these two coaches had to share this trophy?

We’re at the halfway point of the NCAA indoor track & field championships, and it’s time to take stock of what has happened and … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

Will New Yorkers be doing the Mobot come Sunday?

There’s a lot of top college and pro action going on this weekend. The NCAA Championships get top billing but they’re far from the only show. Let’s take a look at … Read More

Daily News Roundup: NCAA Championships

The NCAA indoor championships kick off tomorrow afternoon in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We here at the Daily Relay will have our own special way of covering it.

The thing that makes the NCAA meet such great fun is that not … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Running Bums

The world’s most famous running bum.

David Monti, Race Results Weekly publisher and the elite athlete coordinator for the New York City Marathon, sent out this tweet earlier today.

Good thread on @letsrundotcom about the "running bum" … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Spring Is Coming

We’re not heading into Franklin Field for the Penn Relays just yet, but it’s coming.

Usually I lead into this late afternoon roundup of news items with a thought or two about track and field or road racing. Today I … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Analyzing Team USA Performance

How did the US team do at the World Championships? And how do we figure that out?

How do you analyze a “team” performance in a sport that is essentially a collection of individuals? There’s no teamwork to look at … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

This weekend is the IAAF World Indoor Championships, to be held in the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland. Of course all the weekend’s best matchups come from this meet.

The IAAF’s meet website has schedules, start lists, live results, and … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Some Oversight?

The 2014 USATF Indoor Championships might be a turning point in the organization’s history.

If you’ve been paying any attention at all to professional track and field in the last two weeks, you know that two high-profile disqualifications happened at … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Pancake Races

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Today goes by many names: Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Pancake Day. In the southeastern English town of Olney, it’s race day too. From Wikipedia:

Tradition records that back in 1445, on Shrove Tuesday the “Shriving … Read More