Our Ten Best Bets for Track and Field in Rio

August 11, 2016 | Brendon Desrochers | One Comment

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If betting were legal in the United States, there still probably wouldn’t be many lines for track and field at the Olympics due to general lack of interest, but at least you could find some of the … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: 8 Things We Learned This Indoor Season

March 9, 2015 | Kevin Sully

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Last weekend’s European Championships in Prague was the last major meet on the professional indoor schedule. More on that at the bottom of the Monday Morning Run. First, let’s look big picture and discuss some takeaways … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Rowbury sweeps, Centro again, Montano returns

March 2, 2015 | Kevin Sully

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If the main purpose of indoor track is to serve as a teaser for what is to come in the spring and summer, then this truncated professional season fulfilled its obligations. The American pro circuit came … Read More

USA Championships Saturday Report: McCorory wins, Richards-Ross returns

June 28, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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After all the medals she’s won,  Sanya Richards-Ross isn’t one to be happy with a loss.  But Saturday’s 400-meter at the US Championships in Sacramento tested that theory.

One year after an injury-shortened season and up against fierce … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Kiprop rolls, Obiri destorys Dibaba, American sprint struggles

May 12, 2014 | Kevin Sully

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If you were to look at a list of marks from this weekend’s professional track meets, you would probably think the times came from a meet in July or August.  From the Doha Diamond League … Read More

Five Things We Learned in Pro Track’s Opening Weekend

May 11, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

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This was the first full weekend of international-level pro track. The Diamond League kicked off on Friday in Doha, the second-tier World Challenge tour had a meet in Tokyo on Sunday, and there were minor pro meets … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Diamond League, road races, and more

May 8, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

This weekend features the return of the Diamond League, a bunch of road races, and some interesting college matchups. Instead of ranking them, this week I put all twenty matchups (twenty!) in chronological order, starting with tonight’s Medtronic TC road … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Pancake Races

March 4, 2014 | Jesse Squire

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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

5 Questions with Erik Kynard

March 4, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

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Welcome back to 5 Questions, where we pick the brains of people from all areas of the track & field scene. Today we caught up with high jumper Erik Kynard, who recently won his first USATF indoor … Read More

Five Things We Learned at the USA Indoor Championships (day 1)

February 22, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The USA Indoor Championships kicked off today in Albuquerque, New Mexico. What did we learn?

They’ve still got it. The highlight races of the evening were the men’s and women’s 3000 meters. One was a clash of the titans, Bernard … Read More