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

The Weekend’s Best Matchups for August 29-September 2

August 29, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Zurich’s “Letzi” awaits the Weltklasse.

This is an unusually long weekend, starting with Thursday’s Diamond League final in Zurich and stretching out to Monday’s USATF 20k Championships. Let’s take a look at the best matchups coming your way over those … Read More

World Championships Preview: Women’s Jumps

August 3, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Brigetta Barrett won a surprise silver at the Olympics, but Worlds gold would surprise no one. (Photo courtesy Creative Commons.)

Over the last few days we’ve started to preview the upcoming World Championships in Moscow, breaking things down by event … Read More

Five Things We Learned at London, Day 1

July 26, 2013 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

Five quick thoughts on the first day of competition at the Sainsbury Anniversary Games, the London stop on the Diamond League tour…

Jenn Suhr is no longer the Worlds favorite.

Suhr is the reigning Olympic pole vault champion and broke … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups – London Diamond League

July 25, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Usain Bolt should have no trouble hearing the 80,000-strong crowd in London. (Photo courtesy IAAF Diamond League Facebook page.)

The main competition over this weekend is the London stop on the Diamond League tour, held over two days and dubbed … Read More

Midseason Diamond League Analysis

July 10, 2013 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

(Photo courtesy IAAF Diamond League Facebook page.)

There is no Diamond League meet this week. It is the longest break in the top pro tour aside from the USATF Championships weekend, and gives us a chance to take a just-past-midseason … Read More

Five Things We Learned in Birmingham

June 30, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Photo courtesy IAAF World Athletics Club facebook page.

Five quick takeaways from today’s Diamond League meet at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium…

Mo’s still got it.

Never lost it.

In past years, British stars didn’t always face top talent in … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups – June 27 to July 1

June 27, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Mo is going to to have to earn this one. Photo courtesy IAAF Facebook page.

We’re getting to the part of the season when “weekend” is a broad term. This time around we’re starting on Thursday and going through Monday. … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups for May 24-26

May 24, 2013 | Jesse Squire

In my weekly rundown of the best matchups, I try to highlight and simplify the best and most interesting things to watch. This weekend, the majority of the matchups come to us in the Adidas Grand Prix, the first of … Read More