Daily News Roundup: Some Oversight?

March 5, 2014 | Jesse Squire

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

What We Learned at the USA Indoor Championships (day 2)

February 23, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

Ryan Whiting has become a beast of historic proportions. (Photo by Dane Schubert.)

What did we learn on the second and final day of the USA Indoor Championships?

USATF is its own worst enemy. The height of comedy to me … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

February 7, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds lead off two evenly matched 4×800 relay teams, and the winner might break the world indoor record.

The first really big domestic meet of the weekend will be on Saturday, the New Balance Indoor Grand … Read More

World Championships Preview: 800 meters

August 9, 2013 | Pat Price

photo: Track And Field Photo

The Men’s 800 heats start tomorrow morning in Moscow (or evening in the US)!

Men’s 800

Heats: August 10th, 3:20am ET Semifinal: August 11th 11:35pm Final: August 13th, 1:10pm

2011 World Champion: David Rudisha 2012 Olympic Champion: David … 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

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

Five Things We Learned Sunday at USA Outdoors

June 23, 2013 | Jesse Squire | 3 Comments

Miracles happen. Photo courtesy North Dakota State Athletics.

Five quick thoughts on the final day of the USATF Championships…

Tyson Gay really is back. As if his 9.75 win in Friday’s 100 meter final wasn’t enough, he backed it up … Read More

National Championships – What to Watch Sunday

June 23, 2013 | Jesse Squire

The highlight events to watch today are all of them! Nine running event finals and six field event finals, all of which offer the highest levels of the human drama of athletic competition.

For everything you need to know about … Read More

National Championships preview – Middle Distances

June 18, 2013 | Pat Price | One Comment

photo courtesy Track and Field photo

Our 2013 National Championships coverage continues here with the Middle Distances and all week with previews and more. If you missed it, yesterday I previewed the Steeplechase, and Jesse Squire previewed Women’s Throws, Men’s … Read More