Daily News Roundup: Analyzing Team USA Performance

March 10, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

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 Monday Morning Run

March 10, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

Typically, we begin the Monday Morning Run by awarding gold, silver and bronze to three best performances of the week. In a weekend where they handed out actual medals, that exercise didn’t seem as useful. Instead, we recap the World Indoor … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

March 6, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

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: The Olympics via CBC

February 13, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Forget the Peacock. If you have a chance, go with the Maple Leaf.

From Yahoo! Sports Canada:

TORONTO – Bashing Olympics coverage in the United States seems to have become a sport in itself for fans seeking live coverage south … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Asafa Powell’s Hearing

January 15, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Last June, former 100 meter world record holder Asafa Powell tested positive for a banned stimulant (oxilofrine). His hearing in front of an anti-doping panel began yesterday and continued today. It has been interesting to say the least.

Besides Powell, … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Cain shooting for a World Junior Record?

January 9, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

Mary Cain holds no World Junior records…yet. (Photo by TrackTownPhoto)

The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix announced a few of their star entries yesterday, and one of them was young Mary Cain. She’ll be running an odd distance, the 2000 … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

January 6, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Welcome to the first edition of the Monday Morning Run in 2014. We promise to keep it interesting in the new year, both in this space and in all of the content on the Daily Relay.  It won’t be easy … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

October 28, 2013 | Kevin Sully

Photo via Creative Commons

The Daily Relay will have on-site coverage from the New York City Marathon, including a comprehensive race preview later in the week. Before the press conferences, I wanted to start this edition of The … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

October 21, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Ashton Eaton will try his hand at the 400-meter hurdles next season

Photo courtesy of TrackTownPhoto

 

Track fans received their first bit of positive non-championship season news when Ashton Eaton’s coach Harry Marra said that … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

September 24, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo Courtesy of TrackTownPhoto

A little late here on the Monday Morning Run, but only because it took me a day to fully process the “Italian athlete used fake penis to dodge doping test” headline. Creative evasion techniques aside, … Read More