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

Moscow Daily for August 14

August 14, 2013 | Jesse Squire

The Cain Train leaves the station tomorrow at 1:20pm Eastern Time. Nothing seems impossible now. (Photo courtesy TrackTownPhoto.)

Our Moscow Daily recaps the day’s action at the IAAF World Championships, offers up some analysis, and tells you what (and how) … Read More

World Championships Preview: Hurdles

August 6, 2013 | Jesse Squire

The hurdles are where you go if you want to see an American win, a fast time, or a close finish. But don’t ask “Where’s Lolo Jones?”

The first of our running event previews takes a look at the hurdles. … 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 At The Prefontaine Classic

June 1, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo courtesy of trackandfieldphoto.com

Five quick lesson from today’s Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.

Don’t put the crown on Kirani James yet:

The 400 season looked all but over two weeks ago in … Read More