Archive for April 6, 2007
Masters giant Lad Pataki dies at 60; memorial set
Olympian Ed Burke has shared this sad news: “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of our friend and comrade in sport, Dr. Ladislav Pataki. A memorial will be held on Wednesday , April 11, 2007 at 2 p.m . Location is Oakhill Cemetery, 300 Curtner, San Jose. Chapel […]
April 6, 2007
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Site up for USATF masters deca/hep championships
Bill Murray, a world-class M50 decathlete and high jumper, gives us a heads up on the Web home of this summer’s USATF National Masters Decathlon/Heptathlon Championships. The event is June 9-10 at Spain Park High School in Hoover, Alabama. Bill appears to be in charge of the event. He must likes a challenge. He’s the […]
April 6, 2007
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400-meter man Ben James proves tougher than cancer
Anyone who’s ever seen Ben James run the quarter knows he’s tough. We didn’t know the half of it. While others were sweltering in Charlotte last August, he was sweating his own mortality — having just learned he had non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, a form of cancer. Columnist Peter Glavin of the Messenger Post newspaper wrote a […]
April 6, 2007
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