Archive for January 15, 2010
New system for comments: I’ll be decider of what’s posted
My colleague Tom Mallory at The San Diego Union-Tribune has a name for people who post rude/crude comments anonymously: trolls. And he has a word for the removal of said commenters: detrollification. And starting tonight, I’m instituting a system for regulating comments on this blog. Despite my interest in what the Supreme Court calls “free […]
January 15, 2010
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Entries being posted for Kamloops 2010 world masters meet
In the last day or two, the official Kamloops site has begun posting entries by event. See the current list here. The biggest field so far at the fourth World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the M55 60-meter dash — and the American entries (including Bill Collins) haven’t even been added yet. As expected, W90 […]
January 15, 2010
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USATF masters site debuts at long last: usatfmasters.org
With no USATF fanfare and barely a mention on its own site, Dave Clingan’s labor of unpaid love has gone live: usatfmasters.org. With M45 miler Tony Young in the logo, the site was supposed to have been unveiled months ago. But it got mired in USATF’s bureaucratic swamp. Even now, I’m surprised that it wasn’t […]
January 15, 2010
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Italians have great idea: frosh and soph masters of the year
What’s the point of annual masters awards? To honor the best by age group, of course. But the Italians have another idea: Awards should encourage newbies as well. So they’ve started freshman and sophomore categories, mainly meant for M35 and W35 athletes just starting out in masters. “This year we want to make a little […]
January 15, 2010
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