Archive for September 6, 2014
Dedicated to Randy: First 28 issues of NMN are now posted
As noted, Randy Sturgeon gave the USATF Historical Archive Committee permission to post complete early issues of National Masters News. Today the first 28 issues of this pivotal publication appeared on mastershistory.org. They are color, searchable PDFs. That means if your name was in the paper between the summer of 1977 and December 1980, you’ll […]
September 6, 2014
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Randy Sturgeon dies at 62; coach published NMN for 7 years
Randy Sturgeon, who bought National Masters News in November 2006 and gave it up last January amid a cancer fight, died with dignity and courage about 5 a.m. Thursday. NMN’s current owners followed Facebook postings with an email that said: “It is with heavy hearts that we share with you the news of Randy Sturgeon’s […]
September 6, 2014
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No age limit on hoaxes: ‘116-year-old’ sprinter back in the news
If track and field is ageless, then so is the hunger for attention. Remember Dharmapal Gujjar — the skinny sprinter claiming to be 116? Well, he’s baaaccck. Otherwise reputable Japanese mega-newspaper Asahi Shimbun reports (without using his name) that DG has entered the Asian Masters Athletics Championships in Kitikami City, Japan. The credulous headline: “At […]
September 6, 2014
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