For five hours this week, I cleared out thousands of spam topics and posts in the Forums — my message boards. Starting the night of Nov. 21, hundreds of spammers (human and spambot) began bombarding the boards, leading to a
Los Angeles Valley College doesn’t have the rep of a UCLA, USC or Oxy, but its track records are impressive, including 10.30 for 100, 40.4 in the 4×1 and 7-1 in the high jump. LAVC may lose its track program,
I was 9 years old when I heard the news — at lunchtime at Centralia Elementary School in Anaheim, California — that President Kennedy had been shot and killed in Dallas. I recall watching TV with my mother that long
Winners of the Olympic 100-meter finals are tagged the World’s Fastest Man/Woman. But does the same apply to WMA champions? Of course not. Nations send their best to the Games. Nations hardly know masters athletes exist. So it was startling
What a lucky duck Usain Bolt is. In Monte Carlo over the weekend he had the honor of meeting Charles Allie and Christa Bortignon, WMA Best Masters of the Year. They shared the stage and limelight at the annual IAAF
Patience, grasshoppers. As reported in March, USATF masters national chair Gary Snyder and his records-advisory committee are ramping up a new system for reporting and ratifying age-group records. Further, an online form under development will allow applicants to report their
Bob Sheahen, 13 years younger than his eldest brother Al, noted the irony of holding his Celebration of Life at a swanky country club. “He would never dream of having an event at a place like this,” Bob told 70
To me, the highlight of Nick Newton’s 80th birthday party was seeing him stand up, step aside from his electric cart and dance to the music. First he held hands with family members. Then he swayed under his own power.
USATF shared big news today — that the IAAF had chosen Portland, Oregon, to host the World Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2016. Of course, my one-track brain automatically thought “masters exhibitions!” So I mulled what event might be
Sandy Pashkin, as USATF masters records chair, has submitted a list of 127 American age-group records for approval by the overall Records Committee at the annual meeting next month in Indy. (See list here.) Included were high jump marks from
Nick Newton, a Masters Hall of Famer, rode down a ramp Saturday in a spanking new electric cart, replacing a wheelchair. He had marked his 80th birthday three days earlier, and wasn’t expecting the scene that unfolded before him. Some
Hungary is hungry for your entry fee to indoor worlds. The LOC website is locked and loaded. As usual, registration and related costs aren’t cheap. But at least Budapest appears ready to deliver on its promise of a high-class WMA
