“Rocky Balboa” began screening publicly today, and I scanned some reviews at random. The consensus on the fighter-at-60 film is echoed in this take from San Diego CityBEAT: “This time, both in the film and in the court of public
No free lunch? Well, there are free spikes. If you wear men’s size 9, Joshua Evans of Reebok International has some shoes for you. Joshua writes: “We are currently looking to recruit subjects to product test our prototype track spikes.
A few weeks back, we noted the selection of M50 racquetball king Ruben Gonzalez as GeezerJock of the Year. At the time, I wondered how much his Web site contributed to his selection — since he urged visitors to “Vote
Well, a former NFL player coaching in San Diego got the head football job at Stanford. But it wasn’t our friend James Lofton. It was Jim Harbaugh, currently the coach at the red-hot University of San Diego, a private Catholic
Jeff Davison, an M45 hurdler in Orange County, California, is a master aggregator. What’s an aggregator? It’s someone with a special interest in some obscure subject who gathers links to every known facet of that subject. Such is Jeff’s new
Once upon a time (like in January 1999), Illinois masters sprint star Gerry Krainik noticed an online service called Egroups. The service made it easy for communities of interest (like masters tracksters) to start a mailing list, or listserve. So
USATF masters nationals remain an all-comers meet, but in other countries only the best need enter. That’s my impression after seeing a list of mindestleistungen, or “minimum performances,” set for the German masters indoor nationals Feb. 24-25, 2007, in Dusseldorf.
Don DeNoon, down in Clermont, Florida, says his national masters meet in 2009 will do its best to beat the heat. He writes: “One cannot predict the weather. Note the all-time high temperature for Orono, Maine, in August is 103
USATF reported today that Gail Devers, who just turned 40, plans to compete this coming season. Didn’t say where or when. But the same news release gave details on the 100th Millrose Games in New York coming up. Maybe she’ll
The “lasted updated” date stamp on our outdoor and indoor USATF records pages isn’t the fault of our masters czar, Sandy Pashkin, it turns out. All the USATF records files — Open, Racewalk, LDR — carry that silly typo (Dec.
The International Association of Athletics Federations today announced that it’s making available about 14 years’ worth of its New Studies in Athletics articles online, publicly, for the first time. (The last two years will be available only through subscription.) Still,
Meet organizer Don DeDoon today sent me this PowerPoint file outlining Clermont’s bid for the 2009 USATF National Masters Outdoor Championships. (It was shown at Indy.) The Florida home of the National Training Center beat a SoCal bid in voting
