My hurdler friend Bill Pontius is the latest to ask: Why do you allow anonymous comments? I’m well aware of the arguments for and against, having dealt with truly vicious trolls at SignOnSanDiego.com for seven years (the website of The
Andy Hecker of Ventura, California, has a background in broadcasting and track — as a masters athlete and USATF official who has worked for the IAAF as a camera guy. So starting a podcast on track and field seems a
Henry Ellard was a pretty fair football player — playing an exceptional 16 years in the NFL, gaining 15,000 all-purpose yards and scoring as many as 10 TDs one year as a receiver for the Rams. He also excelled in
Jerry Bookin-Weiner shares other highlights from the weekend’s USATF National Masters Throw Championships in Illinois. In individual events, he writes of records: “W85 – Gloria Krug hammer 16.62m, though she’s done better earlier in the season; best is 19.21 at
USATF masters championships were held over the weekend in Illinois and Washington state, with results pending for the Masters Throws Championships at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois. Myrle Mensey added to her legend by improving her own record in one
During research for my MyNewsLA.com story on Liz Palmer, I wrote to Rex Harvey and Robert Thomas — the announced candidates to replace Gary Snyder as national masters T&F chair. Robert hasn’t responded, but Rex sent me a long note
A new site (to me) called Geographical has a great overview of masters athletics. It says: “Photojournalist Susana Girón spent two years following some of the best of Europe’s athletes to various meets – Spain’s athletes in particular – visually
National chair Gary Snyder says Sabra Harvey and Don McGee — both national champions at Michigan — have been awarded $1,500 each to help defray expenses to Perth worlds. Kudos to you! Masters LDR gave M50 walker Dave Swarts $500
Liz Palmer turned 56 Tuesday. It should have been a day of joy for the champion sprinter-hurdler. Instead, it was the day she publicly confirmed a long-running nightmare — her testing positive in March for a banned substance at Albuquerque
M35 sprinter Babatunde “Tunde” Ridley of Maryland is one of the fastest starters I’ve ever seen in masters track. (He used to live in San Diego.) He’s also an eloquent speaker on our niche sport. On the FastTwitchGrandma channel of
Thomas Hinkes, a longtime masters vaulter, died July 19 from complications of cancer, his friend and rival Jerry Donley reports and legacy.com confirms. “Shortly before his death, he was still vaulting with younger people while on vacation in Logan, Utah,”
Former NFL wide receiver Henry Ellard celebrated turning 55 this month by crushing the listed American record in the triple jump Sunday, the final day of the USA Masters Games. He did it without the presence of M60 Willie Banks,
