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Sports Illustrated May 1, 2000 Tim Layden |
Track's three M's look sharp In honor of the Penn Relays -- the only track meet in the United States where you can find ticket scalpers on the street -- four legs of track-and-field dish after the first frantic weekend of the Olympic year...  |
Sports Illustrated August 3, 2001 Tim Layden |
World's best ready to run Five questions to ponder on the eve of the track and field world championships in Edmonton, Alberta...  |
Sports Illustrated April 6, 2000 |
Track is still big-time to some of us  |
Sports Illustrated September 28, 2001 Tim Layden |
Deciding the best of U.S. track Summer track season seems like a long time ago. Come autumn, it always does. Now it's time for the Jesse Owens award, honoring the top U.S. runners...  |
Sports Illustrated June 26, 2001 Tim Layden |
Long and Strong Distance runners young and old stole the show at the U.S. track and field nationals...  |
Sports Illustrated May 5, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Olympic burnout factor Q&A on the Olympics: increasing surge of interest rising in the 2000 Games in the U.S. public and media?... How does the United States' shot put, discus and hammer throwers look this year?... Has the IOC ever considered offering "at large" berths to athletes... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated August 15, 2000 Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports Low-profile champs Allen Johnson and Charles Austin keep winning  |
Sports Illustrated March 7, 2000 Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports At 39, half-miler Johnny Gray is charging toward his fifth Olympic team... 200-meter Showdown?... Drummond Gets Serious...  |
Sports Illustrated August 12, 2001 Tim Layden |
The good, the bad and the in-between In the wake of the Edmonton track and field world championships, a medal ceremony of my own...  |
Sports Illustrated October 11, 2002 Tim Layden |
Marathon (wo)man Paula Radcliffe is running into a potential firestorm. She may destroy the women's world record in Sunday's Chicago Marathon. But, if she runs too fast, people will assume that she must be using performance-enhancing drugs.  |
Sports Illustrated August 4, 2001 Tim Layden |
Khannouchi disappoints again Khannouchi dropped out of the worlds marathon at 16 miles, the first time in six career marathons that he has failed to finish...  |
Sports Illustrated March 16, 2001 Tim Layden |
Splendid sprinter Johnson belongs on short list of track's all-time greats  |
Sports Illustrated April 17, 2000 |
Five golds gets closer for Jones Marion Jones' performance in 400 meters ensures her a spot in the 4x400-meter relay... C.J. Hunter won the shot put... Jason Pyrah ran the 3000-meter steeplechase...  |
Sports Central August 25, 2008 Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses.  |
Sports Illustrated July 23, 2000 Tim Layden |
Johnson can't sit out 200 Not competing would further damage his sport  |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2001 Tim Layden |
Help Wanted Hurdler Anjanette Kirkland was the aging U.S. team's only first-time world champion...  |
Sports Illustrated August 11, 2000 Tim Layden |
Track & Field snapshot six weeks from Sydney Such a varied roster of elite performers has emerged in the past 30 years that it's common in certain events to have all six continents represented in a single race. Yet it is also a tiny world.  |
Sports Illustrated May 21, 2003 Grant Wahl |
Speed Bump Despite another disappointing finish, Maurice Greene says he's still the man to beat in the 100-meter -- but is he?  |
Sports Illustrated July 19, 2000 Tim Layden |
Behind the Greene-Johnson feud Michael Johnson is an organized man who appreciates linear simplicity. He works best filtering situations to their essence. So it should come as no surprise that MJ the other day scraped all the b.s. off Sunday's 200-meter race involving him and Maurice Greene...  |
Sports Illustrated July 13, 2000 Tim Layden |
Track trials top 10 Ten reasons why the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, which open Friday in Sacramento and run for 10 days, are among the best sporting events on American soi  |
Sports Illustrated September 29, 2000 Tim Layden |
Great expectations No shame in defeat for Jones, El Guerrouj...  |
Sports Illustrated May 9, 2000 Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports In a steamy trials marathon, Rod DeHaven grabbed the only U.S. ticket to Sydney... Marion's Off to a Flying Start...  |
Sports Illustrated May 3, 2001 Tim Layden |
Running down a dream Despite missing mark, Ritzenhein allowed into nationals...  |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2002 Merrell Noden |
Dash of Hope Tim Montgomery finally put his demons behind him by outrunning Maurice Greene.  |
Sports Illustrated May 17, 2000 Tim Layden |
Perec goes, Freeman arrives Marie-Jose Perec of France left Smith to train in Germany... Smith and Co. snared Cathy Freeman... Larry Wade, the No. 3-ranked 110-meter hurdler in the world last year, is recovering from major surgery... Women's 100 showdown... A hurdle for Jones...  |
Sports Illustrated May 28, 2001 Tim Layden |
Highlights from the Pre A little track talk in the wake of Sunday's Prefontaine Classic, the best track meet in America...  |
Sports Illustrated June 27, 2000 Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports A sparkling women's metric mile highlighted the Prefontaine Classic  |
Sports Illustrated August 6, 2001 Tim Layden |
Loss will show what Jones is made of To an inattentive public, Marion Jones' loss is a shock. To track nuts who have been paying attention, it is a surprise but nothing more.  |
Sports Illustrated July 24, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Tops of the trials Despite the shocking disappointment of the Maurice Greene-Michael Johnson showdown in the men's 200 meters, there were several high points on and off the track during this week's U.S. Olympic trials. Here, in no particular order, is a very unofficial list of highlights...  |
Sports Illustrated March 13, 2001 Tim Layden |
Back on Track Four U.S. sprinters are running to atone for their victory antics in Sydney...  |
Sports Illustrated May 29, 2001 Tim Layden |
Flyin' Past Ryun Astounding high schooler Alan Webb smashed a 36-year-old record for the mile...  |
Salon.com September 23, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
Speed thrills When the world's fastest humans, Marion Jones and Maurice Greene, won their races, they put us in touch with something buried deep in the human psyche...  |
Sports Illustrated August 11, 2000 |
Games are mere weeks away US will likely dominate Olympic basketball... Swedes and Norwegians strong in handball... Changing of the guard in US Wrestling... Should automatic spots be awarded to top athletes?... Does Fu Mingxia have a shot diving in Sydney?... Why isn't golf an Olympic sport?...  |
Fast Company May 2000 Bill Breen |
"We are literally trying to stop time." Track coach John Smith teaches the fastest runners in the world how to go even faster. Here's what he can teach you.  |
Sports Illustrated June 11, 2002 Brian Cazeneuve |
Season of Change? Summer is set to sizzle, with plenty of hot-button issues heading into the track-and-field nationals.  |
| AskMen.com |
Why Lolo Jones Gained 30 Pounds And How She Did It The Olympic hurdler, who is now hoping to make the Winter Olympic team as a bobsledder, told USA Today that she's gained some 30 pounds during the past few months. She's done so by eating 9,000 calories a day.  |