For the person who wrote me that the Jamaicans are not tested as frequently as other countries. I know that. How many times were Marion Jones and Justin Gatlin tested? You are naïve to think that testing catches the cheats. Let’s move on and recognize that there is an air of suspicion that surrounds all sports at the present time. I am not sure what can be done about this.Concerning some of th [...]

It's been widely stated (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) in the media that the American track team had a complete meltdown in Beijing. USATF's new CEO, Doug Logan, has even gone so far as to say our recent failures in Beijing may warrant a shakeup of the infrastructure of the organization. I mean, even when we won, it seemed we had really lost. At the close of the games, the U.S. had won 23 medals. Is this so ba [...]

Ok. I've got a little bit of info back from Beijing on Usain's unbelievable 200m. It's not enough to do the type of review on the race that I did on his 100m WR but it should provide some interesting fodder nonetheless. Apparently, Bolt's splits were 9.96 and 9.34 for each 100m segment. Compare this to Michael Johnson's 10.12 and 9.20 seconds for his 19.32 in Atlanta. The faster start by Usa [...]

Flashback 12 years- I'm sitting on my couch with my good buddy Sean watching the NBC Olympic coverage of the 200m. It was a moment I'll never forget. We sat in awe through Michael Johnson's unbelievable 19 seconds of glory and I actually fell out of my seat when the time flashed up on the screen....19.32. MJ had obliterated his own previous world record by a whopping 0.34 seconds and beat back [...]

Today Usain Bolt continued his string of ridiculous performances by running a 19.67 for 200m in Athens. This guy's performances are getting ABSURD. He makes his competitors look foolish. I watched Tyson Gay look as dominant as any sprinter I've ever seen in person last week when he ran 9.68 and 9.72 but I couldn't erase from my mind how he got blazed by Bolt only weeks before. Now Bolt comes ou [...]