Tyson says this is the #1 seasonIs this the greatest year of men's sprinting ever? While the year doesn't have a major championship the performances of this year arguably make it the greatest of all time. Just some facts:3 times a runner has run under 9.80 seconds....in all of history this has only been done 14 other times under any conditions. 9 of those were under illegal circumstances ( [...]

Here's an interesting commentary on J Gats future by Mike Strange of the KnoxNews:His gold-medal career as America's top sprinter is headed into limbo. Now the question turns to what Justin Gatlin's career will be like when it emerges from limbo. If it ever does. Could a 32-year-old Gatlin, or even a 28-year-old Gatlin, return to the elite level of sprinting when his anti-doping sa [...]

I read this great post by EPelle on the Track & Field News Forums he allowed me to post this. Going on record now from "Unannounced Athlete is Likely Guilty" to "Guilty as Appears". You have received the external life reasons on previous threads (alliances, marriages, boyfriends, notes, calendars, words from liars, shifts from Ms. Jones on her stances, etc.). Now, taking a [...]

A nice commentary on Miss Jones by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com:A part of us wanted to believe Marion Jones, all the way back to that downtown Sydney news conference at the 2000 Olympics, when her husband, C.J. Hunter, was getting thrown out of the Games for being one of the original bodies by BALCO.#1 doper?She was so smart, so elegant, so charming, it damaged your spirit to believe that her gr [...]

According to an article in the Washington Post, Marion Jones tested positive for EPO at the USATF National Championships earlier this summer. Today she pulled out of the Weltklasse Meet Golden League Meet in Zurich.  Read the Washington Post article HERE. [...]

Mike Fish of ESPN.com comments on Alvin Harrison's recent drug bust:Alvin Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist (1996 and 2000) in the 1,600-meter relay, is among the few athletes busted for steroids who seems willing to accept some responsibility for it. Harrison is putting the finishing touches on a book titled "The Observer" that he says will offer a firsthand look inside the [...]

Bob Kravitz of the Indy Star says both USATF and Gatlin share the blame for the most recent doping scandal:They knew Justin Gatlin was dirty. The people who presented the national track and field meet at IUPUI -- that would be Indianapolis-based USA Track & Field -- learned five days before the meet that Gatlin's "A" sample had tested positive for testosterone. And yet, they couldn&# [...]

Here's a nice commentary on J Gat from Richard Lewis of the London Times:Justin Gatlin is set to pay the ultimate sporting price as he faces a life ban from athletics after attempting to beat the system. Five years on from failing one drugs test but then being reinstated into the sport, the American 100m Olympic and world champion and world record holder has brought new shame to a sport which [...]

The following is reprinted from the IAAF web site http://www.iaaf.org Out of all these tests there were two positive tests - this really defies logic when doping continues to be such a factor. My take on this is that the outlaws are ahead of the law!In total, 884 tests were carried out both prior to and during the championships on a total of 708 individual athletes, which was a greater number of tests th [...]

I will post periodically on doping issues. Let me say that regardless of the sport or individual that there must ZERO TOLERANCE toward doping in sport. If an athlete is caught they must be banned for life. Their coaches should also be penalized and if they have multiple athletes caught they also should be banned from coaching. There is no fine line in regard to doping you are either for it or agai [...]