Re: RE: t-and-f: Lagat's B Sample Negative

Michael, I choose to be an optimist and think that it is a small number of tf athletes that have to cheat to be World Class! I am not naive enough to think that no one cheats, but prefer to think on a higher level, that hard work pays off. In the long term, the cheaters not only have cheated

Re: t-and-f: who would use drugs?

Ed, Thanks for the info. I would not think that that high a percentage of athletes would say yes, knowing that they would die in five years, just to win an Olympic gold medal! I would love to have one, but not at that cost! I enjoy life for the most part and have a lot of things that I still

Re: t-and-f: Kelli White narcolepsy

Richard, I agree with your post in its entirety. All the innuendos do is turn people off to our sport and tar and feather all TF athletes with the same evil brush of drug use irregardless of whether they are innocent or not. Most of us are not so naive as think that there is no drug use, but

Re: t-and-f: Kelli White narcolepsy

Jonas, Don't forget that the two samples are both to be tested before an athlete's name is supposed to be published and we all know that that is not true. People are releasing names before all tests have been run on all samples. there are cases where the second sample was negative, but the names

Re: t-and-f: DQ Farce in Paris Men's 100

RT, Jon may have flinched first, but the other runner came out of the blocks first, or in your words went first. There is a difference between flinching and coming out of the blocks. I agree that both are grounds for disqualification, but I have seen many races where the starters ignored a

Re: t-and-f: Kenyan Question

I meant to say World Championships! I realized my error after I hit the enter key, but it was too late then. I thought about sending a retraction, but knew that someone would correct me shortly. And someone else has already brought it to my attention in a personal email which I appreciated.

Re: t-and-f: Cathy Freeman retires

close to what Cathy must have felt! Let her enjoy her retirement knowing that she accomplished more in her short lifetime in track and field than 98% of the people of the world will ever be able to accomplish. Gerald Woodward

Re: t-and-f: Salaries and Sports being cut

And Mike Jarvis and the Men's Basketball Program brings in millions of dollars into the athletic program at St. John's because of their level of play. In the business world it's called Return on Investment, and let's face it, NCAA Division I sports are BIG Business! Gerald

Re: t-and-f: TV Coverage in San Diego

I live in the L.A. Basin, and have seen nothing in the TV guides to indicate that it will be shown here at all! Gerald

Re: t-and-f: Pre- adidas outdoor championship preview interview with Chris Solinsky

Ricky, It appears that some states give their distance runners a break by running the 3200 finals on Friday night and the 1600 finals on Saturday. In California, they run qualifying heats in every event except the 3200 on Friday night, and ALL the running finals on Saturday within a two and a