This was a very interesting meet. This was essentially a kick-off meet for training for all of the members of the NCAA favorite men's and women's cross country teams. Many athletes were there to just sign post-race autographs for the kids that came to ...

Anyone who has Direct TV can get Setanta Sports and watch AFL playoffs starting this weekend.  If you haven't seen this sport this is a good time to start.  There are some great athletes and passionate players. 

Geelong is the overwhel...

On this ninth day of the Olympics the US does have a chance to win 4 of the seven events.  The US does have a couple of challengers for the marathon on the last day. 

2007 world champion Blanka Vlasic of Croatia has had a tremendous last tw...

The first day of the Decathlon was very good for two Americans.  Both Brian Clay and Trey Hardee were.  Right now they would be favored for first and third.  Two veteran favorites, Azalea, Oregon's Tom Pappas and Dmetriy Karpov were...

The men's Decathlon starts on the seventh day of the Olympics.  The US has a legitimate chance of sweeping the top three positions.  American Brian Clay is the Gold medal favorite and wants to improve on his silver medal from 2004.  Defe...

What an amazing pair of runs by Usain Bolt.  The 100 meters was sad in that I and many in the audience wanted to see him run faster than the 9.69 that he posted.  If he hadn't celebrated 15 meters out from the finish he would have probably ru...

For Oregon and Idaho residents this is a big day.  The men's 800 heats will have the three Eugene residents try to advance to the semi-finals.  Bishop Kelly High (Boise) product Nick Symmonds won his first outdoor national title over Kha...

There are five finals on this fifth day and the US so far has had mixed results.  The shock of the third day where the US was shut out of medals in the women's 100 meters and defending world champion Bernard Lagat not qualifying for the final...

The men's 100 meters was the center event of the second day but there were three other finals and important heats and qualifications.  In the morning Russian 20km race walker  Veleriy Borchin won a close competition against 3x world cham...

All of the focus will be on the morning competition of the Women's Marathon.  World Championship silver medallist Chunxiu Zhou of China has put all of her focus on this race.  Defending world champion and 2004 silver medallist Catherine Ndere...