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Share I am going to end the 2008 calendar year with my 3 “good sportsmanship stories” or what I call “Feel Good Stories” of the year. I will focus on the Olympics (of course) and surprisingly this list does not include a gentlemen named Mr. Bolt. Tia Hellabaut Retires On December 5, Tia Hellabaut announces [...]
Share Starting blocks were developed in the late 1920′s over the alternative of digging holes into the ground. They were patented in 1935, and have officially been used at the start of sprint races since 1937. Several iterations of starting blocks have been filed by the US patent office since then. They have always been [...]
Share NIKEiD AND KOBE BRYANT COLLABORATE FOR A SPECIAL HOLIDAY SURPRISE BEAVERTON, OR – NIKE, Inc. and reigning NBA MVP Kobe Bryant are celebrating breakthrough innovation with a festive flair this holiday season and beyond. Beginning December 25, 2008, Bryant’s new Nike Zoom Kobe IV, his fourth signature shoe with the brand, will be available [...]
Share This YouTube video is called Break the limit – Tribute to Sprinters with the background music “Desert Rose” by Sting. It starts off with the first electronic recorded 100 meters under 10 seconds by Jim Hines in the 1968 Olympics. I love this video because Lennox Lewis of Jamaica is wearing a simple short [...]
Share 1996 Gold Medal 4x100m Relay Team Inducted to Sports Hall of Fame in November 2008. 12 years after winning the Gold medal in Atlanta, the Gold Medal 4x100m Relay Team of Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert and Bruny Surin were inducted to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Also receiving the [...]
Share If you want to relive the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies, you have a couple of choices. You can ask a friend who recorded it on their TiVo or PVR… if they still have it. You can buy the 2008 Beijing Opening Ceremony 2-Volume DVD from NBCDVD for $29.99 Or you can watch it [...]
Share Here is an interesting 15 minute history lesson on Jamaican sprinting from the Olympic appearance of Herb McKenley in 1948 up to 2002 when this film was produced. This video includes interviews from Jamaica’s Head Coach Dennis Johnson, and athletes Lennox Miller, Michael Blackwood, Ray Stewart, Donald Quarrie and more. None of these men [...]
Share What would Bob Hayes or Ben Johnson run on today’s new artificial track surfaces? Mondo has been around since the 1976 Montreal Olympics for Track and Field (Athletics), but Beijing 2008 was the first time using the new Mondotrack. Like the Speedo LZR swimsuits, the new Mondotrack from Mondo gives sprinters a technological advantage. [...]
Share When you think of high jump, no one uses the straddle roll anymore. The last time we saw that technique being used was Vladimir Yashchenko (2.33m & 2.34m World records from 1977-78) or Valeriy Brumel (2.23-2.28m World records from 1961-63) In the long jump, most Elite men (if not all) use the hitch kick. [...]
Share If you listened to the Iwan Thomas podcast, you’ll hear references of the 1998 Oslo 400 meter race where Mark Richardson and Iwan Thomas both defeated Michael Johnson. What is shocking is that this was MJ’s second 400m defeat going back to 1989. Note how Richardson’s Lane 1 and Thomas Lane 6, which was [...]
Share LOS ANGELES – NIKE, Inc. and 10-time NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant unveiled the Nike Zoom Kobe IV today, its lightest basketball shoe ever, with a new low cut design weighing in at a mere 11.6 ounces. The game of basketball is evolving to a quicker pace, and as basketball’s agent of change Kobe is [...]
Share The vertical jump is one of many tests performed at the Football Combine. The following speed, power and explosive tests are as follows: 40 yard dash Vertical Jump Max 225 Bench Reps Standing Long Jump For Football quickness and agility, they may do the following: Pro-Agility Test (lateral agility or I-test) J or L [...]
Share I’m a firm believer in a simple post-workout protein drink spiked with 5 or 10 grams of Glutamine after a hard workout. I even recommend this to my marathon runner friends to lessen the pain in their quads 1-2 days after their race. And for sleep, I simply take Melatonin or Sleepzyme if I [...]
Share Where were you on December 8, 1980? I was studying for my College finals when I heard the news about John Lennon. Some dates you will always remember. July 20, 1969. September 11, 2001. September 24, 1988. December 26, 2004. Did I say September 24, 1988? With the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Seoul [...]
Share Is Bolt the Greatest Athlete Today? He may not be a decathlete, but Usain “Lightening” Bolt is hands-down the top male athlete in professional sports today. Yes I am talking about the best today – not five years ago, or last year or even potential for the future. Why? Besides the fact that the [...]
Share Here are some quotes from the original article on timesonline.co.uk, and some commentary and analysis that follows it. On Extrapolating 60 meters performances to 100 meters Charles van Commenee, the new head coach at UKA, has said that Chambers is welcome back and the sprinter is hoping that this message will lead to a [...]
Share Commercialism. Isn’t that what the Olympics are all about? On the day before Usain Bolt set his record breaking 9.69 100 meter win in Beijing, PUMA announced the exclusive release of 180 pairs of Usain Bolt‘s Puma Cell Mio on August 19th. An updated version of Puma‘s Cell cushioning and energy retention technology were [...]
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