One thing that I realized when I first started this blog is that in athletics, there is always something to write or comment about sports reputation management. 🙂 With all of the doping scandals of the summer, from Floyd Landis to Justin Gatlin to even Marion Jones– we have seen Read more…
Okay, after several posts on this subject– I am happy to announce that according to USADA, I am “officially retired”! Wow– I am still amazed with all the paperwork, time, and energy that you have to go through just to retire from a sport! 🙂 Amazing! Anyway– if you would Read more…
Hi everyone, Wow– what a first week of school! 😀 I felt that I was constantly busy with school, new classes, working out– you name it! But I feel that this year is going to be really neat– my second year of my master’s– I remember it was yesterday that I Read more…
 Justin Gatlin will face a 8-year ban from track and field instead of a lifetime ban. This announcement was made yesterday, August 23rd. According to this article from ESPN.com, the recent test was Gatlin’s second positive drug test– so he would be qualified to receive the lifetime ban from track. Read more…
 Marion Jones has been linked to performance-drugs since the BALCO scandal in 2003, and she has recently tested positive for EPO at the USA National Championships in Indianapolis. Marion Jones has been the poster child of athletes that have been quote “linked” to performance enhancing drugs but said that Read more…