Even though I am retired from the sport of track and field for about two years now (well, almost)– I still follow the sport and the different competitions. I got a chance last year as a graduate assistant with the track and field team to help out organize and help Read more…
Looking at the sports news headlines, I came across this article regarding the Marion Jones case and comments made by former sprinter Ben Johnson. I found this article unique in many ways. First, Johnson makes a statement that it is not only elite athletes like Marion Jones that are Read more…
As another week comes and goes, there are more of L & O candidates. As I posted a while ago, I decided that there needed to be a PR Nightmare Award, and so I developed the L & O Award (or known as Liver & Onion Award– what can I Read more…
When I was looking at the news today, I came across the headline that Marion Jones had finally come clean and said that she took steroids before the 2000 Olympics. The article said that she had taken the steroid known in the BALCO case as “the clear.” Well, I Read more…
Well, we know that this story is going to be around for a bit! It was reported that there was a major steroid bust in China and in the United States, called Operation Raw Deal, and is considered to be the biggest steroid bust to date. This is not too Read more…