Tag: Grant Holloway

After losing some rounds in court battles that did not deliver any clear decisions, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has formed “a working group to examine issues highlighted in recently proposed federal and state legislation related to student-athlete name, image and likeness.” What does that mean? U.S. District Court judge Claudia Wilken ruled in […]

To most of the world, the kind of performances seen at last weekend’s NCAA Track & Field Championships seem unimaginable. A meet of college athletes producing nine world-leading marks and completely re-shuffling the possible participants and medalists at the 2019 World Championships and possibly the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo? It happened and this purely […]

It was supposed to be great, and it was. Florida’s Grant Holloway and Kentucky’s Daniel Roberts had been dueling through the SEC Championships and NCAA Regionals and now the NCAA Championships at Mike Myers Stadium at the University of Texas. They were not only the world leaders – Roberts in 13.06 and Holloway in 13.07 […]

News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport: ● Athletics ● The first day of the NCAA Division I Championships in Austin, Texas (USA) showed once again why – except in the opinion of the IAAF World Rankings compilers – this is one of the best meets in the world each […]

Seeing stupid posts on Twitter is no surprise, but former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson – a.k.a. “Ochocinco” – posted a doozy on Friday … and Noah Lyles – he of the co-world-leading 9.86 100 m after his rocket finish at the Shanghai Diamond League – tweeted right back: We can go 100 150 200 300 […]

Even while the IAAF World Relays are ongoing in Yokohama (JPN), the Southeastern Conference Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas has been the performance center of the track & field world. Just today: ● Kentucky’s Daniel Roberts, badly beaten by Florida’s Grant Holloway in the prelims, 13.07-13.31, came back in the final to beat Holloway, 13.07 to […]

The conditions were perfect at John McDonnell Field at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville for the Southeastern Conference Championships, and Florida’s Grant Holloway...

A furious weekend of track & field, especially at the Florida Relays, Texas Relays and Stanford Invitational produced more than a dozen world-leading (outdoor) marks. It’s so early in the season that most of them aren’t really that exciting, but some were quite impressive for the end of March: Men: ● 400 m: 45.18, Trevor […]

The indoor track & field season concluded over the weekend with the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, with a four world-leading marks: ● Men’s 400 m: 44.82, Tyrell Richard (USA/South Carolina State) ● Men’s 60 m Hurdles: 7.35, Grant Holloway (USA/Florida) ● Women’s 200 m: 22.66, Kayla White (USA/North Carolina A&T) ● Women’s 400 […]

TSX HEADLINES – for June 22, 2018: In the late 1970s, the hurdle events were the ones you made sure you were in your seat for, thanks to stars like Renaldo Nehemiah, Greg Foster and Edwin Moses. Forty years later, it’s deja vu all over again, thanks to the newest generation of youngsters, especially Florida […]

TSX HEADLINES – for June 22, 2018: In the late 1970s, the hurdle events were the ones you made sure you were in your seat for, thanks to stars like Renaldo Nehemiah, Greg Foster and Edwin Moses. Forty years later, it’s deja vu all over again, thanks to the newest generation of youngsters, especially Florida […]