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For New Generation Track and Field, established media companies are too stuck in their ways
The Tokyo Games reminded us why athletics remains the greatest show on earth
No runner has ever won the 5,000-meter, 1,500-meter, and 10,000-meter treble at the same Olympics. But there have been other memorable distance triples and doubles.
In what might be the first step toward an unprecedented triple, the Dutch runner won two races on the same day
Despite IOC malfeasance and the ongoing pandemic, the five-ring spectacle is too seductive to ignore
Five years after the Vaporfly upended marathon running, track shoes are set to star in Tokyo
After two more star runners have been excluded by World Athletics’ policy, the governing body will have to reap what it has sown
With Rule 40 restrictions looming, this is the time for athletes to tout their sponsors
The multiple American record holder is a huge fan favorite—does that give us a biased view of her case?
Hobbs Kessler is taking the running world by storm
After 2020, holding the event at all will be a victory in itself
A new study tries—and fails—to predict athletic greatness with a DNA test. Thank goodness.
Former Princeton runner Russell Dinkins argues that universities should preserve their "most accessible" sport
'Win at All Costs' is an indictment of more than just the Nike Oregon Project
'The Stand' has its moments, but struggles to add to the legacy of Tommie Smith and John Carlos
With a little help from technology, Joshua Cheptegei took down the 5,000-meter world record in Monaco last week