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If his 4.2 is legit, he should be showing up at the top of some track meets soon and be a shoe-in for a scholarship in that sport. Let's face it, though: Those football "highlights" were dreadful. He doesn't look particularly fast or shifty, and his longest run is about 15 yards. He runs like a...

Still no track results to talk about, but the flooding news is getting weird. Brisbane, Australia, turned into a flooded ghost town. 335 at least dead in Brazil from flooding. Flooding throughout Germany, especially on the Rhine. 100's of 1000's trapped by flooding in Sri Lanka. And in the US...

"Argie"--merci pour l'article en Francais. Tres interessant. I will now use my rusty French to summarize the article for my fellow English speakers. It is a long feature in the French sports paper, L'equipe. Most of it is based on interviews with five track experts, include LeMaitre's coach...

Laura Whaler is one luscious beauty. I highly recommend anyone who hasn't seen her, Google some pictures of her. Perfection.

Okay, let's get the indoor season started. I've been following the early results from the minor events. Not a lot to report, except that all of us trackies will want to follow Penn State track this year. First off, Brady Gehret--one of last year's two high school superstars in the 400 (along...

I'm getting so impatient for his season to start! Anyway, he's going from Miami to Japan. He'll probably be jetlagged for the entire month of January! Link...

He's been sick? Is there a link for that? I'd like to see him get some uninterrupted weight training in.

He's one heck of a 100m man, and I expect him to get his times down at that distance over the next couple of years, but, sooner or later, I'm afraid he's going to break your heart and go 200/400, like Michael Johnson.

There were a couple of articles about Drew Philips. Apparently, he was completely unstoppable in practice. The first team D guys were all raving about him. He has all kinds of star potential. However, they seem to be interested in using him as some sort of hybrid back/receiver, rather than as a...

Two of our young stars to watch just completed epic cross country seasons. Lukas Verzbicas, who runs only the odd meet here and there because he prefers triathlons, just completed a rare sweep of both national cross country championships (Nike and Footlocker). He won by a huge margin and was...

The Borlee twins may soon be running in different events. Their dad believes that Jonathan has more potential in the 400 and that Kevin should stretch it out to the 800. I'd love to see that. but Kevin isn't in a hurry to make the move yet...

Well, let's not be too pessimistic. If Craig is capable of sub-10 times, he can still run them. Having a bad 2010 won't have the slightest effect on 2011. Heck, Bolt didn't have a good year either; he only ran about three races and was "injured" (which I take as code for being uninterested in...

I don't get it. If you click on Green's name in the story, it takes you to a scouting evaluation which isn't especially raving. Green is undersized, has no power, and is described as not very fast. His high school numbers are good, but dozens and dozens of runners have done better. Frankly, I...

No meets going on, but Craig is keeping a very nice blog on his offseason workout (link is a few posts up). I wish more athletes kept such journals. Anyway, we've all been crossing our fingers hoping he'll bounce back from a hellish 2010, and, for those of us who were ruminating aloud about...

Christophe ran last weekend? I didn't know. Are there any videos available?

If you want more Sally Pearson, go back to the link from a few posts back of the Welsh guy winning the 400 and click to see the other videos put up by the same guy. He's also posted the 100m. The articles on the 100 fiasco were somewhat badly written and until seeing the video I had not realized...

Nice find, Devans. I'm really interested in the 1500 tomorrow, so if you find a clip of it, please post. Meanwhile, we occasionally feud here about the ubiquity of juicing by Jamaican sprinters. Here's a bit from a column today by British great Steve Cram. It's about a new kind of stimulant...

Lukas has finally started his racing season this fall, with a typically masterful performance. As long as he doesn't switch to full-time triathloning, we're going to hear a lot about this boy...

Meanwhile, the Nigerian who was given Sally Pearson's gold has tested positive for a drug. They're trying to pass it off with a toothache story. God gosh, the tales these guilty athletes spin! http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/osayomi-fails-drug-test/

Frey just got scoped. He'll be out a few weeks (minimum of two).

Looks like the Rice coaches are still struggling to find ways to use Sam in their awful offense. Apparently, he's going to start getting some wildcat carries: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/10/rice_utep_preview.php

On the whole, there's been nothing to see at these games. Virtually no interesting athletes attended, and for good reason. It's been a nightmare. Athletes are staying in accomodations without air conditioning in the stifling heat and humidity. The track was full of dangerous cracks right up...

Unfortunately, Robbie spent most of the game riding an exercise bike on the sidelines, although the exact nature of his injury(ies) has not been reported. Hopefully, he's back next week, and due for another 100-yd game off the bench.

Jwhite--Frey looked REALLY good today. His second 100yd game as a part-timer. Plus, two kickoffs for 80 yds. He may force his way into the starting lineup.

TV, as well as CBS Sportsline and ESPN, have Frey at 13 carries, 112 yards. For some reason, Yahoo has him 13/98. Stupid Yahoo.