Bolt’s Quest to Become a Legend
For the past 18 months, the 23-yr-old Jamaican Usain Bolt has dominated track & field with his mind-boggling speed and charm on and off the track. The sprinting sensation, who…
Diplomatic Status for Hurdler Ryan Brathwaite
It’s not only bad things that happen in threes. A third Caribbean athlete has been honored this season by his country for his stellar performance at last month’s World Championships…
Antigua Names Daniel Bailey Sporting Ambassador
Antiguan 100m specialist Daniel Bailey continues to make news. Having placed fourth in the 100m final at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany on August 16, he was rewarded…
New False-start Rule for 2010
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the body that governs world athletics, or track and field, today changed its false-start rule which lets the first offender in a race…
Sanya Richards: Gold Medal vs. Gold Bar
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics begins in less than a week and one cannot help but wonder about Jamaican-born American Sanya Richards’s chance of copping that individual 400m…
A Peek into Shelly-Ann’s World
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser, the 2008 Olympic 100m gold medalist has no interest in being treated like a star. On the contrary , she shuns the limelight and doesn’t have a…
Again, It’s Bolt Again; 200m World Record is Gone
What can Usain Bolt do for an encore after smashing the 100m world record last Sunday in an unbelievable 9.58 secs? The answer is clear: Just smash the 200m on…
Jamaica’s Kimberly Williams Takes NCAA Jump Double
Jamaican Kimberly Williams, a Florida State sophomore and two-time All American, continued her winning ways yesterday by capturing 1st place in the triple jump final with a leap of 14.38m…
Dangerous Daniel Bailey Says: I’ll Show Them Who I Am
Lurking in the Caribbean is an impending danger whom some fans have only just begun to watch. He’s 100m specialist Daniel Bailey from Antigua & Barbuda, who is so serious…
Reebok Meet: Signs of Things Things to Come
There was no Usain Bolt this year, and while some may have gone to the Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium in New York expecting show-time performances from senior athletes…