athletics

Name, Image and Likeness deals are approaching $1 billion nationwide, without a single athlete doing the one thing track &...

Sports docu-series are earned, not given. But even if Netflix “gave” one to track & field, the sport would not...

New York Road Runners once solved the gender pay gap, but in 2022 created a performance pay gap. They can...

Like the Diamond League, the NYC Marathon is outside our daily realm of caring. But every once in awhile, particularly...

We don’t particularly care about the Diamond League. But two we things we do care about are (a) making accessible...

Track & field had a 2,000 year head start on pickleball, and is already well behind and falling back commercially....

No one knows how much money track & field athletes make, but everyone seems to agree that they should make...

For most American track & field athletes, the season ends in mid-June. Once entries close for USA Track & Field...

World Championships showed that track & field can do it once, under near perfect conditions, where "it" is attracting the...

Track & field's young stars have a chance to build dominance over time by accumulating record numbers of national titles....

Successful sports and teams sometimes worry that their fans are fair weather. Track & field won't have to worry about...

Niche sport recognizes value of city-based teams and team-based competition.

A fair number of people in track & field were saddened by the death of Al Franken. I wasn’t. I...

This post was written and submitted as part of an entry into RStudio’s Table Contest: 2021 Edition. If you’re not...

The Tokyo Olympics are the first Summer Games since sports betting became widely legal across the United States. With US...

One question that’s long intrigued and motivated us is: What will it take for track & field athletes to realize...

The Rule 40 blackout period for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games started on July 13. This should be a non-issue...

Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open has drawn into the open (if it was ever hidden) the relationship between...

Track & field can learn a lot from other sports, particularly European soccer. Villareal’s Europa League win is just the...

Professional track & field athletes are the only pro athletes you'll hear saying "thank you" to their sponsors. Until they...

On the balance of yesterday’s news, track & field’s offerings to pro and prospective pro athletes have fallen behind another...

Track & field rarely does the things that more successful sports do. One simple way T&F can move closer to...

Nike parted ways with their most powerful track & field executive last week. The amount of buzz this generated within...

"Smug complacency. You see it in housing and the physical footprint of our cities. You see it in education. You...

During last week’s Athletics Avail, the questions and conversations started to dive into what NALathletics’ teams will look like. Here’s...

Track & field has at least 99 problems, but too many athletes is not one of them. NALathletics is here...

Just about every industry has it's "Uber but for..." We're starting small, as the AirBnB of athletics, and it's only...

Why should athletes at every level of the sport be interested in something truly new in athletics? Really? Do we...

Track & field coaches have to worry about more than job security. They have to wonder about their “profession security.”...

Most meet directors aren't used to having options when looking for tracks to hold a meet. Welcome to the marketplace....