Don's Diary

Q&A with Usain Bolt

Remembering Kobe with Respect, Not Adulation

Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse

Update

Just teens? What about adult addiction (can’t stop/ won’t stop) to drugs, alcohol, bad food, junk media?

Joyas Volardores

I Did Trail Work Once and Felt Smug for a Lifetime

An Aging Marathoner Tries to Run Fast After 40

An Athlete Dying Young

At one of the oldest and best Italian restaurants in town, I ordered a non-alcoholic beer. The waiter, who has been there for decades, said he serves about ten non-alcoholic beers a year. Mine was the first in 2020. …More.

A guy we know, in the know, says construction on the new Hayward Field has two eight hour shifts. At most, there are now only ten hours of daylight. And that Phil Knight has contributed about two hundred million. And that the asphalt is down (on which the track and field will rest).
…Another guy, a famous Oregon Olympian, just learned there will be a Hall of Fame under the grandstands, and that he needs to get his memorabilia into that pronto.
…Olympic Trials start June 19.

Walking is a radical act

Eliud Kipchoge: My passion for books

It’s Okay to Leave Your Headphones at Home

What Men Have Told Me