In an exclusive to RunBlogRun, trusted sources have confirmed that, at the end of September 2014, Rita Jeptoo tested positive in her A sample test for a banned substance in an out of competition testing. The out of competition testing procedure was done in Kenya. The testing was done by a … [Read more...]
Amantle Montsho tests positive, a commentary on drugs in sport
It happened about three in the afternoon on Saturday, 2 August. I got a note that an athlete had tested positive. I went over to my friend, Duncan MacKay, editor of Inside the Games, and asked his team if they had heard about it. Duncan told me about their story on insidethegames.biz , which … [Read more...]
Why A Convicted Doper as the USA Team Coach is a Bad Idea via @laurenfleshman
Note: I don’t know all the facts, but from what I’ve read, this is my opinion. I’d love to hear yours, differing or otherwise. As far as I’m concerned, this topic is outrageous enough to be worth discussing and debating. In the end, the public guides policy. Please feel free … [Read more...]
Documentary aims to dispel myth that “no one is interested in women’s sports”#heresproof
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota, in partnership with tptMN, will debut a groundbreaking documentary that uses research to examine the amount and type of coverage given to female athletes. Titled “Media Coverage and Female … [Read more...]
Pregnant for Gold
With all the talk lately about doping, I’ve naturally been thinking about female athletes and performance enhancers. Ladies want to win just as much as men do, so it should be no surprise that women’s sports are replete with doping scandals. So, I decided to … [Read more...]
Sports History Files: A new twist to Germany’s doping past
Tweet It’s not known at this point whether alleged state-sponsored doping of West German athletes dating back to the 1950s was as systematic and devastating as what was practiced in East Germany. But a bombshell report published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung last weekend about research … [Read more...]
The Rabbit Hole: Should we expect athletes to be role models?
Northeastern University's Sport in Society organization attempts to use sport to create positive social change. I follow them on Twitter and usually I agree with most of the tweets that they create but today they tweeted the following tweet concerning Ryan Braun's suspension from Major League … [Read more...]
Journalism vs PR-Carmelita Jeter & Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce walk-out
Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations. The above quote is generally attributed to George Orwell but it appears that he never said or wrote it. It feels Orwellian though, and if someone newsworthy is hiding something from the public then … [Read more...]
Calling all Athletes!
Elite athletes are constantly under a media microscope and are considered role models in the eyes of society regardless if it is something they desire. In a world where the tragic stories of Aaron Hernandez and Oscar Pistorious are what’s spread over the television or news of the performance … [Read more...]
Catching steroids ‘cheaters’ - by any means necessary
Tweet At the risk of sounding like a condescending scold — in other words, becoming like those I like to scold — I offer up a post from January written on the heels of media excuse-making about Baseball Hall of Fame voting (and in one case, the willful abstinence from casting a … [Read more...]