Japan Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Olympic gold-medalists Bryan Clay and Stephanie Brown Trafton received the Jesse Owens Awards on Tuesday as America's top athletes in 2008. The awards will be presented on Dec. 6 during USA Track & Field's annual meeting in Reno, Nev. Read the full story
Cool Running: Top News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Entering 2008 as the defending Olympic silver medalist, Bryan Clay left no doubt that he is the leading force in the men's decathlon this year, posting the two highest scores in the world in winning at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., and the Olympic Games in Beijing. Over two days at the Olympic Trials, Clay scored 8,832 points to break the previous Olympic Trials record of 8,726 set by Dan O'Brien...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... as its milestones, but sport was also one of the bulldozers that shaped it. In the beginning was Jesse Owens. He was the black American who went to the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 and blasted the myth of Aryan racial supremacy. He won four gold medals and Hitler famously did not shake his hand. But when he returned to divided America, Franklin D. Roosevelt didn’t shake his hand either,...
The iRows Blog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
was sued by the Philadelphia Eagles, who said he owes almost $770,000 in bonus money he failed to refund following his suspension from the team. The Eagles said in a ailment filed with the U.S. District Court in City Of Brotherly Love that Jesse Jesse Owens owes the squad $769,117.65 after a January opinion by an NFL arbiter that establish the squad was entitled to about $1.7 million...
Running Wild with Coach Joe (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
INDIANAPOLIS - Dwayne Miller, who coached LaShawn Merritt to two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, has been named the 2008 Nike Coach of the Year by USA Track & Field. Miller will be honored on Saturday, December 6 at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremon, held [...]
games (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
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Cool Running: Top News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
USATF Youth Athlete Of The Year: Jordan Hasay Posted Tuesday, 25 November, 2008INDIANAPOLIS - National 1,500 meter high school record holder Jordan Hasay, of Arroyo Grande, Calif., has been named the 2008 Youth Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field. Hasay will be honored on Saturday, December 6, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The event will be held at...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
In all aspects of human endeavour, it is tempting to wonder how the achievers of yesteryear might stack up against their modern counterparts. How would Jesse Owens, the legendary sprinter of the 1930s, fare against Usain Bolt? The...
EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
... to win gold in adidas.Many more heroes of athletics have followed wearing adidas including Jesse Owens, Emil Zátopek, Al Oerter, Bob Beamon, DaileyThompson,Grete Waitz,HeikeHenkel,Haile Gebrselassie and Yelena Isinbayeva.***Contacts:Media RelationsInvestor Relations Jan RunauJohn-Paul O'Meara Chief CorporateSenior Investor Relations Manager Communications OfficerTel.: +49 (0) 9132...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
England determined to build on former glorySo many ghosts inhabit the Olympic Stadium, the Swastika-etched setting for Jesse Owens' high-speed destruction of Aryan arrogance in 1936. By Henry Winter in BerlinLast Updated: 11:52PM GMT 18 Nov 2008The future is now: England, under Fabio Capello, are planning for the future with players such as Gabriel Agbonlahor and Michael Mancienne (centre)Photo:...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- USA Track & Field has selected Olympic gold medalists Bryan Clay and Stephanie Brown Trafton for the Jesse Owens Awards as the sport's top American athletes in 2008.The awards will be presented Dec. 6 in Reno, Nev., as part of the Indianapolis-based USATF's annual meeting.Clay was the Olympic champion in the decathlon, posting the two highest scores in the world this...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
A level playing field has long been one of the few places that produces fair results. Competitors rise or fall on their merits. They become leaders or followers based on their ability to command. No one who saw Jesse Owens run, Muhammad Ali box, Michael Jordan soar, or Tiger Woods play golf -- whether in grainy film clips, on HD or in person -- could deny their successes or fail to admire...
The Australian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... as its milestones, but sport was also one of the bulldozers that shaped it. In the beginning was Jesse Owens. He was the black American who went to the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 and blasted the myth of Aryan racial supremacy. He won four gold medals and Hitler famously did not shake his hand. But when he returned to divided America, Franklin D. Roosevelt didn't shake his hand either,...
IOL (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
They become leaders or followers based on their ability to command. No one who saw Jesse Owens run, Muhammad Ali box, Michael Jordan soar, or Tiger Woods play golf - whether in grainy film clips, on TV or in person - could deny their successes or fail to admire them, if only grudgingly a generation or two ago.Trust takes time to develop, and it's difficult to pinpoint the moment when...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... their merits. They become leaders or followers based on their ability to command. No one who saw Jesse Owens run, Muhammad Ali box, Michael Jordan soar, or Tiger Woods play golf - whether in grainy film clips, on TV or in person - could deny their successes or fail to admire them, if only grudgingly a generation or two ago.Trust takes time to develop, and it's difficult to pinpoint...
