Karhu Challenges 5K Runners To “Beat The Bear” Saturday At Flushing Meadows...
Spring has sprung, and mild temperatures have brought runners to the roads in droves, many of them training for the dozens of races on the 2012 racing calendar in the city. The next big event is...
View ArticleNew York 13.1 Marathon Set For March 23 At Flushing Meadows
Thousands of runners will make Flushing Meadows Corona Park the center of the New York road racing universe on Saturday, March 23, as the nationwide Allstate Life Insurance(SM) 13.1 Marathon® Series...
View ArticleRoof To Be Added to Arthur Ashe
The USTA announced a new vision for the Billie Jean King Tennis Center that will transform the venue and give fans what they have wanted for years at a press conference at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel...
View ArticleSports Beat “Not much US at the US Open”
A lot was made of Andy Roddick’s retirement last year since he remains the last American man to win a tennis Grand Slam event when he won the 2003 US Open. What got surprisingly little play when he...
View ArticleSports Beat “No hope for American men’s tennis”
Two weeks ago I wrote about how there did not appear to be many opportunities outside of one Serena Williams for fans of the red, white and blue to cheer for one of their own at the Billie Jean King...
View ArticleSports Beat “90 Wins or Bust”
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson generated headlines when he told fellow team executives that he expects the Mets to win 90 games in 2014. Alderson’s remark generated understandable guffaws from...
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