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Kenya Selects Lel, Wanjiru… Cheruiyot?

Posted April 24, 2008 at 07:14 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Jimmie Markham, Special Features, SoundOFF

Okay, Athetics Kenya, let’s select that Dream Team for the Olympic Marathon this summer in Beijing, China, the team that can finally break that gold-medal goose-egg statistic and divert the world’s attention away from our horrible political situation back home. With Haile Gebrselassie…

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USOC Displays Bad Form At Media Summit

Posted April 18, 2008 at 09:30 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Jimmie Markham, Special Features, SoundOFF

I spotted an interview titled “U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit Press Conference” that featured Brian Clay, Walter Davis, Lashinda Demus, Allyson Felix, Reese Hoffa, Carmelita Jeter, LaShawn Merritt and Terrence Trammell and it left me scratching my head for a minute. Since…

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