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There IS Life after World Championships...
August 27, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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It’s on to the circuit now. And, it is a little awkward.
Competing after World Championships is sort of like starting football season after the Super Bowl.
When the circuit begins, you leave behind the comforts of the Championships for reality. No more free wireless Internet...
Fanarchy TONIGHT!
August 25, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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The folks at Versus have invited me to be a guest on Fanarchy tonight! I'm looking forward to it. Make sure you check it out! 9:30 CT on Versus.
Go to http://www.versus.com and use the channel finder to locate the Versus channel in your area.
It's past my bedtime, so you...
Introducing...Stokke Inflation
April 07, 2008 by
Bears Necessity
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Allison Stokke helps Cal to jump up a lot in an arbitrary list of hottest campuses.
Highlights of Usain Bolt blowing away 100 m competition - again (in Brussels)
September 06, 2008 by
HotNonPorn
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Not one month after the Olympics, and Lightning Usain Bolt is at it again. This time, Usain Bolt gets to a slow start, still blows away everyone else, and overtakes countryman Asafa Powell to win the 100 m event in 9.77 seconds at the IAAF Golden League meet held at the Van Damme Memorial...
WOW. A Protest. Really?
August 22, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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Some call me a perpetual optimist, and that’s something that I can claim, but man, the Lord is testing my spirit. I’m pretty good at picking myself up off the floor, but what do you say at a time like this? Two events with the same outcome, all in 12 month’s time...
100M Finals - Post Race Interview with Doc Patton (Flotrack)
August 17, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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Last happens...
August 17, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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Man.
I’ve been staring at the wall trying to figure out what to say, how to say it, and, whether to say anything at all.
Last?
Man that hurt. After 40 weeks…
You work hard, and you train hard, and you prepare yourself mentally, but sometimes 'last' happens. It...
dont hate
January 27, 2009 by
kingjames23's Blog
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the hawthorne hornets are unstople we cant be beat and we wont be best.
It's time to grind...
August 14, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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7 a.m. mornings, steel cut oats, toast and oranges
Humid days, heavy rain and hotter-than-hell heat waves
Fall training, stadium bleachers, hills and anything over 300 meters
Dead lifts, squats, leg curls and lunges
Butt lock, sweat, dehydration and cramps
Health...
The price you pay to keep the sport clean...
August 12, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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Tell me this...what is the FIRST thing you do in the morning when you wake up? The VERY first thing? Chances are you get out of bed and make your way to the bathroom to answer Mother Nature's call, right? Right. Now before I go any further, I feel the need to issue a disclaimer...
My year of firsts, seconds, and thirds...
August 10, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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Wow...time flies when you're having fun, or at least that's what they say. Either way you slice it, this has been quite an eventful year. Here's what you've missed over the last few months.
First...
I celebrated my first Father's Day this June...
That's just SELFISH!
September 29, 2008 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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Did the headline grab your attention?
Good!
I know, I know... lame, and SO selfish, but effective, huh?
So, how do you introduce yourself to the world?
Well, besides posting a slightly misleading headlinev... I'll try:
What's up Yardbarkers!?!? I'm Doc...
Usain Bolt Should Prepare for the Whispers
August 21, 2009 by
Sparty and Friends
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Disclaimer: I am not in any circumstances insinuating, nor do I think that Usain Bolt is using any type of performance enhancing drugs.
Now that I don’t get Jerod Morris’d, we can offer up the ...
North Carolina keeps Antonio Pettigrew
September 01, 2008 by
The 5th Corner
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The Athletic Department has finally made a decision about Antonio Pettigrew, an assistant track & field coach who had testified in May that he had used performance-enhancing drugs and human growth hormone.
Tyson Gay eats McDonalds
July 29, 2008 by
SeaTown Sports
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For a guy that has recorded the fastest time ever in 100 meters
It's hard to believe that he loves to eat McDonalds, here's the fun fact that was included in the..
Holy Crap
November 04, 2007 by
Sons of Sam Malone
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An Olympic hopeful runner collapses in NYC
Marion Jones Steroid Confession
October 04, 2007 by
sportaphile.com
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Football was knocked out of the top spot today in the Sportaphile Criminal Fantasy League after Marion Jones admitted to using "The Clear" for two years.
Tim Layden: Usain Bolt is Sportsman choice
10 days ago by
Sports Illustrated
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First, he shattered hallowed records. Then he did himself one better: He broke his own marks and gave track a superhero. Usain Bolt is Tim Layden's pick for SI's Sportsman of the Year.
Aural Secs: Bolt's 19.19 Explained With Music
newVideoPlayer("/Sonic_Bolt.flv", 506, 423,""); How fast is 19.19? Gawker's Mike Byhoff used Sonic Youth to illustrate the latest record-shattering majesty of Usain Bolt's 200-meter gallop.
Athletic Massage Goes Horribly Wrong
May 16, 2007 by
Sportable
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Porras invited a 17 year old member of the track team to his house, promising her an "athletic massage." Where I come from, massages usually aren't performed on teenage girls by their coach but I digress. As expected, the massage became all sorts of weird.
Blade Runner to be Denied Chance at Olympics
January 10, 2008 by
East Coast Bias
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A runner with two prosthetic legs will not be allowed to compete in the Olympics. Cruel? Fair? Both?
Back in the Spikes Again!
February 13, 2009 by
Doc Patton's Blog
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I'm back in the saddle again - or I guess I should say, back in the spikes. I've been training everyday since November, getting my body prepared for what lies ahead.
I'm a year older, and I have a renewed, more mature respect for the sport. Why? Because sprinting...
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