Sports Illustrated
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Chris Chavez
– Jun 10, 5:51 AM
The violent killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the ensuing protests across the country have propelled nationwide activism and amplification of Black voices. Over the last week and a half, people have entered a period of…
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SPIKES
– Jun 9
These past few weeks have shown two sides to America. All the states have come together to protest injustice, which is truly a thing of beauty. But let's not forget why it happened, the ugly things that have been done to black people across this…
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Outside Magazine
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Martin Fritz Huber
– Jun 10, 8:00 AM
When he retired after the 2017 NYC Marathon, there was arguably no professional runner in this country more adored than Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi. A part of this, surely, was that the charmed trajectory of Meb's life seems to confirm…
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POLITICO
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Alistair Walker
– Jun 11, 5:00 PM
As protests escalate, FIFA and the IOC tread different paths on separation of stadium and state. As anti-racism protests sweep around the world, sports are finding they can't stay out of politics. Sporting venues have not traditionally welcomed…
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Runner's World
– Jun 11, 10:37 AM
As runners, we often find ourselves straddling a fine line between comfortable and uncomfortable. We call this line our threshold. Though we are biased in favor of what's comfortable, from both a physiological and psychological standpoint, we know…
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Oiselle Running Apparel for Women
Hi fellow teammates, if you or anyone else were to look at me from a distance, you would see a middle age Hispanic woman, a wife, a mother, a runner/athlete, a devoted volunteer for veterans' organizations, an active volunteer for my kids' school…
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A 20-year-old man has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a female runner along the banks of the Tama River in Ota Ward, Tokyo. 'I've been stuck at home because of the coronavirus, so I wanted to go for a walk and move my body a bit,'…
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Sports Illustrated
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Nick Dawson
– Jun 9, 5:50 AM
Even under less damning circumstances, Kelly Agnew would have drawn extra attention at the start-finish line of Across the Years. The annual race takes place over the New Year's period, with runners pushing themselves to complete as many laps as…
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Cox Media Group
– Jun 7, 12:41 PM
A North Carolina speedway drew a crowd of more than 2,000 spectators in defiance of the state's coronavirus restrictions after declaring the race a “protest.” The governor's office had warned Ace Speedway in Elon that a crowd of more…
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MK Fleming
