BECAUSE of the effect of the Earth's rotation, an athlete running anti-clockwise will have a slight advantage, resulting in a faster time. In the Southern Hemisphere, this effect is reversed but, as ...

After nearly 25 years of living in Atlanta, I should be used to running in the city’s brutal heat and humidity. But when the temperatures (and dew points) start to soar every summer, my motivation for ...

All the racers in the men’s 800 meters at track and field’s world championships in Tokyo this week share a few qualities. Each is lithe but strong. And each possesses the high-tech spikes and huge ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — It’s too late to change anything, but it was confirmed that the New York Racing Association ran a race at the wrong distance in a key contest on one of the week’s busiest days.