Author: Milo Bryant
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Area’s top 20: No. 6 is CC hockey coach Owens
The Colorado College hockey team is one of the few certainties in Colorado Springs. Regardless of the year, the Tigers will be competitive nationally. For the past nine years Tigers players have come and gone. But the certainty in the program resides in its coach, Scott Owens, No. 6 on The Gazette’s list of the…
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Order of gymnastics exercises matters
It’s workout time. We head to our favorite spot and dive in on that dynamic warm-up routine – starting to get a good sweat going in the process. What’s next for the workout? Do we start with the little muscle groups and build up to the big ones? Or do we start with the big…
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Bryant: Jamaicans take sprint crown away from the U.S.
BEIJING • The commercial is as lucid as the decisivevictories. Hello world. Let us introduce ourselves. We are Jamaica. We’re faster than you. You know it. We know it too. Hello Americans, your dominance on the track is no more. We are here, and we are here to stay. Get used to us. Close your…
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Opinion: Phelps is great, but Owens is the greatest
BEIJING • When it comes to athletics the immediacy of the moment is rarely quite right. Out of sight, out of mind. We fall into that trap too often. It’s human nature. This brings us to Michael Phelps. The fancy high-tech suit effectively covers his gills, though they’re invisible to the human eye other marine…
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Area’s top 20: No. 8 is MWC commissioner Thompson
Craig Thompson used to be the villain. Folks throughout the states that house the Mountain West Conference hated that the conference’s commissioner left an ESPN television deal, but couldn’t seem to swing deals that allowed each home to view its favorite teams. Times change. The Web site www.firecraigthompson.com hasn’t had a post on it since…
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Bolt sets world record in winning 100 meters in 9.69 seconds
BEIJING • The race that was supposed to be a dream final didn’t even materialize. But it didn’t matter because Jamaican runner Usain Bolt gave the crowd at the National Stadium a race that young sprinters only fantasize about. Many thought Tyson Gay was the United States’ best chance at a gold medal in the…
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Area’s top 20: No. 10 is USADA chief Tygart
The world doesn’t know the name Travis Tygart as much as it knows the organization he runs. For many, namely those athletes who are cheating their way through elite amateur sports, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is judge and jury. Tygart is its chief justice. Sadly, we often hear about the result of Tygart’s work. An…
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U.S. rallies past Canada after 24-hour rain delay
BEIJING • Canadian softball coach Lori Sippel credited its latest loss to the United States to a simple bad outing. “Let’s move on,” Sippel said after the 8-1 game, referring to what she told her players. “We’re better than that one inning. That was one inning out of 10.” But it was that one inning…
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Gay’s hamstring makes it through first round of 100 meters
BEIJING • If Tyson Gay sprints away from Jamaican runners Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell with the same speed and cunning he used to sprint away from reporters, he’ll most likely have the men’s 100-meter dash gold medal wrapped up and ready to head back the to the States. Gay finished his second-round heat in…
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Phelps wins sixth gold medal
BEIJING – The records keep falling and the gold medals keep stacking up for Michael Phelps. Phelps owned five gold medals and as many world records entering Thursday’s finals of the men’s 200-meter individual medley at the Water Cube. Phelps, who receives the largest applause here regardless of nationality, didn’t disappoint the crowd as he…