Re: t-and-f: Mistreatment of Fans at Olympic Trials

2004-08-17 Thread koala
>Wagering at track meets has >been a tradition for as long as I can remember and in my opinion adds a >little harmless fun. Apparently the cops didn't think so and someone >around Marty complained and had him thrown out. Just tell the cop you're a Native American and your tribe has claimed the gr

RE: t-and-f: Mistreatment of Fans at Olympic Trials

2004-08-17 Thread Raymond Cook
Gerald, Funny you should mention the wagering. I didn't get to wager this trials because he was a section over and I was too busy keeping my kids out of trouble. I heard that the cops actually removed Marty from the meet when they caught him taking dollars. Wagering at track meets has been a tr

t-and-f: Probably the best T&F Olympic preview around

2004-08-17 Thread Martin J. Dixon
Go to www.trackandfieldnews.com In the middle yellow box is a link called T&FN Olympic Previews. Includes formchart, the scoop, picture, stats, key links and TV times. Pretty well all you need to know. Here is a sample one: http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/tfn/athens2004/events/08-m1.jsp?ad

t-and-f: Top Olympic Hopefuls--Men's PV

2004-08-17 Thread Roger Ruth
As almost every track fan on this side of the solar system would know, in its August 2nd issue Sports Illustrated offered its medal picks. For the men's pole vault, they were: Gold--Dimitri Markov, Australia Silver--Toby Stevenson, United States Bronze--Tim Mack, United States At the risk of havi

Re: t-and-f: Greek duo out of Games

2004-08-17 Thread Patrick Palmer
Paul Merca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which brings up the question of what they were doing in Chicago, of all places> ? > PM Hey, what's wrong with Chicago? It is not true that they were here to get last minute starting pointers from me. (Seriously, I was wondering the same thing.) Pat Pa