Osaka

Deep in the night, U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay stripped to a slight pair of running shorts and lowered his battered body into an inflatable tub of ice water, groaning audibly as the frigid liquid numbed his legs. Four...

Twenty-six musings on the just-completed world track and field championships, one year out from the Beijing Olympic Games.

Here was movement sweeter than beautiful music or fine wine, a combination of speed and style that ever so briefly transcends sport. We see it rarely in person and squeeze our eyes shut to remember it in ways that...

Earlier this week, I climbed onto a shuttle bus from the U.S. team hotel at the world track and field championships, where I had been doing an interview with an athlete. The bus idling at the curb was the most...

The world track and field championships begin here Saturday morning. Eight matchups I'm looking forward to seeing: