My wife sent me the newspaper clipping shown below.  She had received it from her father.  Click on the image for a larger view. Hazel Chi...

I spent a few more minutes on the elliptical at Ponds Forge this morning compared to my normal workout.  When I was finished, I snapp...

Just after waking up this morning, my wife told me that Pete Rose had died.  I confessed to her when we left our Sheffield house for the gym...

Bob Knight died yesterday (Wednesday, 1 November 2023) at the age of 83.  I love the irony of Coach Knight dying on All Saints' Day.  I ...

Jordi Meeus just barely kept  Jasper Philipsen from a fifth stage win in this year's Tour de France.  Meeus lunged his bicycle across ...

Tadej Pogačar won his second stage in this year's Tour de France by outsprinting Jonas Vingegaard in the final hundred meters.  It was...

For the second stage in a row, the breakaway held off the chasers and peloton.  But unlike yesterday, the GC contenders and the rest of the ...

Kasper Asgreen lead the four-man breakaway all the way to the finish line in today's thrilling Tour de France stage.  The Danish cyclis...

On a very hot day with slow speeds, Felix Gall held off pursuers and took today's grueling mountain stage.  That final climb cracked on...

Jonas Vingegaard completely smashed his competition in today's time trial.   Tadej Pogačar may regret his bike change.  He came in sec...

It was another great day of racing at the Tour de France!  Wout Poels broke away from the lead group and after a wonderful final climb, cro...

If you love to watch elite cyclists battle on a difficult route, this was the stage to watch.  After a very unfortunate crash, which cost s...

Polish cyclist  Michał Kwiatkowski had the ride of his life today.  With all of France watching on Bastille Day,  Kwiatkowski rode the enti...

What a stage!  There was a lot of early jockeying for position.  But it was  Ion Izagirre who attacked on the final climb with about 30.9 k...

Jasper Philipsen has shown the world that he is the best Tour de France sprinter.  His ability to pick a gap on the final sprint and explod...

Pello Bilbao gave Spain a much-needed stage win at the Tour de France with his great sprint in the final hundred meters.  Six riders in the...

Stage 10 of this year's Tour de France commences at Vulcania , not too far from where yesterday's stage ended and also not too far f...

As someone from the US, I was rooting hard for  Matteo Jorgenson to maintain his lead and conquer  Puy de Dôme .  But, alas, it was Michael...

If you thought Stage 4 was too slow, you will have loved today's Stage 8.  For such a long stage, it's hard to imagine how elite cyc...

Jasper Philipsen denied Mark Cavendish a bit of history today, who is tied with  Eddy Merckx with  34 Tour de France stage wins.  Philips...

Tadej Pogačar bided his time behind Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert , who did yeoman's work in keeping Vingegaard in contention for...

I completely missed today's Tour de France action.  My younger daughter and I spent a good bit of today touring nearby University of Vir...

Jasper Philipsen won his second straight Tour de France stage with a great sprint in the final kilometer.  But that final kilometer was mar...

Today's stage was an interesting study in peloton dynamics.  Getting sprinters ready for the finish was the aim of the game in the final...