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• TV Sports: A Detail-Oriented Voice for an Overlooked Sport

  Ato Boldon has emerged as one of NBC’s best analysts, a blend of athletic smarts, charisma, precise analysis and brashness. Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 10:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Television, National Broadcasting Co, Bolt, Usain, Boldon, Ato

• In a Blink, Jamaica Shatters a Relay Record. In a Slog, an American Wins the Decathlon

  Brian Clay became the first American decathlete since 1996 to win the gold medal, but he ceded the spotlight to Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man. Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 1:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, United States, Jamaica, Bolt, Usain, Powell, Asafa, Clay, Brian, O'Brien, Dan

• Bolt and Jamaica Break World Record in 400 Relay

  In yet another mind-boggling display of speed, Usain Bolt set another world record and won another Olympic gold medal, and this time he shared the glory with his Jamaican teammates. Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 12:12 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Bolt, Usain, Powell, Asafa

• Bolt Breaks World Record and Wins Gold Again

  Jamaica’s Usain Bolt became the first man to win both the 100 and 200 meters at the same Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984. Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:06 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Bolt, Usain

• Sports of The Times: A Chance for Track to Recapture Its Glory

  During the Summer Games, track and field is the granddaddy of them all, but will the people in the stands follow this sport from one Olympiad to another? Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Bolt, Usain

• Sprinters Marvel at Bolt and Are Sure That His Best Is Yet to Come

  More than 24 hours had passed since Usain Bolt’s redefining of the 100 meters, and some are increasingly warning that the record in the 200 meters is on borrowed time. Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 10:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Running, Bolt, Usain, Johnson, Michael

• Sports Of the Times: In the 100, a Show of Flash After a Burst of Speed

  On Saturday night at the Bird’s Nest an island best known for beaches and reggae suddenly had the Olympic spotlight all to itself. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 4:36 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Running, Swimming, Track and Field, Gay, Tyson, Jamaica, Bolt, Usain, Phelps, Michael, Powell, Asafa

• Bolt Is World’s Fastest — by a Mile

  Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt crushed the world record in the 100 meters in theatrical fashion Saturday night at the Beijing Olympics. Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:58 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Bolt, Usain

• And Now a Word (and More) From the Sponsors

  In those hazy days leading up to the opening ceremony at the Olympics, public relations people make pitches involving their clients or products. Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 1:10 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Bolt, Usain, Puma AG|PMMAF|other-OTC

• Sprinters Are Setting Records (for Civility)

  Sportsmanship has broken out among a group of athletes who historically act like porcupines or peacocks before races, and most of the time in general. Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 5:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Gay, Tyson, Bolt, Usain, Boldon, Ato

• Pride of Jamaica in the Spotlight

  Officials in Jamaica, a country known for producing sprinting champions, said they should be doing more to ensure that their premier sport was clean. Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Steroids, Olympic Games (2008), Running, Track and Field, Jones, Marion, Law and Legislation, Doping, Jamaica, Bolt, Usain, Wint, Arthur, Campbell, Veronica, Ottey, Merlene, McKenley, Herb, Stewart, Kerron, Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization, International Association of Athletics Federations, Powell, Asafa

• Shattering Limits on the Track, and in the Pool

  Tyson Gay won the finals of the 100 meters at the United States Olympic track and field trials, though the wind disqualified his time of 9.68 from being a world record. Posted Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Gay, Tyson, Bolt, Usain

• For Gay, a Defeat Is Followed by a Tuneup

  Tyson Gay has taken his 100-meter technique apart, putting it on the grease rack and giving it an overhaul since coming in a distant second to Usain Bolt in a race on May 31. Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 9:47 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Track and Field, Gay, Tyson, Bolt, Usain

• Gay Has His Sights on Olympic Trials and a Formidable Opponent

  Tyson Gay has his sights on the Olympic trials and a formidable opponent, Usain Bold of Jamaica, who set a startling world record of 9.72 seconds in the 100 meters on May 31. Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Gay, Tyson, Jamaica, Bolt, Usain