The runners participating in the Twin Cities Marathon will once again hear an unmistakeable loud sound on the race course. That sound comes from the sousaphone of NFL Hall of Famer and former justice in the Minnesota Supreme Court, Alan Page. Though says, for him, it’s less of an instrument and more of a “noisemaker.” He’s played it for the past 25 years, as the runners . That tradition will continue at the event on October 2. This year, it will have a new twist. “As a football player, people

Two-time NCAA champion & world championship bronze medalist Anna Hall has signed a professional contract with Adidas. She made the announcement on on Friday that she would forgo her remaining eligibility at the University of Florida to turn pro. She is now being represented by the Doyle Management Group, which represents the likes of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Ryan Crouser, Valarie Allman and Sandi Morris. Hall transferred from the University of Georgia to Florida in 2021, and then proceeded to

Devon Allen gave the Cleveland Browns a dose of Olympic speed on Sunday afternoon. The two-time Olympic hurdler, who was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles in the offseason, used his speed against the Browns secondary and hauled in a 55-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter of a preseason game in Cleveland. Allen formerly played football at the University of Oregon. twice, which led him to temporarily hang up his cleats and focus on track and field. Allen had a tremendous season on the trac

On Friday, World Athletics announced the updated for the 2023 World Championships, which is set to take place in Budapest, Hungary. According to the , defending world champions, 2022 Diamond League champions, World Race Walking Tour champions, leading hammer throwers on the Continental Tour and World Combined Events Tour champions will have the wild card for next year's championships. A few key changes from include an increased number of athletes in the field events, with the number of athlete

For the second time in two years, professional sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos says he was racially profiled by the police. The latest incident occurred last Saturday night. Seven armed police officers stopped Dos Santos as he was driving home in London, United Kingdom. In a series of tweets, which includes video footage, he explains the incident. Dos Santos, a 400-meter specialist, competed for Portugal at the Olympics last summer in Toyko. He is the Portuguese national record holder in the 400 m

On Monday, a federal judge handed down a second life sentence to Gregory and Travis McMichael, the father and son who are two of the three men convicted of killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. Both Gregory and Travis McMichael were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in . Arbery went for a jog on February 23, 2020, when he stopped to check out a house that was under construction . The McMichael’s, alongside their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., chased Arbery down

• Writers and running fans Malcolm Gladwell and David Epstein had a spirited online debate about how to fix high school sports. • Gladwell proposed a new strategy to increase participation in sports, such as cross country, which would then increase interest in those activities later in life. • Epstein agreed with certain principles but noted where Gladwell’s ideas may fall short. It’s already back-to-school season. And for runners in high school, that means cross-country season is here. It’s

Roisin Willis is one of the best high school athletes to ever step foot on the track. She’s set multiple state and national records, and she was aiming to put forth a dominant effort at the U20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia, this week. Her valiant effort on August 3 was not only enough to help her run a sub-2 minutes for personal best time of 1:59.13 (and the gold medal), but also her dominant run set the U20 championship record. Audrey Werro of Switzerland had the lead coming off the

That’s what Letsile Tebogo accomplished on Tuesday at the U20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia. The 19-year-old sprinter from Botswana ran 9.91 in the 100-meter final to take the gold. Tebogo left no doubt about it in that final. As he was separating from the field and getting closer to the finish line, he started to celebrate the win with the race victory locked up. While the early celebration could be deemed as disrespectful to his opponents, he says that it was not his intent. “The st

The 24-year-old was looking to win gold in the 400 meters at the 2022 World Athletics Championships against a loaded field that includesd world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk of South Africa, 2012 Olympic gold medalist Kirani James of Grenada, and rising star Champion Allison of the U.S. And in a close contest, Norman took home gold on the Hayward Field track in Eugene, Oregon, with his time of 44.29. Now that he has won gold on the big stage, here are five things you should know about the Ame

The 25-year-old defending world champion in the 200 meters was looking to defend his title at the World Athletics Championship on Thursday night against a stacked field that included fellow American star Erriyon Knighton—and he did just that. He blitzed the race from the start, winning in an electric time of 19.31 to take gold and set the new American record. It was the third fastest 200 of all time behind Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. It’s safe to say Lyles is now on another level when