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September 13, 2023
Boy arrested in fatal hit-and-run spree targeting bicyclists in Huntington Beach
A Huntington Beach minor was arrested in connection with a string of three hit-and-runs that apparently targeted bicyclists, killing one of them. The unidentified child was arrested and booked into Orange County Juvenile Hall on one count of homicide and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Sunday night, three cyclists...
September 12, 2023
Former Portland Marathon president apologizes for tax evasion, acknowledges he altered records: ‘I did wrong’
Largely due to his age and ailments, former Portland Marathon President Lester V. Smith Jr. was spared prison time and sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation with eight months of home detention for tax evasion amid a more than $1.2 million embezzlement scheme from the race nonprofit that a prosecutor said he...
September 5, 2023
Mexico Marathon disqualifies 11,000 of their 30,000 runners after finding THOUSANDS cheated, including using cars and public transport mid-race, by investigating their electronic trackers
Organisers of the Mexico Marathon have reportedly disqualified 11,000 runners after electronic trackers revealed the participants had not completed the full course. Over 30,000 runners participated at the 40th anniversary edition of the race in Mexico City on August 27. Mexico Marathon organisers were forced to investigate anonymous complaints from participants...
August 31, 2023
Wahoo and Zwift agree to settle patent suit
Last October, Wahoo sued Zwift and JetBlack for patent infringement, alleging that Zwift’s new Hub trainer, which JetBlack manufactures, infringed on its patents. Wahoo quickly settled with JetBlack, with Jet Black agreeing not to sell its version of the Hub, called the Volt, in the U.S. or Europe. JetBlack continues...
August 22, 2023
Lotto Dstny sports director Allan Davis fired after sending “inappropriate” messages to women
Davis, who won the Tour Down Under and finished second at Milan-San Remo during his 14-year professional career, was removed from Lotto Dstny's Tour de France coaching team after the allegations came to light in June, a female Twitter user telling road.cc that several other women had contacted her with details of similar...
July 30, 2023
In Memory of Magnus White
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share the news that 17-year-old Magnus White has passed away in a training accident. On Sunday, July 30th, we received the news that National Team athlete Magnus White was struck by a car on a bike ride in...
July 25, 2023
Bear kills runner near Yellowstone National Park
47-year-old woman was killed in a vicious attack by a grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park in southern Montana on the weekend, sparking an urgent and continuing search for the animal and the emergency closure of the area for the next several weeks. The body of Amie Adamson of Derby, Kan.,...
July 20, 2023
Kenyan doping: Why positive tests are the start of the solution
Athletics' extensive history of doping scandals is pockmarked by different nations: East Germany's formalised system of the 1970s and 80s, Soviet field athletes during the late Cold War, Chinese long-distance runners that formed Ma's Army in the 1990s, and Russia's state-sponsored regime that so sullied London 2012, to name a...
July 17, 2023
EXEC: Nike Hit by Lawsuit Over Pocket Bras
Nike is facing a lawsuit in Boston Federal Court by an inventor who claims the sportswear giant stole her technology for a line of sports bras with pockets. In court papers, SherryWear, LLC said its founder, Sherry Goff, first pitched her patented Pocket Bra to Nike in 2015. SGB
July 11, 2023
Fargo Marathon Race Director Struck and Killed on His Bike by Truck Driver
Knutson had said this year would likely be his last at the helm, but sadly, he won’t be present at the 20th anniversary of the Essentia Health Fargo Marathon this May. On Sunday, the 53-year-old was killed in a collision with a pickup truck while riding his bicycle in Detroit...