In a very small corner of U.S. sports fandom, the biggest story last weekend was not the Super Bowl.
It was the performance of a high school runner named Drew Hunter in a mile race Saturday afternoon at the Armory in New York. Hunter clocked 3 minutes, 58.25 seconds, breaking Alan Webb’s 15-year-old U.S. high school indoor mile record by 1.41 seconds.
Read MoreGracie Gold should have an excellent chance at a world medal simply by skating her best in both programs. Ashley Wagner will likely need help (i.e. mistakes) by other skaters to get there, but she also is in contention.
Of course, I said the same thing in reverse last year (Wagner could do it on her own, Gold could do it with help), when the U.S. women’s medal drought at worlds reached nine years.
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Philip Hersh, formerly Olympic specialist for the Chicago Tribune, has covered 20 Olympic Games. He often uses sport as a way to write about the culture of a country or athlete. READ FULL BIO
