W hen the commotion competition finally cleared in New York this summer after a long-awaited NBA title and World Cup — track and field arrived to turn the temperature up in the city. The opening day of outdoor nationals on Thursday nudged Icahn Stadium into for days of competition as the first national champions were …
B efore any sprinter could blaze the track at Stade Charléty last week, a heatwave had Europe in its grasp and Paris was not exempt. Days before the eighth Diamond League meet in the city, local police lobbied to have the event canceled as temperature continue to soar. But organizers persisted and implement extra precautionary …
A point arrives when an early season build is an afterthought and crossing the line first, leaping higher and a toss beyond every competitor is a prerequisite. And now the outdoor campaign is suddenly roaring city to city, racking up world leads, personal bests and fortifying rankings points. The Bislett Games in Oslo last were …
As the season unfolds, the reality of the buildup means going to where the podium lives. But at the fifth Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, taking the next steps meant the prospect of world leads, upsets and inching up the rankings. Trackside and from the confines of the field, photographer Donald Reynolds took liberty in …
Finding the sport where it thrives can sometimes be a matter of perception, luck or even meeting the action halfway — and agreeing to connect on the other side of the world. Tens of thousands a miles removed from the scene of his prior Chronology, photographer Donald Reynolds found himself in Rome and wandered along …
Event after event, a mission of motion was the resounding theme that the outdoor season was already out of its own starting block at the L.A. Track Fest at UCLA’s Drake Stadium on May 23. Naturally, the meet drew vibrant crowd energy as some of the notables of the sport were broadcast by the announcer …
In what feels like light years away from the grip of the track and bounds of the field, photographer Donald Reynolds kept putting distance between himself and the sport on a cross country drive to Alaska in April. He covered 5,800 miles in 18 days, camped, biked and ran during several stops — and was …
The early season assessment was on display at Saturday’s Shanghai Diamond League in Keqiao and the order of business was a flex of seven world leads in the women’s shot put, women’s 5,000m, men’s 3,000m, women’s 1,500m, women’s 3,000m steeplechase, men’s 300m hurdles and women’s 100m hurdles. Keqiao Stadium got a taste of what the …
With bags packed and an expanded roster of goodbyes checked off the list, what comes next? Since 2021, the routine of gathering my belongings and taking the drive to Skagway, Alaska from Atlanta has been a journey of discovery, navigating thousands of miles of road — and photography. Skagway is a small town at the …
While overt whispers of the silent eulogy of a community in transformation persist, community remains a constant. Encroaching forces of gentrification and the loss of local soul seem evident — and change is expectant. But on the pavement of the historic Crenshaw District in Los Angeles, a different kind of movement is taking root. Ahead of …