A Chef’s Three-Country Odyssey to Stardom
Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia, grew up in Sweden and now lives in a five-bedroom brownstone in New York’s...
Day: December 30, 2014
Gedion Zelalem gets U.S. Citizenship
The Twitterverse and Intertubes are abuzz today about Gedion Zelalem, the young soccer player who wants to play for the...
2014 End-of-Year Reviews – Road Running
Just like in 2013, the marathon world record was broken again in Berlin. The 30-year-old Dennis Kimetto, with a previous...
Aselefech Mergia returns to Dubai Marathon
Ethiopia’s two-time Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon winner Aselefech Mergia will bid for her third victory at the 2015 race on...
Meb’s U-T San Diego Sportsman of Year
By Chris Jenkins, U-T San Diego Turning off Park Blvd., the vehicle brakes to a speed slower than Mebrahtom Keflezighi...
2014 End-of-Year Reviews – Long Distance
Statisticians Mirko Jalava and A Lennart Julin look back at the best long-distance running performances of the year. Men’s 5000m...