Reviews
Jenny Barringer Simpson video, presented by theshoeaddicts (From RBR Archives, April 2011)
Jenny Simpson surprised many with her brilliant win in 2011 in Daegu, Korea. The Shoe Addicts did this homage to...
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Jeff Benjamin’s Book Review 2025 Book # 1 “Always Speeding – Memoirs Of The World’s Fastest Human” By Steve Williams
Jeff Benjamin’s Book Review 2025 Book # 1 “Always Speeding - Memoirs Of The World’s Fastest Human” By Steve Williams...
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An Appreciation of Jesse Owens
I wrote this piece in 2009, just prior to my trip to the Berlin Olympic stadium for the World Champs...
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Jeff Benjamin’s Spring Book Reviews, Third In A Series, Chariots Return – Saving The Soul Of The Games, By Mark Ryan
Jeff Benjamin’s Spring Book Reviews Third In A Series Chariots Return - Saving The Soul Of The Games By Mark...
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Jeff Benjamin’s Spring Book Reviews, Bend Don’t Break – A Memoir Of Endurance, by Frank O’Mara
Jeff Benjamin’s Spring Book Reviews Second In A Series Bend Don’t Break - A Memoir Of Endurance By Frank O’Mara ...
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CHASING FOUR: A Personal History of Work and Play By Gene McCarthy : A Book Review
Jeff Benjamin’s Spring Book Reviews First In A Series CHASING FOUR: A Personal History of Work and Play By Gene McCarthy...
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The Hydra Patch Review: A new method using some old fashioned ideas!
The Hydra Patch Review - A new method using some old-fashioned ideas! By Jeff Benjamin Last month in Orlando, America’s...
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Far Beyond Gold by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, A Book Review
Far Beyond Gold, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 2024 ISBN 978-0-7852-9799-4 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has had a stellar career, winning the...
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Mary Peters, My Story, A book Review of the 1972 Olympic pentathlon gold medalist’s memoir
Mary Peters is one of the most iconic athletes in British Athletics. At the age of 84, Dame Mary Peters...
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The Worlds On NBC – Thoughts & Views From TV On Day 2-4
The Worlds On NBC - Thoughts & Views From TV On Day 2-4 By Jeff Benjamin Oh! The thrill of...
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