Lots of gold medals but not much coverage

The U.S. track team - both men and women - have been raking in the gold medals at the world champsionships, but many Americans, including some media outlets, don't seem to care. Although when sprinter Lauryn Williams won the 100M last week, she did make the front page of a few sports sections. Track & Field is one sport where I think you see lack of coverage/exposure on television for both men and women equally - except when it's the Olypmics. The New York Times addresses this in the lead of "The U.S. Sets a Record by Winning 14 Golds" Christopher Clarey writes ...

"So much for a post-Olympic lull. With a vast majority of Americans paying no attention and with no live television coverage of these track and field world championships at home, the United States team responded with a record of 14 gold medals between the raindrops and baton drops in the Olympic stadium." (NYT, 8/15/05)

In Boston, we are lucky to have sports journalist John Powers - who covers Olympic sports like Track & Field, Gymastics, Skating - on a year round basis for the Boston Globe. He does so much more than write round-up pieces on events. He writes in-depth articles - sometimes profiles of athletes who are not household names - covering both men and women equally.  Here is his latest piece from the Track & Field World Championship.