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Lessons from Rowing: The Search for a Better Way to Succeed

December 4, 2020

There's no question that elite sport is a tough business. But there is an increasingly sinister edge to many of these stories. Is this just part of the tough business of sport? How are we setting athletes up for these big moments in their lives? What expectations, what narratives and what images dominate? more

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Holidays 2020: Reads for Rowers

November 27, 2020

2020 was a good year for rowing books; here's a selection to keep the rower(s) in your life happy over the holidays! more

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Lessons from Rowing: Take Responsibility for Sharing Leadership

January 30, 2020

An excerpt from Adam Kreek's book 'The Responsibility Ethic,' on strategies exceptional people use to do the work and make success happen. more

A not very well known story about George and Stan Pocock
Grasping the Shadow

December 22, 2014

When Pocock Racing Shells was essentially subsidizing the Sport of Rowing in North America; an excerpt from Peter Mallory's Sport of Rowing. more

Training at Harvard
On This One; a chapter from Toby Ayer's book about Harry Parker

July 1, 2013

A chapter from Toby Ayer's book in progress about Harry Parker, describing a full season from a few years ago; the events in the excerpt occurred in March during Harvard practices and selection. more

Book Excerpt
'Pieces of Eight,' by Chris Dodd

July 31, 2012

The recent North Korean flag mix-up on the eve of the London 2012 Games reminded rowing historian and journalist Christopher Dodd of a similar flap at the start of the 1975 Rowing World Championships, which he recounted in his book, 'Pieces of Eight.' more

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Book Excerpt: The Sultan's Helmsman

October 8, 2009

An excerpt from The Sultan's Helmsman, the new novel by row2k columnist Rob Colburn. more

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Ernestine Bayer: Mother of U.S. Women's Rowing

December 7, 2006

Two excerpts from Lew Cuyler's authorized biography of Ernestine Bayer. more

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Foreword to Dan Boyne's The Red Rose Crew

October 3, 2005

From David Halberstam: "The young women in this book are pioneers-they triumphed not merely over the favored Russian and Romanian women in England, but their greatest triumphs were back in their own country against all the prejudices of the era about what women were not supposed to do." more