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Saturday, November 3, 2007 12:00 AM

How Oprah ruined the marathon

America's competitive spirit has been wrecked by feel-good amateurs like Oprah whose only goal is to stagger across the finish line.

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  • Saturday, November 3, 2007 01:52 PM

    Cynicism

    This is just a cynical piece of garbage that used Oprah's name to try to get us to read it. It makes Salon look irrelevant.

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