I'm sure that the only reason why Paula Radcliffe hasn't spoken out against Mary Slaney being invited to the Millrose Games this year is because she's having a baby. Soon as the baby is born, will holier-than-thou Radcliffe will make a statement?
In the meantime, here's a list of all of the Millrose MVPs. Notably missing from the list of the Millrose Games Centennial Gala invitees are Jones, Jacobs, Reynolds and Johnson. Mary Decker is invited. Why? This sends a terrible message to the public about our sport.
2006 Reese Hoffa* Bernard Lagat Veronica Campbell
2005 Bernard Lagat* Reese Hoffa Allen Johnson
2004 Allen Johnson* Gail Devers Marion Jones
2003 Gail Devers* Stacy Dragila Terrence Trammell
2002 Jeff Hartwig* Jolanda Ceplak Laban Rotich
2001 Stacy Dragila* Terrence Trammell Johnny Gray
2000 Regina Jacobs* Maurice Greene Joetta Clark Diggs
1999 Melissa Mueller* Paul Bitok Dawn Ellerbe
1998 Maurice Greene* Melissa Morrison Jeff Hartwig
1997 Mary Slaney* Maria Mutola Connie Price-Smith
1996 Sergey Bubka* Gwen Torrence Mark Carroll
1995 Graham Hood* Igor Trandenkov Heike Drechsler
1994 Greg Foster* Maria Mutola Gail Devers
1993 Eamonn Coghlan* Butch Reynolds Lance Deal
1992 Mark Everett* Andre Cason Gail Devers
1991 Mark Everett* Noureddine Morceli Christine Wachtel
1990 Tyrone Kemp* Doug Padilla Joetta Clark
1989 Jackie Joyner-Kersee* Said Aouita Randy Barnes
1988 Doina Melinte* Ian Morris Thierry Vigneron
1987 Eamonn Coghlan* Ian Morris Greg Foster
1986 Ben Johnson* Gwen Torrence Jimmy Howard,
Billy Olson
1985 Eamonn Coghlan* Jimmy Howard Sammy Koskei
1984 Carl Lewis* Billy Olson Stanley Redwine
1983 Carl Lewis* Eamonn Coghlan Louise Ritter
1982 Mary Decker* Doug Padilla Stephanie Hightower, Candy Young
1981 Suleiman Nyambui* Don Paige Eamonn Coghlan
1980 Mary Decker* Stephanie Hightower Joni Huntley
1979 Eamonn Coghlan* Don Paige Renaldo Nehemiah
1978 Franklin Jacobs* Dick Buerkle Renaldo Nehemiah
1977 Rosalyn Bryant* Eamonn Coghlan Earl Bell
1976 Paul Cummings* Houston McTear Tom Woods
1975 Filbert Bayi* Francie Larrieu Claver Kamanya
1974 Tony Waldrop* Mirutse Yifter Larry Shipp
1973 Steve Smith* Herb Washington Rod Milburn
1972 Lee Evans* Leonard Hilton Rod Milburn
1971 Kerry Pearce* Martin Liquori Cheryl Toussaint
1970 Martin McGrady Tom Von Ruden Ralph Doubell
1969 George Young Martin Liquori Willie Davenport
1968 Bob Seagren Larry James George Young
1967 Kerry O’Brien Bob Seagren Dave Patrick
1966 John Pennel Gaston Roelants Sam Perry
1965 Sam Perry Tom Farrell John Whetton
1964 Bill Crothers Tom O’Hara John Thomas
1963 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Bruce Kidd Tom O’Hara
1962 John Uelses Gary Gubner Frank Budd
1961 Henry Wadsworth Manhattan College 2 Mile Relay Hayes Jones
1960 John Thomas Al Lawrence Hayes Jones
1959 John Thomas Donald Bragg Lewis Stieglitz
1958 Ron Delany Thomas Murphy David Scurlock
1957 Arnold Sowell Milton Campbell Robert E. Richards, Bob Gutowski
1956 Dave Sime Robert E. Richards Charles Jenkins
1955 Gunnar Nielsen Audun Boysen Harrison Dillard
1954 Malvin G. Whitfield Harrison Dillard Josy Barthel
1953 Heinz Ulzheimer Malvin G. Whitfield Fred Dwyer
1952 George Rhoden Don A. Gehrmann Robert E. Richards
1951 Robert E. Richards Don A. Gehrmann Reginald Pearman
1950 Robert E. Richards Don A. Gehrmann Fred Wilt
1949 Gaston Reiff Don A. Gehrmann William Dwyer
1948 Gilbert Dodds William A. Vessie Reginald Pearman
1947 Gilbert Dodds Irving Mondschein Norwood H. Ewell
1946 Edward Conwell Edward Dugger Leslie MacMitchell
1945 Charles Beetham James Rafferty James B. Herbert
1944 John T. FuIton Gilbert Dodds James Rafferty
1943 Hugh Short Earl Mitchell Cornelius Warmerdam
1942 Cornelius Warmerdam J. Gregory Rice Norwood H. Ewell
1941 Fred Wolcott Roy Cochran J. Gregory Rice
1940 Charles H. Fenske James B. Herbert Don Lash,
John Borican
1939 Roy Staley John Borican Wesley Wallace
1938 Ben Johnson Glenn Cunningham James B. Herbert
1937 Sueo Ohe Thomas Deckard James B. Herbert
1936 Joseph R. Mangan Henry Cieman Edward T. O’Brien
1935 Charles Hornbostel Glenn Cunningham Keith Brown
1934 Charles Hornbostel Glenn Cunningham John W. Follows
1933 Glenn Cunningham Keith Brown Emmett Toppino
1932 Gene Venzke George Spitz Emmett Toppino,
Monte Wells
1931 George Spitz Ray Conger Russel Chapman
1930 Stella Walsh Monte Wells Paul Rekers
1929 Ray Conger Percy Williams Bernard McCafferty
1928 Dr. Otto Peltzer Lloyd Hahn Pincus Sober
1927 Paul Harrington Alan B. Helffrich Charles Major
1926 Charles Hoff Loren W. Murchison Alan B. Helffrich
1925 Paavo Nurmi Harold Osborn Willie Ritola