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Four-time Olympic long jump champion Carl Lewis says the standard of competition in the event is at an all-time low, describing Greg Rutherfords winning leap in London as pathetic. Speaking to reporters at the United States Olympic team media summit, the 54-year old - who won gold in the discipline between 1984 and 1996 - says the decline in standard is symptomatic of a dying sport.The long jump is the worst event in the world right now. Awful, said the American, who won nine Olympic golds and eight at the World Championship during a glittering career. Jesse Owens would have been third in the last Olympics. His personal best from 80 years ago would have been good enough to get him a medal in London.And Lewis accused the elite of the sport of not pushing hard enough to challenge Mike Powells 25-year-old world record of 8.95 metres, set in Tokyo in 1991.British jumper Rutherfords winning leap at the London 2012 Olympics of 8.31 metres fell substantially short of Powells mark. Greg Rutherford chasing second successive gold in Rio this summer Do you want to go and see someone jump 26 feet? They dont know how to jump and theyre not trying to because theyre winning medals anyway, he added.If I jumped 26 feet, Id walk away and say dont measure that, make it a foul. Have a standard. You dont go to the Olympics for a medal, you go for the distance. People want to go and get a medal for jumping 26 feet? Come on.Mike Powell and me were jumping 28 feet regularly. But this generation? Rutherford? Im sorry, but its pathetic to me. Hes won everything. Are you kidding me? Hes doing his best. Hes jumping great. But he shouldnt be winning with that. Huge crowds at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome Looking ahead to Rio this summer, Lewis predicted a bleak Games for his home country, insisting track and field is in terminal decline.The sports dying right now. When Michael Johnson, myself, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Edwin Moses - all of us left, the sport was at a pinnacle, he said.Its been in a steady decline ever since. Everyones talking about how great the sport is, but go back and look at the films of Rome or Helskinki - there were 60,000 people in the stands. Also See: Grey-Thompson resigns from role Farah headlines in Cardiff Ones to Watch Athletics Video Adidas Ultra Boost Clearance Sale .Y. - New York City has been selected to host the NBA All-Star weekend in 2015, with the game played at Madison Square Garden and the slam dunk contest and other skills events held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Ultra Boost Cheap .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final. http://www.ultraboostclearance.com/ . They hope to persuade the other team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell to put pressure on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to drop the nickname they find offensive. "Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name. Ultra Boost Wholesale .05 million next season unless Graham and the Saints subsequently agree on a long-term deal. The designation was released Monday after the deadline passed for NFL teams to use franchise or transition tags on players becoming free agents. Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Cheap Real . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. BATON ROUGE, La. -- Jalen Gray scored 19 points, Johnny Griffin Jr. had a double-double and NAIA Loyola beat Southern 69-64 on Saturday.Griffin made 5 of 6 from the field, 5-of-7 free throws and finished with 15 points, 18 rebounds and four assists. Nate Pierre added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Wolfpack. The game served as an exhibition for Loyola.Griffin had a dunk and then Gray scored nine in a row to cap an 11-0 run that gave the Wolfpack a 57-54 lead, their first of the second half, withh 7:02 to play.ddddddddddddSoutherns Jared Sam made 1 of 2 free throws to make it 60-all with 3:15 remaining, but Gray assisted Griffin on a layup and then, after the Jaguars missed a 3, hit a jumper to give the Wolfpack a four-point lead.Sam led Southern (3-5) with 18 points and eight rebounds. The Jaguars made just two of their last 10 shots, going 0-for-5 on 3-pointers. ' ' '