Johnson may have earned respect by trying, but he lasted only 50 meters before his left hamstring cramped, dropping him to the track. Surrealistically, Greene pulled up less than 50 meters later, grabbing his left hammy and hopping to a stop. "New script for the Western," said Johnson's coach, Clyde Hart. "Both gunslingers get shot."

--from "Double Hammy" by Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated, July 31, 2000