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The reds are coming! The hottest team in baseball, Cincinnati is rolling over the league like some dread machine. In color and text, a report on Bench, Perez & Co.

A good chance at winning the America's Cup is now being offered to two of the three competing nations by a young yacht designer whose name is—you guessed it—Chance.

The Paradox of Boston, where sports arc mixed with politics, tradition and a stubborn refusal to build a municipal stadium, leads to the question: Who Are the Hub Men?