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The not so inscrutable Chinese ignored politics and gave visiting U.S. track athletes a warm hello. John Underwood, traveling with the team, describes the welcome in Canton and the friendly competition that followed.

Bad Billy Martin, the baseball brawler, also happens to be a manager of rare ability—it was he who turned the Twins, Tigers and Rangers around—a loving father and man with a keen sense of honor. By Frank Deford.