May 07, 1984 | Volume 60, Issue 19

When the movie Chariots of Fire won the Academy Award two years ago, my thoughts—although the film focused on the sprint races of the 1924 Olympics—went back to another episode of those games: my...

On a bright afternoon in early summer, my father appeared at the backyard gate wheeling a yellow bike. "Here," he said, propping it against a metal fence post. Then he walked toward the house,...

More than a decade ago, while spending a summer working at the Steamboat Inn, a fishing lodge in southwest Oregon, I listened in on a late-night conversation concerning the combination of...

2, 3—Carl Skalak (left), Heinz Kluetmeier4—Nancy Moran/Sygma13—Illustration by Sam Q. Weissman16—Ramon Guerrero18, 19—Richard Mackson20—Peter Read Miller21—John Iacono (top), Jacqueline...

U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM QUALIFIERS

COREY OLSONCOLORADO SPRINGSCorey, a junior center for the Palmer High hockey team, set a state scoring record with 77 points (36 goals and 41 assists) in 18 games. He didn't accumulate any penalty...

PROPERLY BAGGYSir:Yes, it's tacky to wear a baseball cap with plus fours, as Billy Casper did at the Masters (LEADING OFF, April 23), but it's also a no-no to have a crease in them. They should be...

WHEN IT PAYS TO LOSE

•Milton Berle, at a roast of Howard Cosell: "Why are we honoring this man? Have we run out of human beings?"

Evelyn Ashford demonstrated at Mt. SAC that she's healthy again and going for gold

The magnificence of Bernard King was a real revelation as the Knicks popped the Pistons in the playoffs

One of the gentlemen at right is Benjamin Harrison, pictured here on the head of a cane in a collection of presidential books and memorabilia in Ossining, N.Y. The other is the collector, Herbert...

Last December, 22 high school boys were named to the Associated Press's All-Pennsylvania Scholastic football team. Here is the authentic account of how one young warrior from Bishop Egan High...

Graig Nettles has chosen an apt title for his book, Balls (G.P. Putnam's Sons, $14.95), written with Peter Golenbock (author of Dynasty and coauthor of The Bronx Zoo and Number 1). Considering the...

Bryn Smith of the Expos is way above par on the mound

Former Twin Gary Ward has gotten off to a terrible start for his new team, the Rangers, and some people think it's the result of his being beaned last year. Ward, who had 47 homers and 179 RBIs...

Manager Tony LaRussa of the White Sox doesn't seem worried that Harold Baines is batting a dismal .129. "Harold has shown more discipline at the plate at this point in the season than he ever has...

In 1983 the A's Rickey Henderson hit .292 with 103 walks and had 108 stolen bases in 127 attempts. But now, manager Steve Bows wants Henderson to make some changes in his game, and Henderson...

EDDIE MURRAY: Baltimore's first baseman got the gamer in four of its five slump-breaking wins. He had 12 RBIs, scored five runs and went 10 for 27, raising his average 41 points to .291.

The Islanders were down but not out in their playoff series against Montreal

I listen to Nolan Ryan talk about pitching, and I understand. He emphasizes control, says location is more important than speed, that more and more often he goes to breaking balls in key...