Bangkok

When he first saw a horse race at Ascot in 1897, Chulalongkorn, King of Siam, liked the sport so much that he sponsored a track back home in Bangkok. Today that nine-furlong course is just one part of The Royal...

Ray Broscovak Jr., 15, riding for Chicago's Windy City Wheelmen, placed first in the inaugural Barrington (Ill.) Hills Bicycle Race—40 miles through the hills of the Chicago suburb. The time prize for expert riders...

When the Asian Games ended last week in Bangkok the Japanese had won the most medals, the Filipinos had skipped out on a sex test and the Thais had taken first honors for impromptu (and illegal) karate

A record crowd at the Miami-Notre Dame football game included Oleg Cassini, Senator George Smathers and Richard Nixon. Nixon was rooting for Miami, but Miami lost 22-24. He later observed, "I went to a game in...