Bob Richards

Fan ParticipationAs part of SI's celebration of the sports fan, which begins on page 98, LEADING OFF presents classic shots involving spectators, such as this picture from the 1959 World Series, in which White Sox...

JERRY PTAKNORTH MIAMI, FLA.Ptak, a 51-year-old salesman, beat Eileen Eliot, 43, by 8:32 to win the Miami Runners' Club Tropical 50 Miler with a time of 7:32:22. Only nine of the 40 entrants finished the race, which...

CONCERNED ATHLETESSirs:Although my name is the same, I am not a relative of John McCormick and can comment objectively on his article, Score One for Today's Students (May 20). Sports certainly have "become a normal,...