Derek Ibbotson

Dwight Eisenhower, in wryly affable comment on the fact that even on the golf course he is never out of reach of dispatches: "When you get to the top of your backswing and someone yells, 'Nasser,' what are you going...

Australia's Herb Elliott cut down his top rival by running too fast too soon

Two tremendous races pit members of the world's most exclusive fraternity

The International Amateur Athletic Federation, which decides whether or not man's accomplishments in track and field events are world records, has a rule about foot races. "In deciding whether the competition was a...