Mike Manley

MIKE MANLEYN. LITTLE ROCK, ARK.Manley, 25, set a world record when he landed a 38-pound, 9-ounce male German brown trout at McClellan's Trout Dock, on the North Fork River. He used a number 16 treble hook tied to a...

Why are Mike Manley and Steve Savage so grim? Here they are in the 1972 U.S. Olympic Trials, a bout to make the team in the 3,000-meter steeplechase—surely an occasion for elation. No way. One approaches the starting...

The 1972 U.S. Olympic Trials. Steve Savage of the Oregon Track Club has led much of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Now he crosses the finish line third. He goes to his knees, sightless and retching, but he understands...