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We Killed Them

We are in a sea of color. Three thousand athletes from all over California are assembled at Drake Field on the UCLA campus for the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics. Jimmy is the shortest player on our team, so I hold his hand as waves of athletic teams move about us. Joey holds my other hand. Michael, Eddie and Audie walk ahead of us, arm in arm, like the Three Musketeers. Pride and friendship are on parade.

Sports

(Part Two)

A curve ball, Panic Alley, the Birch Tree

Sports

(Part One)

Bill Mazeroski, Roberto Clemente, Bert Jones

Four Fishing Myths

Sports

“The Boundary”

To many sport is another word for television or packed stands and six packs. To others it is a reminder of tanned muscles and small brains. Sport is quite simply thought of as entertainment and athletes tend to assume the properties of race horses or even motor cars.

[rack’m up again]