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Neither can Bjorn Borg, who won Wimbledon yet again against pesky John McEnroe in a splendid display of tennis. Nor can Tommy Hearns, who thumped the imposing welterweight Pipino Cuevas in a recent fisticuff duel that left even the boxing intelligentsia spouting nothing but superlatives. Nor can Roberto Duran, who...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Crimson Order and Random Confusion | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

For a while, confusion reigned in front of the Pru and no one seemed to realize that Bally, a short man with dark skin and a moustache, had placed second in the 81st running of this classic foot race. The Associated Press, for example, in its first bulletin decided Bally...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Two Marathon Stories | 4/19/1977 | See Source »

Among those poised for the start at noon are several world-class marathoners along with a few former winners of the event. Bill Rodgers of Melrose, who astonished onlookers in 1975 by winning the Marathon in a record 2:09.55, will join the chase as well as last year's...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders and Michael Kendall, S | Title: Runners Come East to Marathon Mecca | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

As officials, relatives of hostages and newsmen gathered in the yard below the library, the convicts staged a grim spectacle. One by one, like mannequins in a display window, the hostages were periodically pressed against the library's glass doors. In the event of an attack, they would be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRISONS: Blood Hostages | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

After a grueling 80 hours, the convicts got around to asking for guns and an armored car to use for their getaway. They offered to release nine of the hostages; they would take three women and the Rev. Joseph O'Brien, the prison chaplain, with them in their escape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRISONS: Blood Hostages | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

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