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...Oslo, Cram, 24, was clearly on a roll. On July 16 in Nice, France, he had smashed the world 1,500-meter mark by 1.10 sec. with a beautifully structured performance in 3:29.67. So, coming into Oslo with the track world now focused on his run at Olympic Champion Sebastian Coe's four-year-old mile record of 3:47.33, everything felt just right...
...hitter swung and missed, Pete would stick the ball up in their face and say, 'Hey, batter, batter, batter.' " Pete was a banker's son, though his father was more famous for playing halfback with the semipro Cincinnati Bengals at the age of 42 and sparring with World Featherweight Champion Freddie Miller. "In high school," says Brinkman, "Pete was still pretty small, a 5-ft. 8-in., 150-lb. football player. That's why not too many baseball scouts were interested in him. But Pete just decided he was going to make himself into a great player and did." Somehow...
...leaving Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, both in obvious emotional pain, both hounded by the press, both with tears streaking their faces. Halfway through the Olympic 3,000-meter final, Budd, the barefoot sensation from South Africa, went a half-stride ahead and cut in slightly on Decker, the U.S. champion competing in her first Games. In one heart-stopping instant, Decker got tangled up in Budd's feet and crashed. As she cried out with the pain of a torn muscle and the sight of her Olympic dreams sprinting away, boos were showered on Budd, who wound up seventh...
...predicted before the race that she would lose, was glad to see the rematch over. "It has taken a lot of pressure off both of us," she said, adding that it would be at least a year before she could legitimately challenge Slaney again. But by then, the U.S. champion hinted after the race, it might be too late. After this year's racing season, Slaney said, "Richard and I are thinking of starting a family." --By Richard Zoglin. Reported by Steven Holmes/London
Ever since Fisher began his Florida-coast searches, his business has been a family operation. His wife Dolores still dives, and was once a world endurance champion. Along with Taffi and Kane, another son Kim, 29, helped recover the treasure. But the mom-and-pop hunt has had its dark side. Ten years to the day before last month's discovery, the Fishers' eldest son Dirk, 21, Dirk's wife and another diver were drowned when their salvage ship, the Northwind, capsized at night during a squall...