Word: olympicsized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED was two years old when Laguerre was assigned to cover the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina for Time Inc. His reporting, and perhaps the reputation he had earned as "the sage of Longchamp and Ascot" for his expertise as a handicapper of thoroughbred race horses, persuaded Henry R...
In fact, I missed most of that ludicrous Mets victory. You see, one of my roommates purchased a pinball machine (an early sixties Gottlieb model called Olympics), and I'm becoming an addict. The thwack of cowhide against a Louisville Slugger just couldn't seem to compete with the clack...
> General César Mendoza Durán, 54, is head of the paramilitary carabineros. A top horseman who competed in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Mendoza has been noticeably milder in his condemnation of leftists than his fellow junta members. Explains a foreign diplomat: "Mendoza knows that when the army...
Died. Paavo Nurmi, 76, Finland's legendary long-distance runner who won seven individual gold medals in three Olympiads (during the 1920s), of heart disease; in Helsinki. As a poor youngster, Nurmi worked in a foundry and ran 50 miles a week to develop his stamina. With long, flowing...
2) THE SPARTAN. As the international Olympics take on the tones of factionalism and hypocrisy, professional sport looks almost sanitary. There are no exotic pennants to salute, no speeches of sportsmanship or geopolitical ideals.