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...endorsement, Mr. Outrun Outjump Outlast got a nice meal and a hot shower, and - oh my gosh - a visit from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Survivor:' The Sugar is Dead. Long Live the Spice. | 4/26/2001 | See Source »

...keep practicing three pointers long after the heat has been turned off, you need a T shirt. But the pros don't dress this way, do they? Also lose the dreary possession arrow and reinstate the jump after a held ball. Little squirts love to try to outjump the big droids, and audiences love to see them do it. Right. And, coach, you up there in the 14th row with the seat torn out of your pants, that will be a two-shot foul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: General Patton, Sit Down and Shut Up! | 4/5/1993 | See Source »

...first: Can he outjump Carl Lewis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Voices from the Village | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

...large measure, Baylor's tremendous skill stems from his tremendous physique. He is 6 ft. 5 in. tall, weighs 230 lbs. He is strong enough to win the hip-cracking duels under the basket, yet nimble enough to outjump men half a foot taller, dodge around men half a foot shorter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Young Pro | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

Under normal conditions, the Norwegians could outjump most of the rest of the world on one leg. In the first half of the two-part Nordic combined event (jumping and cross-country), they went about proving it. Norway took the first five places. The best mark: a formful, 223-ft. flight by thick-set Simon Slaattvik, who, back home, runs a locomotive on the Norwegian state railways. His jumps gave Slaattvik a good lead in the Nordic, but he still had the rugged, 18-kilometer (11.2-mile) cross-country trek ahead of him. The man he knew he would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scandinavian Field Day | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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