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Motocross is a sport in transition. It's fighting the leather jacket image, struggling to get accepted as a legitimate sport and desperately seeking the exposure to accomplish both. At present the sport is a schizophrenic blend of exciting racing, carnival showmanship and pure hucksterism...
Whether dirt bike racing can make the jump to the big time depends on the success of the sport's latest gimmick--a compact version of motocross called "stadium supercross," which made its only New England appearance of the year Saturday night in Foxboro's Sullivan Stadium. Supercross is sealed down, off-road motocross in which racers compete on a half-mile man-made course. Unlike indoor soccer or box lacrosse, supercross is not significantly different from its bigger, outdoor brother. It also boasts a number of features that have promoters, sponsors and racers licking their lips in anticipation...
Still, as David Bailey says, "The credibility of this sport has a long way to go." Bailey should know. Bailey took the motocross world by storm last year, winning an unprecedented three national titles and more than $1 million in prize money. This year he has become the sport's unofficial spokesman and media darling...
...desirable direction, toward a more open Olympics, is obvious. But the answers are not all the same for every situation. Should existing programs to identify talent in "emerging sports" be beefed up? Yes, but not against the national grain; there seems to be no good reason, for instance, to push men's field hockey, a good sport unloved here. Should the Celtics be allowed to play basketball in an open Olympics? That is easy: no. Major leaguers in basketball, hockey and soccer should be excluded. It is widely assumed that the 1988 Games will be much less restrictive...
...California ever adopts a new state flower," Poet Ernest McGaffey wrote in 1923, "the motor car is the logical blossom for the honor. Whether commercially or socially, whether from the standpoint of business or sport, it is the same, the whole same and nothing but the same. All hail rubber! All hail the automobile...