Word: superstars
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Johnson (TIME cover. Aug. 29), proud flagbearer of the U.S. team in the opening ceremonies, spent up to six hours a day getting ready for his battle with Formosa's Yang Chuan-kwang, and Russia's Vasily Kuznetsov. Foreigners flocked to watch the workouts of another U.S. superstar: Boston University's High Jumper John Thomas, 19, holder of the world record at 7 ft. 3¾ in. When some Russians showed up to gawk, Thomas coolly put the bar at 7 ft. and sailed over with disdainful ease. Gasped the Russians: "Zamechatelno [wonderful...
...Rule Breaker. But no one expected even Brosnan to write a book like The Long Season, a deft, wry account of his struggles as a pitcher last year. Traditionally, a baseball book is a sludge of cold porridge turned out by a ghostwriter for some superstar and dedicated to the notion that pro baseball is just good, clean American fun. Brosnan's book breaks all such rules. Not only did he write every word himself, but he strongly suggests that baseball players are something less than choir boys. He intimates that players like girls (and even do something about...
...opening day of the 1960 season, Roger Maris served notice that he had finally come into his own: he smashed two homers, a double and a single. He has been going ever since. Says Yankee Superstar Mickey Mantle, just a little wistfully: "I never saw anybody hit so much." What is more, Maris is an all-round star who has speed on the basepaths and a flat-trajectory arm in right field...