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...defense stole four interceptions. Last season Elway gave up a total of three. This was the player that Stanford coach Paul Wiggin called a "flame thrower...like a Terry Bradshaw." Saturday night, however, the flame had never been lit for Elway, who failed to employ All-American senior flanker Ken Margerum...
...Olympic Committee went to pains to emphasize the importance of the Trials and call attention to a number of international events later this year for the qualifiers, most athletes agreed that an olive wreath by any other name does not smell as sweet. Said Al Oerter, 43, the discus thrower who won gold medals in the 1956, '60, '64, '68 Games and who was trying a comeback after twelve years of retirement: "This is not an Olympic Trials. I can tell because I've been sleeping. At past Trials, I analyzed my technique, thought about...
While some envision the sport as monotonous and ungainly, Lenz believes the hammer as a strong aesthetic appeal: "It's a beautiful thing to see someone throw the hammer well. A good thrower is fast, strong, and graceful. It's explosive...
Lenz also sees some negative aspects about the sport. "You have to put up with being isolated to be a hammer thrower," he complains, referring to the event's being held outside the stadium during meets. "In the NCAAs, where he finished 7th overall and 3rd for Americans in 1979, "we had only 200 spectators, compared to the 15,000 watching the running...
Lenz contrasts he United States' neglect of the hammer throw with its popularity in Europe and Russia, where the hammer is a "glamorous event, "Lenz says. "In Russia everybody wants to be a hammer thrower," he adds. "Imagine if all our Mean Joe Greens decided to throw hammers instead of footballs...