by Mitch Albom | Sep 25, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
THEY’RE SET NOW. CARL LEWIS IN LANE 3. LINFORD CHRISTIE IN LANE 4. CALVIN SMITH, LANE 5, AND BEN JOHNSON, THE WORLD-RECORD HOLDER, IN LANE 6. THOSE ARE THE ONES TO WATCH. THE BEST FIELD EVER ASSEMBLED. THE OLYMPICS. THE CROWD IS HUSHED. AND . . . THE . . . GUN. . . .
by Mitch Albom | Sep 25, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — Hey. What are you doing on this page? Don’t you know the Olympics are on TV? Hurry up! Get out of here! There’s some important table tennis you’re missing!
OK.
Now that they’re gone.
by Mitch Albom | Sep 25, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SET NOW. CARL LEWIS IN LANE 3. LINFORD CHRISTIE IN LANE 4. CALVIN SMITH, LANE 5. AND BEN JOHNSON, THE WORLD-RECORD HOLDER, IN LANE 6. THE OLYMPIC 100 METERS. THE CROWD IS HUSHED. AND . . . THE . . . GUN. . . .SEOUL, South Korea — It began as the race everybody...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 24, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — Before he decided to become the best hurdler in the history of the world, Edwin Moses had plans to be a doctor. Can you imagine that?
by Mitch Albom | Sep 24, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — When the Koreans see him on the street they raise one hand and squeal, “Pit-cher! Pit-cher!” and Jim Abbott smiles as he has always smiled — despite all the attention to his handicap — because, as he keeps telling us, it’s really not a handicap at all.
“Oh, I have a little problem taking photos,” he says, laughing, and holding a make-believe camera with his good hand. “I sort of have to turn it upside down like this to snap the picture. Other than that, I don’t have any problems.”
by Mitch Albom | Sep 24, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — He broke out of the blocks and burst into immortality. Ben Johnson was gone so fast that nobody, not Carl Lewis, not Calvin Smith, not all the ghosts of sprinters past could catch him. Churning, burning, ripping down the track, the Canadian...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 24, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — When the Koreans see him on the street they raise one hand and squeal, “Pit-cher! Pit-cher!” and Jim Abbott smiles as he has always smiled — despite all the attention to his handicap — because, as he keeps telling us,...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 23, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — We now come to the burning question: Can Carl Lewis be repackaged? The Summer Olympics are in full stride once more — it seems like yesterday we were in Los Angeles, doesn’t it? — and look, there he is again, King Carl,...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 23, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — We now come to the burning question: Can Carl Lewis be repackaged? The Summer Olympics are in full stride once again, and look, there he is, sitting on top of those five rings, his long legs crossed in slender elegance. “Hi,” he...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 22, 1988 | Detroit Free Press
SEOUL, South Korea — The huge interview room was nearly empty when the little man walked in. It was 2 in the afternoon. In one hour, Carl Lewis, the Olympic superstar, was due to speak about his greatness and the place would be packed. But now there were just a...
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