George Dole remembers the announcer giving the time for the race, and when he started saying the time as "three minutes..."...people started cheering so loudly they couldn't hear the rest of the number.
From WCSH6 NewsCenter, Portland, Maine
On May 6, 1954, a young man from Maine became part...
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“I think as a human being, as a mother, as someone who works internationally, I needed desperately to know a man like Louis Zamperini in my life, to know that there is hope.” – director Angelina Jolie
By Tom Peck, The Independent
It is only in retrospect that the unconnected events of a life...
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De Villiers Lamprecht clocks 3:59.7 on November 13, 1964; 16th country overall with a sub-4
By Alec Basson, Stellenbosch University
It has been 50 years since former Matie athlete De Villiers Lamprecht on November 13, 1964 became the first South African (16th country) to run a dream Mile,...
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Three-time Olympian also won four outdoor USA 1500 meter titles and three indoor Mile national crowns.
By Scott Douglas, Runner's World
Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton will publish a memoir, Fast Girl: Running from Madness, in June 2015.
Details about the book, to be published by...
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