Frisbee

IT WAS a high school joke that became a sports phenomenon. In the fall of 1968 Joel Silver, a junior at Columbia High in Maplewood, N.J., raised his hand at a student council meeting: "I move that we establish a...

Grand Slams

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It all started with Betsy Cullen, a girl of 15 who appeared on page 8 of the debut issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (Aug. 16, 1954). She strides out of a section called PAT ON THE BACK, described as "a salute from the...

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