Harry Houdini

Appleton, Wis., is a place where people take their games seriously—but not too seriously. This 33-page look at sporting Appleton provides a window on the world of sport in towns all over America

It was an era of grace and pomposity and wondrous feats, of bizarre happenings that the small boy would remember: Harry Houdini sipping lemonade in the parlor, Father at the Pole with Peary, John J. McGraw cawing at...

Stirring more interest at some colleges than the varsity, basketball's freshman teams include some unusually able players. One is a champion baton-twirler, another is called a Houdini with the ball

The confident attitude and bold techniques of Arnold Palmer have made him the most renowned professional golfer in the world. Now for the first time he reveals the mental and physical disciplines that make up his...