Of the many heroes at the 1968 Win ter Olympics, the man who stands above all is a moody, onetime consumptive who complains of a nervous stomach and insomnia, and likes to talk in par ables. “When I ...
When I was a kid, our family apres time oft consisted of a cracking fire, bubbling hot chili and our tiny ski home television tuned in to Wide World of Sports. We’d watch all our heroes – the Mahre ...
On a training run earlier, he’d grabbed the wrong pair. “I offered to hurry and wax them,” recalls then French team trainer Rene Sulpice, 73, “but he just waved it off and said, ‘We’ll manage.'” ...