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Apr 21, 2017MT60 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Pleasant surprise that out of the 100 stories, two are about Olympic weightlifters - one widely considered the world's greatest all-time (Tommy Kono), and one who was a victim in the Munich Olympics massacre (David Berger). Kudos to author Murphy for including those chapters concerning a sport that the US dominated in the 1950s but has fallen far from public consciousness since then. Every other chapter to which I randomly opened was fascinating as well. Starting with artifacts is an interesting approach to chronicling sports and social history. Especially captivated by the chapters on bicycle development, jockey Isaac Murphy, rodeo star Tad Lucas, tennis player Arthur Ashe, and runner Kathrine Switzer.