The story of Rosie Ruiz, who achieved notoriety in 1980 for being disqualified as the female winner of the Boston Marathon when it was ruled she did not actually run the entire race. Includes interviews with Ruiz, men's and women's…
Circa 1990. The Whiz kids took on the Kingpins of Las Vegas. What were the odds that a rat pack of mousy MIT students could take down the luckiest town on earth? A team of Blackjack players comprised of math students from Massachusetts…
Arnold Schwarzenegger rises from humble beginnings to set new standards in weight training on his way to becoming a top entertainer and the governor of California.
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Improper modifications cause a boy to be disqualified from the Soap Box Derby.
In 1991, a young girl from Portland named Tonya Harding would become one of the best figure skaters in the world. She completed what no other American woman had with her performance of a triple axle and was on top of the skatin gworld.…
A profile of "The Magnificent Seven," the gold-medal-winning women's gymnastics team at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta. Included are interviews with team members, coaches, and former Olympians Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner.
A profile of Amarillo Slim (born Thomas Austin Preston Jr.), a pool hustler-turned-poker legend who won his first World Series of Poker championship in 1972.
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A profile of chess champion Bobby Fischer, who beat the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky for the world title in 1972, but has also achieved notoriety for his eccentric behavior and flouting government regulations.
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