Muscle size, genetics and training are among the countless factors that separate Olympic sprinters from the average person. On a fundamental level, however, the mechanics of running are the same for ...

For anyone that grew up in the 1960s, the TV show “Sing Along With Mitch” was an absolute must-watch for several years. “Follow the bouncing ball,” the host, Mitch Miller, would say. And I’ll bet ...

Back in the fall of 1989, I was a freshman at Williams College, and one Monday night that fall there was some sort of problem with the cable TV in our dorm, so a bunch of us went next door to watch ...