The sport of Running took a surge in the late 1960s, when a track legend was born. This legend was Steve Prefontaine; he went by `Pre.’ Prefontaine’s style of running brought crowds out the track because it was thrilling and riveting, it held them on the edges of there seats. The sport of track was increasing in popularity by the lap. Prefontaine changed the sport of running forever and his presence is felt in every runner’s footsteps, even to this day.
I have never been a big NBA fan and the recent NBA finals didn’t change my opinions about the league. It is mostly a thug league that is heading in the wrong direction. Sure LeBron James is a great player and is good for the league. But, it was the players like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird that led the league into the glorious era that was the 1980s and paved the way for Michael Jordan. Yet there was one player that Magic and Bird paved the way for that never got the chance to play in the NBA and that is the tragic story that is Len Bias