Letters: Saying goodbye to Hammerin' Hank Aaron
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoHenry Aaron was hitting 40 home runs a year before I knew what baseball was and was still doing it when I was in college some 15 years later. In my mind,...
Letters to the Editor: For a few mornings, Rafer Johnson was my jogging buddy
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTo the editor: In the 1980s, I was a faithful morning jogger making my customary round circling the...
Rafer Johnson, Olympic Champion Who Helped Subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassin, Dies at 86
People via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRafer Johnson, the famed Olympian who won gold and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in...
Appreciation: Rafer Johnson was more than a great athlete; he was a great man
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRafer Johnson’s body had grown weak but his spirit was undimmed the last time he attended a Special...
Rafer Johnson Dies: Olympic Champion Who Lit Torch For 1984 L.A. Games & Helped Subdue RFK Assassin...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRafer Johnson, a Los Angeles legend who won the 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medal, helped organize...
UCLA community remembers Rafer Johnson, 'the greatest of all Bruins'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSixty years after he edged a UCLA training partner on weary legs in one of the most dramatic...
'Licence to Kill' actor and Olympic champion Rafer Johnson passes away aged 86
Yahoo Movies UK· 2 months agoRafer Johnson, who is best known for his athletics career and his performance in James Bond movie...
Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 months agoOlympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson, the decathlon champion of the 1960 Rome Summer Games who later...
Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson, who helped bring Summer Games to L.A., dies at 86
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMany doubted the city could pull off such a global event, and a weak or botched opening ceremony...
Olympic icon, decathlon champion Rafer Johnson dies at 86
Yahoo Sports via AOL· 2 months agoDecathlon champion and Olympic icon Rafer Johnson died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, his...