Description: Bud Collins interviews Arthur Ashe at Longwood Cricket Club about playing tennis on different court surfaces. Ashe wears Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt. Game play from match in US Pro tournament: Ramirez vs Dominguez.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/27/1978
Description: Final stretch and finish line of the Boston Marathon. Wheelchair competitors crossing finish line. Blimps in above the crowd. Announcer makes comments on how closer the leading runners are to each other. Runners cross finish line. Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley finish very close together, running the marathon faster than anyone had in the history of the race. Kevin White awards winner Alberto Salazar with medal and laurel wreath. Third place runner, John Lodwick, crosses finish line. Fourth place runner, Bill Rodgers, crosses finish line. Other runner cross finish line. Charlotte Teske, winner of the women's race of the Boston Marathon, awarded medal and laurel wreath. Women's second place runner, Jacqueline Gareau, crosses finish line. Glenda Manzi does several takes of reporter standup. Interview with Charlotte Teske.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/19/1982
Description: Runners at starting line and on course of Boston Marathon. Press conferences on John Hancock as new sponsor. Laurel wreath, Bill Rodgers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/19/1985
Description: Boston Marathon finish line. Wheelchair finisher. Bill Rodgers on Hereford Street. Man running in a tutu.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/21/1980
Description: Mass of spectators gathered at Prudential Center finish line of Boston Marathon. David Ives watches. Cloudy, cold day. Airplanes fly around trailing message banners. First wheelchair finisher George Murray rolls in with police escort. Press photographers truck. Bill Rodgers wins a close race in 2:10:15. Randy Thomas and Kevin Ryan cross line. Rodgers climbs up to platform for Gov. Michael Dukakis, Mayor Kevin White and Will Cloney to congratulate him with laurel wreath and medal. He is then surrounded by press horde and police. More top runners cross. Bob Hall places third in wheelchair division. Other runners cross the finish line.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/17/1978
Description: Short interviews with runners at start line of Boston Marathon in Hopkinton on why they entered: John Dorice of Michigan, Raul Romero and Mitch Feingold of San Diego, Dusty Burke of Houston. Several helicopters circle overhead. Shots of legs and track shoes. Runners packed together awaiting start. John (The Elder) Kelley, wearing Cape Cod Track Club shirt, at start line. Mass of spectators, some up in trees; many wear parkas on this chilly day.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/17/1978
Description: Start of Boston marathon. Bill Rodgers crosses finish line with police escort. Shots of runners and moving feet clad in running shoes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/17/1978
Description: Interiors scenes in the Somerville Boxing Club. Trainers working with boxers. Two boxers sparring in the ring. Callie Crossley interviews boxers and trainers on the alleged dangers of boxing compared to other sports and the American Medical Association's proposal to ban amateur and professional boxing.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/12/1984
Description: Reviewing opinions on the dangers of boxing and risk of brain damage. Scenes of bowers training and sparring in the ring at Connolly's Gym. Interview with doctor Francis Rocket on the danger of brain damage. Interview with Boxing Commissioner James McCarin, using Muhammad Ali as an example of a boxer affected by brain damage from the sport. Footage of Ali, he slurs his speech. Boxing can also cause blindness. Interview with eye doctor Edward Ryan. Gym owner Jim Connolly defends boxing in comparison to other more dangerous sports like hockey and football.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1986
Description: Interviews reviewing K.C. Jones as the Celtics coach, especially comparing his management style to former coach Bill Fitch. Interveiw with K.C. Jones describing his own coaching techniques. LA Lakers warmup on the Boston Garden court before championship game. Celtics locker room scenes. Interviews with Celtics players Larry Bird, Cedric Maxwell, Scott Wedman, and Kevin McHale comparing the two coaches they've played under.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/29/1984