Behind him in the stands, former athletes, starting from his first recruiting class, stood watching.
Professional athletes, starting with the 19th-century heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, have long been involved with restaurants.
But Episode 2 is equally compelling: it's about protest in American sports by black athletes, starting with the boxer Jack Johnson.
(Nov. 4, with the wheelchair athletes starting at 8 A.M., the professional women at 9 35, and the professional men and general public at 10 10. For more information, visit www.ingnycmarathon.org).org
That long white wall was covered in the names of great local athletes, starting with Arthur Wint, who won Jamaica's first Olympic gold medal, in the 400m, at the London Games in 1948.
Those are legitimate concerns, but Dr. Hainline's original proposal was the right one: We should begin targeted screening of some groups of college athletes — starting with those in sports that recent research indicates pose a high cardiovascular risk, such as basketball and soccer.
