Midway through John le Carré’s 25th novel, "Agent Running in the Field (Viking, 288 pp., ★★★½ out of four stars), the main character Nat, a Cold War veteran of the British Secret ...

Ty Jordan was always passionate about football, but didn’t have much, if any background in track and field. That changed not long after Jordan arrived at West Mesquite High School, roughly 15 ...

In this respect, track and field would seem to have a clear advantage: you don’t need any special knowledge to understand how insane it is that a human being once jumped almost 29 and a half feet.