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The article focuses on the commencement of the 19th Pan American Games and the 7th Parapan Games in Santiago, Chile, featuring athletes from various American regions and debuting new sports.

The author presents updates on international sports. The 9th Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, with athletes representing countries from the Americas including the U.S., Cuba, and Colombia. Kansas City Chiefs coach John Mackovic states that professional athletes are more unique than the athletic stereotypes. 1984 Olympic Games swimming commissioner Jay Flood had been insisting that the McDonald's Swim Stadium at the University of South Carolina was suitable for official swimming events.

This section offers news briefs on sports. California Attorney General Stanley Mosk investigated the California State Athletic Commission in the presence of criminal elements in the boxing sport and recommended that the commission be funded by general state revenues for it to effectively implement its laws. People of McCleary, Washington held a bear-eating competition to decrease the number of bears that eat young fir trees after hibernating. Boy scouts in a relay event that will launch the Pan-American Games carried torches made of electronic lights.

The article features triple jumper Adhemar Ferreira da Silva of Brazil, who is currently competing at the Pan American Games in Chicago, Illinois. It says that Adhemar is known in Brazil as Kangaroo, who is probably the finest natural hop-step-and-jumper ever born with lithe long legs. The author adds that Adhemar has one real grievance, which is the subsidized athletic system of the Soviet Union. The professional background of Adhemar and the different world records that he established in the past are also discussed.

This section offers news briefs on sports as of January 1956. Sports athletes from 32 nations participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Italy. David Sime, a baseball scholar at Duke University, beat Andy Stanfield, Olympic 200-meter champion and Rod Richard, sprint master of the Pan-American Games, in the 70-yards at Washington's National Guard Armory track. General Motors' Chevrolet division announced the first race competition of the Corvette in the 12-hour international endurance race at Sebring, Florida.

This section offers news briefs concerning sports. Avery Brundage, president of the International Olympic Committee, believes that the U.S. is fielding so many of its top athletes at the Pan-Am Games. A high incidence of mercury was found in game fish such as marlin and swordfish, prompting the state government of Hawaii to ban the use of marlin in fish cakes. Golfer Steve Young gave a strong performance during a game at Meadow Hills Country Club in Denver, Colorado.

El artículo presenta los deseos del autor para lo que pase en el año 2011 en el mundo de los deportes mexicanos. Algunas de las esperanzas del autor incluyen que la liga de fútbol mexicano mejore y que la gente vuelva a asistir los partidos, que el beisbolista mexicano Adrián González juegue bien para el equipo los Boston Red Sox, y que México desempeñe bien en los Juegos Panamericanos de Guadalajara, México en 2011.

Focuses on management dysfunction within the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Ethics problems at USOC; Personality clashes between officials; Accusations against chief executive Lloyd Ward for using his influence to aid a company which employs his brother to gain a contract for the 2003 Pan American Games; Possibility that corporate sponsors may eventually withdraw their support from the USOC.

Offers Olympic sports news briefs as of August 1999. Victory of the United States baseball team in the 1999 Pan American Games baseball competition against Mexico to qualify for the 2000 Olympics; Career details of legally blind American runner Marla Runyan, including her victory in the 1,500 meters race at the Pan American Games; Limitation of award presentations and national anthems by Pan American Games officials.

The article focuses on the selection of qualified equestrian riders for the 1959 Pan-American Games among winners of the Wofford Cup at Colorado Springs. It states that the Wofford Cup was a success but had the wrong people winning. The champion was a professional thus ineligible for the Games. The second up to the fourth placer were ladies, which again, were not eligible for the equestrian sport in the 1959 event. The Wofford result brought to the forefront the issue of why women are prohibited in joining the three-day team.

The article announces that Toronto, Ontario has won in its bid to host the 2015 Pan American Games which will be held on July 10-26. Toronto competed with Bogota, Colombia and Lima, Peru for the games. The 2015 Pan American Games is expected to attract 250,000 visitors and 20,000 room nights. According to David Whitaker, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tourism Toronto, it was a privilege to be bidding on the event.

Discusses organization efforts by officials in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic for the 2003 Pan Am Games. How officials have speculated whether they will have enough time to prepare properly; Assistance provided by Cuban officials; Services being provided by Cuba, including the use of a drug-testing lab in Havana.

The article focuses on events in the VIII Pan-American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico involving U.S. basketball team coach Bobby Knight in 1979. The U.S. team beats Puerto Rico for the gold medal. However, Coach Knight was arrested, handcuffed, locked up briefly and ordered to stand trial for allegedly striking a Puerto Rican police officer. U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) executive director F. Don Miller and police officials discussed the matter and Knight was released with no charges filed.

The article describes the authentic Western gear that jeans-making firm Levi Strauss sponsored to serve as the parade uniforms of the U.S. athletes for the Pan-Am Games in July 1979 and the 1980 Winter and Summer Olympics in Lake Placid and Moscow, respectively.

A calendar of events related to sports in the U.S. from August 28 to September 3, 1959 is presented, which includes the Pan American Games in Chicago, Illinois, the Davis Cup Challenge Round in Forest Hills, New York, and the Major League Baseball (MLB) game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Details the creation of the Web site of the 1999 Pan American Games Society. Importance of the Web site to the Games; Help provided by SHL Systemhouse; Development of the Web site.

Discusses the challenges faced by organizers of the 1999 Pan-American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Optimism that marketing target of 100,000 people will be reached when games open on July 23, 1999; Adjustment of strategy to accommodate national and international interests; Public support and government funding for the sports event; Launch of national advertising campaign.

Reports that Texas lawmakers are being asked to consider a controversial plan to give financial backing to an effort to win the Olympics and the Pan American Games. State guarantee for the cost of bringing the games to the state; Discord and debate generated by the proposal.

Discusses the challenges faced by organizers in marketing the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Significance of sprinter Donovan Bailey's participation in the games; Injury suffered by Bailey; Print and billboard advertisements for the games.