Movies

May, 1998

Track star Steve Prefontaine was favored to win a gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, but he died in a 1975 auto accident. He was 24, a cocky and confident Oregon athlete with innate star power who had a volatile but rewarding relationship with his coach, Bill Bowerman. Originally Prefontaine's mentor at the University of Oregon, Bowerman went on to become an Olympic coach and develop the first Nike running shoe. Their story is recapped in Without Limits (Warner Bros.) by director...