Bobbing up and down in waves that sparkle in the morning sun, the Boys of Late Summer — as they don’t mind being called — look like mechanical toys, as if an unseen hand wound them up on the beach and ...

The dream is as old as sports. Golfers seek clubs which might whack balls 10 more yards down a freeway. Hikers hope for boots that can leave them happily wiggling toes after an 18-mile day. Sailors ...

NEWPORT -- I imagined trying to surf my kayak in the ocean would be similar to learning to paddle it in whitewater: humbling, but with salt instead of fresh water shooting up my nose. Mercifully, I ...