TRACK & FIELD
Borrowing a line from the Big Boss's routine a few years ago, a high Soviet sports official announced: "We will bury you." He was only half kidding. Since 1958, the two countries have been doing annual spadework on each other in what has come to be the world's most intensely fought dual track meet. Last year, in Moscow, the Russians almost completed the burial by walloping the combined U.S. men's and women's teams, 189 to 147. Last week the Russians were on U.S. ground and ready for the last shovelful.
"This is the strongest, most experienced team I have...
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