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CLOSE On Saturday   Roger Bannister   the first man to run a sub four-minute mile  died at age 88. Time
 Roger Bannister  breaks the 4-minute mile in 3 minutes  59.4 seconds on May 6  1954. (Photo: Getty Images  Getty Images)
LONDON â  Roger Bannister   the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile  has died.  He  was 88.
 Bannister âs family said in a statement that  he  died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford  the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954.
Helped by two pacemakers   Bannister  clocked 3 minutes  59.4 seconds over four laps at Oxfordâs Iffley Road track on May 6  1954  to break the 4-minute mile â a test of speed and endurance that stands as one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.
âItâs amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile â  Bannister  said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.
âIt became a symbol of attempting a challenge in the physical world of something hitherto thought impossible â  Bannister  said as  he  approached the 50th anniversary of the feat. âIâd like to see it as a metaphor not only for sport  but for life and seeking challenges.â
 He  might not have set the milestone but for the disappointment of finishing without a medal in the 1 500 meters  known as the metric mile  in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Instead of retiring from the sport   he  decided to chase the 4-minute mark.
âAs it became clear that somebody was going to do it  I felt that I would prefer it to be me â  Bannister  told the AP.
 He  also wanted to deliver something special for  his  country.
âI thought it would be right for Britain to try to get this â  Bannister  said. âThere was a feeling of patriotism. Our new queen had been crowned the year before  Everest had been climbed in 1953. Although I tried in 1953  I broke the British record  but not the 4-minute mile  and so everything was ready in 1954.â
 His  chance finally came on a wet  cool  blustery May afternoon during a meet between Oxford and the Amateur Athletic Association.
When  Bannister  looked up at the English flag whipping in the wind atop a nearby church   he  feared  he  would have to call off the record attempt. But  shortly before 6 p.m.  the wind died down. The race was on.
With Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track  they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds  then 60.7 â 1:58.2 for the half mile. Chris Chataway  a distance specialist  paced a third lap of 62.3 â 3:00.4.  Bannister  would need to run the final lap in 59 seconds.
With 250 yards to go   Bannister  surged past Chataway   his  long arms and legs pumping and  his  lungs gasping for oxygen.
âThe world seemed to stand still  or did not exist â  he  wrote in  his  book  âThe First Four Minutes.â
Roger Bannister

But maybe â just maybe â this one game  this one Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden  is a hint that thereâs life yet in the old bear  in the St. Johnâs basketball team  which had no business sharing a court with the fourth-ranked Duke Blue Devils yet somehow walked off that court with an 81-77 victory.
âIâm happy for the guys â  St. Johnâs coach Chris Mullin  said. âThey needed it more than anything.â
It is what this program needed  too  as much as anything. As the losses mounted  the helplessness did too. Nobody expected  Mullin âs return to  his  Utopia Parkway kingdom to be a magic elixir  but nobody figured on 0-11 in the Big East in Year 3  either. It has been hard for  Mullin âs guys  yes  but it has been just as hard for the faithful to keep their faith.
âThe month of January was rough for us â forward Tariq Owens said. âBut  Coach  never stopped preaching to us and we never left the gym and finally it paid off.â
Itâs one game  yes. Two years ago   St. Johnâs  hammered a Syracuse team bound for the Final Four and  it  proved merely an outlier. Maybe this will be the same thing.
Or maybe it wonât be. If you care about St. Johnâs  and about college basketball in this city  it really is the only way to root.
St. John

One New York couple who have taken that approach are  James Myers   33  and Corinne Fisher  32  both professional comedians from Harlem.  Myers  is vocal about  his  support for Trump; Fisher  who was a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter  is just as vocal about her opposition.
Fisher said she defends  Myers â freedom to choose.
âI stick up for  his  right to think something  even if I totally disagree â she says.
She also respects  Myers â courage. âHe gets private messages from other people who arenât courageous enough to be out about their views â she said.
âMy love for Corinne is based on deep respect â said  Myers . âIf you respect someone  you donât have to agree with them on everything. Sheâs been pretty brave about this whole thing.â
 Myers  added that passion can trump (pun intended) disagreement.
âMingle with those with whom you disagree â  he  said. âIt can be hot.â

James Myers

