For Spitz, a Summer of Glory Amid Tragedy.

The article reports that on September 5, 1972, a brief editorial in The New York Times noted that nothing that has happened in Munich so far can compare with the feats of Mark Spitz. Topics include examines between the time the editorial was written and the paper was tossed onto doorsteps in those pre-internet days, Spitz's seven Olympic gold medals and seven world records were overshadowed.