Snapp Shots: Cal’s ’72 Olympics sprinter Hart joins Bay Area Hall of Fame

It isn’t every day that I get to write about one of my heroes, but today is definitely one of them. Last month, the great UC Berkeley sprinter Eddie Hart was elected to the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (bashof.org), along with swimmer Missy Franklin, rugby player Jack Hart, baseball player Brandon Crawford and football player Jesse Sapolu.

What makes him my hero isn’t a race he won. It’s a race he never ran. The scene was the 1972 Munich Olympics, when Eddie, who was the world’s reigning record holder in the 100-meter event...