While the Gameport isn't entirely Ben's doing, he did design the casing for the device, not to mention pick the name for it.

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"I don't think Ben Johnson would even get to London nowadays -- I think he would be picked up in advance, and many athletes now who think they can get there will be swept away by pre-Games testing, " Howman said.

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It wasn't long before Ben Bradlee, the newly appointed executive editor of The Washington Post, came calling.

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