IF YOU look at all of him squarely, Bill Bradley seems too good-and too much-to be true. He is the best college basketball player in the world (he won an Olympic gold medal and was the best on the U.S ...

Bill Bradley grew up in a small town on the Mississippi River ("Thirty-five miles south of St. Louis, with one stoplight"), with a basketball and a goal. "I spent a lot of time practicing," he said.