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...attendance at U.S. baseball and football fixtures slumped, the games' following through newspapers and radio took off. Stories of gritty players overcoming adversity to triumph on the field were printed "almost ad nausea," says Crepeau. From the economic misery, heroes offered a diversion. When Joe Louis fought back to beat German Max Schmeling for the world heavyweight boxing crown in 1938, he later said, "the whole damned country was depending on me." Australia's greatest Depression heroes were a cricket player and a horse. Populated by local working class heroes, English soccer "provided a sense of national wellbeing...
Mark: Because they’re exclusive. (beat) And fun and they lead to a better life...
...showed promise but could not comprise an effective run game by himself.“He’s a tough kid—poised,” Murphy said. “We didn’t do a good enough job in the running game today to beat a good football team.”Without a reliable run game, Harvard fell back on junior quarterback Collier Winters in his first start behind center to provide the bulk of the offense.“The first game is difficult to come out and be hitting on all cylinders...
...worn-down Harvard offense returned to the field needing to make up 14 points. And despite falling into another fourth-down situation—this time with 14 yards to go—Harvard again went for it, this time with a different result. Lorditch managed to beat his man, and Winters tagged him from 46 yards out for a touchdown.“Our receivers were a little mixed up,” Winters said. “We had Luft as a slot receiver, which he’s usually not. But it worked out good...
...returning to boxing after a 21-month hiatus, and Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs), the top fighter in Mexico, will be shown in 170 movie theaters around the country. It will be the first big fight shown in theaters since 1980, when Sugar Ray Leonard beat Roberto Duran. The move harks back to the sport's glory days, when thousands of fans filled theaters to watch Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Smokin' Joe Frazier. "The reality is, there are very, very few places left to gather and share an experience," says Dan Diamond, vice president...