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...Frazier is--thwack!--training a boxer on the heavy bag at his North Philadelphia gym. "Don't reach," Frazier admonishes. Louder thwacks. Suddenly the former heavyweight champion stops, squints his eyes, then gently wipes the boxer's runny nose with his gloved hand. "What?" the younger athlete says, momentarily self-conscious. "Do I have snot there...
...lost Details? In fairness, it was on the critical list before Golin. Under the editorship of James Truman--now editorial director of all Conde Nast magazines--Details enjoyed early-'90s acclaim as a stylish bible of the downtown club scene. But it floundered, changing editors like Polo boxer-briefs and redefining itself constantly, most recently as a pop-culture gazette with a dash of red-blooded...
Sohn's comparison of the implications of the slash to a boxer delivering a fatal blow in the ring is off-base. A better comparison might be to a boxer delivering a blind-sided swift boot to the head of his opponent while the latter makes his way back to his corner. Sticks to the head are far from the type of actions that he claims the NHL has "tacitly allowed...since its inception." Most fans of the game don't "buy tickets expecting a WWF-like performance." I have heard innumerable comments from first-years from warmer climates, after...
Should spearing in the National Football League (a quasi-illegal form of tackling with the crown of one's head) become a criminal offense? Should professional boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini get the death penalty for delivering fatal blows to opponent Duk Koo Kim in their Nov. 13, 1982 title bout? No. These events are part of what comes along with the sport. People may cheat or even flagrantly violate the rules of their sport, but they are doing so within its context. Athletic contests like football, hockey, boxing and others are ones of controlled aggression. It is only natural...
Bush was clearly more comfortable answering questions from voters than he has ever been giving speeches, and the format energized him. He would stand in front of the microphone, his body slightly hunched and his arms bent as if he were a boxer waiting to slap down his opponent's best shot. He was able to show off his expertise on education policy and say things like "I've been a tort-reformin' Governor and I'll be a tort-reformin' President!" and hear applause in response. "I like this," he told an adviser...