Word: champ
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...York City-raised champ began climbing the ladder to excellence early; her father, a former collegiate fencer, introduced his son, sophomore Sam Cross, to the sport early on. But it was at Sam’s ninth birthday party when his younger sister took up the mantle...
...miscast by Hitler as an Aryan superhero. He refused to join the Nazi Party and after the war, it was disclosed he had saved two Jews from attack in the Kristallnacht violence of 1938. A quiet philanthropist, he befriended Louis later in life, even paying for the impoverished former champ's 1981 funeral...
...miscast by Hitler as an Aryan superhero; he refused to join the Nazi Party, and after the war, it was disclosed that he had saved two Jews from attack in the Kristallnacht violence in 1938. He befriended Louis later in life, quietly giving the impoverished former champ money and paying for his 1981 funeral...
...moneyman says, and may be a tough sell. And then there's Hillary Clinton, who remains publicly focused on getting re-elected to the Senate in 2006. Many insiders take it as a given that she will be in the '08 lineup and will be the name-recognition champ to beat. Yet, says a top Democratic fund raiser in New York, "there's a real unease" about her ability to win a national race. Which is what these other wannabes are banking on. --By Viveca Novak
Ever since Wallace Beery won the Best Actor Oscar in 1932 for playing a boozy palooka in The Champ, a throng of fight flicks have gained top acting nominations for two-fisted performances. HILARY SWANK, in Million Dollar Baby, vies this year for her second Best Actress award. She may be an odds-on favorite, but history tells us that most boxing roles aren't knockouts...