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...this Tyson, the Tyson of legend, is on trial here, as much for his behavior on the job as on the town. The heavyweight champ in title or spirit, Tyson is an imposing villain, for he seems beyond evil or humanity -- soul- free. Look for the black heart beneath the black stare, and find the creepiest thing: nothing. Punishment without guilt. After a 1986 TKO of Jesse Ferguson, Tyson said matter-of-factly, "I tried to punch him and drive the bone of his nose back into his brain." Nice analysis, Professor Death...
...Tourn. 9:00 Feb. 1 at Cornell 1:00 Feb. 7 PENN/BC/ALBANY 12:00 Feb. 8 PRINCETON/SPRINGFIELD 12:00 Feb. 14 at Columbia 2:00 Feb. 15 at Brown TBA Mar. 6 at Eastern Champ. TBA Mar. 7 (Host...
...idea for these latter-day gladiatorial games originated with ironworkers in Erie, Pa. "I wanted a workingman's Olympics," says Dann Carr, a five-time national arm-wrestling champ, who created the contests 20 years ago as entertainment for the annual Erie Iron Workers Union picnic, "but I never thought it would take off like...
...long as he was the undefeated champ, implacably separating large fellows from their wits, Tyson was exempt from sweeping moral judgment. A killing machine knows no scruples. His brutality was his aura. He was as bad as we wanted him to be. But once he was unthroned by Buster Douglas in a humiliating upset early last year, Tyson was not only revealed as mortal but also held to mortals' rules...
...champ is expected to be a role model: a monster at work, a gentleman at play. But Tyson also needed to live out the fight fan's fantasy -- and maybe his own -- that he is the world's roughest, meanest, baddest stud. His worst offense may be in believing that he is what he does...