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...your excuses behind and come and get it." Will he be missed? No--he lives! Every time a boxer or any athlete is told you are too old or too little, we will see Archie Moore smiling as big as life, saying, "No, I did it." Rest in peace, champ. You fought a great fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: ARCHIE MOORE | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

...KING OF THE WORLD: THE RISE OF MUHAMMAD ALI A book about a boxer would seem to lack, well, social significance. Not true here. David Remnick takes off from the 1964 bout in which a brash Cassius Clay dethroned the menacing heavyweight champ Sonny Liston. That fight changed Clay into Muhammad Ali and created a new sort of black athlete. Remnick's account of the aftershocks packs a punch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Best Of 1998 Books | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

METAL TENNIS RACQUET Rene ("Le Crocodile") Lacoste, the 1920s French tennis champ turned clothing entrepreneur, invented a steel tennis racquet in 1963. It was distributed in the U.S. by Wilson as the T-2000 and quickly revolutionized the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hundred Great Things | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Chase Champ., FS52...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON DECK | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...Chase Champ., FS52...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON DECK | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

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