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When I ran out of money, I went back to boxing. But nobody cared. The TV stations gave me exactly 10 seconds. So I used what I had learned: "Yes, I'm 40!" I yelled. "I used to be heavyweight champion of the world. If I miss you with my left, if I miss you with my right, I'll belly-bump you, boom!" People called the networks and asked to see more of me. Soon Madison Avenue was calling me. I hesitated, but finally I decided it would be O.K. if I sold only things I believed...
...biggest turning point of my life wasn't becoming heavyweight champion. It was the moment I stood on a street corner and said, "I'm George Foreman." --As told to Francine Russo
...sailing team competed in one other race this weekend at BC—the Priddy Trophy awarded to the New England Freshmen Single-Crew Champion. Sloan Devlin and Mallory Greimann competed for Harvard amidst wet and windy conditions, finishing seventh in a field...
Against Northern champion Hartwick (23-10) yesterday, the Crimson turned in its four most consistent and well-played quarters of the season, but when pushed into a fifth, fell just short of victory...
...Crimson and the Quakers on Saturday was the largest since 1981, far from the first victory of historic proportions for Harvard this spring. The most recent USRowing poll recognized the Crimson by pushing it past Wisconsin to the nation’s No. 2 ranking, behind only defending national champion California...