Word: championed
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...only indignity she was spared), her time as a street singer, her rise to drug and drink addled international fame, her inevitable decline and early death from cancer. Considerable attention is paid to the great love of her life, Marcel Cerdan (Jean-Pierre Martins), the middleweight boxing champion, who died in airplane crash at the height of his fame and their love affair...
...Champion foil fencer Janice-Lee Romary, top, told friends her claim to fame was her longevity. A few others: she competed in six consecutive Olympics--the first female athlete to do so--and at her last one, in 1968 in Mexico City, became the first woman to carry the flag for the U.S. during the opening ceremony. Romary, who finished fourth in 1952 and 1956, won 10 national championships. After retiring from competition, she served as commissioner of fencing for the 1984 Games in Los Angeles...
Thailand loves a good fight: Thais flock to watch kick-boxing, Olympic boxing (the first sport in which the Kingdom struck gold at the Games) and even transvestite boxing - one of the country's biggest celebrities is champion pugilist Parinya Charoenphol, who fought like a man to earn enough money to become a woman. Now, Thais have a new champion to celebrate: In April, a pint-sized woman named Siriporn Taweesuk, a.k.a. the Black Rose, did her homeland proud by pummeling her feisty Japanese opponent to capture the World Boxing Council light-flyweight title. The only catch? Siriporn is currently...
This streak included two five-game heartbreak losses against Penn and Cornell. After falling in a 2-0 hole to the Quakers, Harvard battled to force a fifth game before falling, 3-2. The following weekend, Harvard jumped out to a 2-0 lead over the eventual Ivy champion Big Red before losing three straight games and the match...
Struggling to regain its edge in the playoff race, the team hit the road hoping for success against NYU and eventual Hay Division champion NJIT. But its powerful opponents swept Harvard under the rug, knocking the Crimson out of contention for postseason competition...