Word: crowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other factor, emotion, should be pretty high on both sides. Bernal says, "We're really going to come at Princeton," but there's no question that the Tigers will be more eager to avenge last month's defeat and hold on to the coveted crown for at least another year...
...moved the women's record to 13-9 on the season. Tomorrow night, Harvard faces Boston University in the IAB at 7 p.m. The season finale for the women promises to be a tough one as B.U. comes in sporting the 1978 MAIAW Division I crown which they earned in this past weekend's tourney at Amherst...
...night. Sonny Liston had been a tired man, worn by poverty and prison. At 35, he was old for a fighter?even for a slugger who stayed put and blasted. He got into the ring with a strong, fast, young Cassius Clay, who had nothing to lose and a crown to gain. Last week Muhammad Ali was a tired man too, pummeled in the ring for 24 years?amateur and professional. At 36, he was old for a fighter?especially for a boxer who must move and whittle. And, like Liston, Ali had looked across the ring and seen...
...since Pete Rademacher stepped into a ring with Floyd Patterson in 1957 has a heavyweight fought for the title with as little experience as Leon Spinks. Rademacher commuted to the canvas seven times that night, then left in search of an ice pack. Spinks left with the heavyweight crown and the sort of slum-to-stardom story that no savvy scriptwriter would ever dare submit to a director...
...Louis, 63, captured the heavyweight crown in 1937 by knocking out James J. Braddock, then successfully defended his title 25 times, scoring 21 K.O.s. Although Louis made nearly $5 million, ill-advised business ventures, a costly divorce and his penchant for high living led to a financial squeeze. By 1956 he owed $1.25 million in taxes, In 1970 Louis was briefly committed to a psychiatric hospital by his family. The ex-champ eventually went to work as an official greeter for Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Last November Louis had open-heart surgery in Houston, where he is still recuperating...