Word: fightin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, for a change, the five-year-old A.F.L. was getting plenty of recognition and precious few snickers. Maybe its teams were still no match for the titans of the N.F.L. - although those were fightin' words in Buffalo and San Diego. But there was one contest in which the A.F.L. was every bit the equal of its older rival: spending money. Armed with a $1,250,000 advance against its new five-year TV contract with NBC −and with orders to "get competitive" at any cost -the fledgling league plunged gleefully into a dollar-for-dollar battle...
Davey Moore fought for only one thing -money-and he fought often. He gave Bassey a rematch, won that, and during the next four years he fought 22 times. "I ain't fightin' for no high ideals," he said. "I'm a hungry fighter, man, very hungry." Last week in Los Angeles, Champion Moore took on one more challenger, Cuban Refugee Urtiminio ("Sugar") Ramos, 23, undefeated in 43 straight fights. Moore was cocky. "This is a business," he said, "just like any other business...
Seven members of the "Fightin' Harvard Band" were arrested in New Haven Saturday following a 4 a.m. raid on the Yale campus...