Word: heavyweights
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...that at all costs the disdained race must never get a chance to prove that first belief wrong. In 1908, Jack Johnson shattered the racists' worldview with his two gloved fists when, after years chasing a title shot, he pummeled Tommy Burns to become the first black heavyweight champion of the world...
...there was no cruising for Ogunwole to get to that ultimate match. Ogunwole topped No. 2 Les Sigman of Nebraska-Omaha, and earned a 3-1 win over LSU’s No. 4 Scott Coleman. The Crimson heavyweight also defeated No. 8 Ryan Allen of Wisconsin-Lacrosse 7-3 in the quarterfinals to advance to the final round...
...half that's booming. Airport sales are increasing minimally, if at all, while business at local rental shops, which serve folks looking to replace a car in the shop or to rent wheels for business and leisure travel, is growing 5% to 10% a year. That's why airport heavyweight Hertz, a Ford subsidiary, is making an all-out assault on the slice of the business that Enterprise dominates with about 5,200 shops and two-thirds market share. Hertz, with about 1,300 nonairport locations, is expanding the number of its neighborhood locales about 25% a year and projects...
...Sometimes I feel a little sad because I can see how some things I said could upset some people. But I did not deliberately try to hurt anyone. The hype was part of my job, like skipping rope. What's it going to take to restore integrity to the heavyweight division? Boxing has long been in need of tighter regulations. Also, it wouldn't hurt if I could make a comeback. --By Marguerite Michaels
Three years ago, one-time Harvard crew heavyweight Keir Pearson ’90 learned from a journalist friend how Rusesabagina risked his own life to save hundreds of others from near-certain slaughter. The story piqued the interest of Belfast-born filmmaker Terry George, a one-time Oscar nominee best known for the screenplay In the Name of the Father (1993). George searched for a Hollywood studio that would bring Rusesabagina’s story to the silver screen. But several top Hollywood execs refused to put their money behind the film. “They all thought...