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...June 26, 1959, Sweden's Ingemar Johansson, who died on Jan. 30 at age 76, stunned the boxing world by knocking out heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. Patterson's four title defenses before he met Johansson had been against fighters who, at best, weren't even household names in their own households. And Johansson, a European heavyweight champion, was believed to be but another in that line, even though he had a 21-0 record with 13 knockouts...
...wife Andrea have two sons. His sister Monica was once married to Mike Tyson, and the former heavyweight boxing champion publicly endorsed Steele when he announced his candidacy in November, saying, "We have to open our eyes more...
...winning consecutive wrestleback bouts after dropping a major decision to second-seeded Jake Patacsil in the opening round. After notching a decision and a technical fall without relinquishing a point, Peppelman finished the tournament with a 4-1 loss to Pittsburgh’s Mark Powell.In the heavyweight division, Desena could not muster an upset over top-seeded David Zabriskie, losing 9-0 before bowing out to Iowa’s Eric Thompson in the wrestlebacks.—Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...
...would give the invocation Jan. 20 when Obama is sworn in as President. Bloomberg reports that moderate Republican Jim Leach of Iowa has been representing Obama at White House talks on the economy. And last Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Obama is being advised by foreign policy heavyweight Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser under the first President Bush and described by the Times as "an old Republican Realist...
...never thought I’d get to 80,” the European studies heavyweight said later. “I never thought I’d live quite that long...