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...straight game. Last summer Michael Johnson reminded us of Jesse Owens, Amy van Dyken of Eleanor Holm and Kerri Strug of Sergeant York. Loathe him or merely dislike him, we shake our heads in wonder over the crossover talents of Deion Sanders. Appreciate 'em if you got 'em: Evander Holyfield, Pete Sampras, Brett Favre, Jeff Gordon. Maybe Silver Charm lost by three-quarters of a length the other day because a Triple Crown would have been asking for too much in a time when almost every sport can touch gold...
...Cleveland Browns did not remain in Cleveland. Tiger Woods did not remain an amateur golfer. Mike Tyson did not beat Evander Holyfield. The Chicago Bulls did not lose the N.B.A. championship. The New York Yankees did not not win the World Series...
...retrospect, there are a number of reasons why Holyfield was able to humble the bully. He has the ability to take a punch, and as a longtime student of Tyson, he knew he could push him around and tire him out. Holyfield trained much harder than Tyson did. And he had far savvier handlers...
Also in his figurative corner was his new wife, Dr. Janice Itson, an internist from Chicago whom he met several years ago at a revival meeting. Midway between the Olympics and the fight, Holyfield asked her to marry him--and to help take care of his finances as well as his six children by four different women. Not only did she restore order to his Atlanta household, but she also gave her husband a new sense of well-being. "I never could've beaten Tyson without Janice," he says...
...Holyfield will never achieve the popularity of Ali or Tyson or even George Foreman, in part because goodness doesn't sell as well as brashness or menace or comedy. But there should be a place in the heavyweight pantheon for a champion who travels without an entourage, for a man who truly cares about others. Asked if he would like to train boxers, Holyfield recalled a painful experience he had while coaching the Holyfield Team, a group of amateur boxers. "I was working in the corner of one boxer, and when I looked over, the opponent was in tears. Turns...