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...history's youngest heavyweight champion. The melancholy scene recalled King Kong crusted with what the promoter called "baubles, rubies and fabulous other doodads." Beholding the dull eyes and meek surprise under the lopsided crown and chinchilla cloak, King said he was reminded "of Homer's Odysseus returning to Ithaca to gather his dissembled fiefdoms." Sighs Tyson: "It's tough being the youngest anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxing's Allure | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

December 4, 1987: The Harvard men's hockey team travels to the circus tent know as Lynah Rink in Ithaca, N.Y. Fish are hurled on the ice. So is an object which, according to The Crimson, would "repulse many a nun." Oh, yes, a little hockey is played, too. Harvard triumphs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Agony, Ecstasy and Even a Few Titles | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

Saturday, Cornell rolled into town, but soon rolled back to Ithaca after suffering a 7-2 defeat...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netmen Cannonball Cadets, Big Bad Red | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

Cornell is also in a unique situation. Since Ithaca is not a major professional sports town, Cornell hockey is the main attraction-Ithaca's version of the Greatest Show on Earth. Lynah Rink is consistently and boisterously sold...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Ivy League Hockey: A Long and Winding Road | 4/28/1988 | See Source »

...community becomes very attached to our hockey teams," McCutcheon says. "It's not just Cornell's team, it's Ithaca's team...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Ivy League Hockey: A Long and Winding Road | 4/28/1988 | See Source »

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