Word: pan-american
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...some other ethnic background. But this year's locale was the Boston Arena--a building so decrepit that its rats should strike for better living conditions--and the feature fight matched two black men: "Marvelous Marvin Hagler," The North American Middleweight Champion, and Guyana's Reggie Ford, the 1972 Pan-American Games champion...
Essick's coaching credentials are solid. In seven years at Southern Illinois, he has produced 21 All-Americans. In 1971 he was selected as an assistant coach for the United States team at the Pan-American Games...
...however, Mark loosed a freshet of stunning performances; he broke five U.S. and three world marks, took five gold medals in the Pan-American games at Winnipeg and was named Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine. That did not sit too well with Schollander, who was still considered by many to be king of the aquatics hill. Haines, who had been selected to coach the U.S. men's team at Mexico City, did little to smooth over the rivalry with his candid statement: "Right now, Spitz is better than Schollander." As Chavoor puts it: "Mark wanted...
...class association chartered a Pan-American Boeing 747 that arrived at Flordia's Patrick Air Force Base yesterday morning and returned to Boston last evening. The group viewed the launch from the Congressional viewing area and later toured the Florida Disneyworld...
...change is a move toward international basketball rules. The international rules, used in the Olympic and Pan-American games, has the possession rule for a common foul up to the last three minutes of the game. After that, all fouls call for a one-and-one situation...