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No sprint was even needed at the end of the one-sided competition, as the oars-women simply cruised across the finish line and relaxed in their seats. Seconds later, coxswain Liz Friese threw both arms skyward in a motion reminiscent of Leon Spinks, to signal the start of another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Crews Smoke B.U. in Season Opener | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

He was supposed to "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"? Against Spinks it was more like "Bloat like a butterball, swing like a flea."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 20, 1978 | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

Haven't we all heard enough about Muhammad Ali over the years? Your cover should have displayed the. toothless, thrill-of-victory grin of Leon Spinks, not the tired expression of Ali.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 20, 1978 | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

The Ali-Spinks bout was "the best fight I've seen in years," proclaimed former Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis, 63. "The young man really gave it to Ali in the 15th round. What a 15th round!" Louis watched the set-to while recovering from a fight of his own...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 20, 1978 | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

This sport is my favorite. I can appreciate seeing other people suffering, all of them knowing that for the next two weeks it's do or die. You're Bernie Carbo up at bat with two men on and two out. You're Muhammed Ali in the fifteenth round of...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: A Very Unsporting Column | 3/9/1978 | See Source »

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