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...does boxing creep back into the cultural consciousness after a five-year dizzy spell? Easy. Take the sport's most talented fighter, Floyd Mayweather Jr., 30, a self-described "hustler" who was nearly gunned down as a baby and is, kindly, referred to by one promoter as "a huge pain in the ass." Pit him against the sport's last glamour boy, Oscar De La Hoya, 34, bred tough in East L.A. but now a clean-cut corporate sweetheart whose broad, boyish smile has made millions swoon into his corner. Naturally, his charm has also turned off others who would...
Boxing needs something to rescue it from years of disorganization. There are now 17 weight divisions, none with a unified champ among the sport's four sanctioning bodies. Scandalous match decisions have worn out boxing's aging base and turned off younger fans. Though the sport's migration to pay-per-view television has enriched fighters, it has cut off the sport's access to a broader audience...
...Hoya--Mayweather, however, has the potential to remind the world why boxing was once a sport that mattered. The match offers a compelling contrast in both personality and fighting styles, plus a healthy dose of family psychodrama. Mayweather grew up fighting in Grand Rapids, Mich., where his father, Floyd Sr., taught him how to punch in his stroller. When Floyd was a year old, his mother's brother pulled a gun on his dad. "I told him, 'If you're going to kill me, you're going to kill him too,'" says Mayweather Sr., who was holding his son. "'That...
...told the crowd of more than 150 that ways to make a difference in the area included putting an end to greyhound racing, eating meat, and cosmetic testing. Sunstein also recommended that hunting be banned if “there isn’t any other purpose except for sport or game.” “Scientists are exempted from cruelty laws, and in hunting, hunters are almost always excluded from anti-cruelty laws,” Sunstein said. Animal cruelty laws show that there is a consensus among the public that animals should not be subjected...
...Radcliffe Crew, one of the oldest women’s rowing programs in the country, I was proud of our history and appreciative of the work of the women who came before me; this year, women’s rowing celebrates its eleventh year as an official NCAA sport. And nationally, more women than ever before participate in sports at all levels and ages. Yet somehow, it’s still okay to laugh at the idea that women can be serious athletes...