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Along the way, Smith's physical condition deteriorated, and he had to quit his security job. He developed throat cancer and now speaks through a voice box. "I got sick," he says. "I got a thyroid [condition], cancer, low sugar, high blood pressure, heart murmur. I got everything. I'm lucky to be alive...
...Wine Avenger, Gluckstern has spent the better part of a decade crusading on behalf of Riesling, the dominant German varietal that has been cruelly stereotyped on American shores as tasting sweeter than Katie Couric dipped in caramel. "All grapes are not created equal," Gluckstern says. "There's an acid-sugar balance in great Riesling that you won't find in any other grape." Stubborn U.S. diners have mostly ignored him and gone on sipping their Chardonnay...
What do corporate small fry think of this? "It can really hurt cash-strapped concerns struggling to maintain their profit margins," says John Emling, a lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in Washington. "But if we have to swallow this bitter pill, we want some sugar coating (such as the proposed tax cut) to help it go down easier...
...good are these daughters of legends really? And is women's boxing truly a sport or merely what Fight Game editor Bert Sugar dismisses as "Baywatch with gloves on"? The women's game has the same 18 weight classes as men's boxing, but rounds last two minutes instead of three, and many fighters are relative novices who have turned pro after few if any amateur matches, as compared with the 20-plus bouts that male fighters tend to have...
...spite of the momentum, female pugilists have yet to win the hearts of some boxing "purists" like Sugar. HBO will not air women's boxing, partly because of its paucity of A-list fighters. "It's natural for a young sport," says CNN/SI boxing analyst Steve Farhood. "But the thin talent pool prohibits consistent, well-matched bouts." More to the point, says Vitiello, "promoters still see women as a sideshow. There is talent out there. But to get air time, you have to be a Playboy bunny or have a famous name...