By Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press
... was one of the most beautiful punches in boxing. It didn't work against Foreman because Foreman wa..."RIP to the great champ and 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist 'Smokin' Joe Frazier. You wi...
David Wright Baseball
... to fame 3-time Major League All-Star, 2 Gold Gloves. Let's take stock here. In 4 1/2 major leag...Born 1942. Claim to fame Olympic gold medalist, world-record holder. It wasn't as w...3. Pernell "Sweetpea" Whitaker Boxing. Hometown Norfolk. Born 1964. Claim to fame Six-ti...
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... first title - and Cleveland's first since 1964. Before the guest of honor arrived, former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar , boxing champion Kelly Pavlik , Olympic gold medalist Domi...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Muhammad Ali's fists made him famous, but his plight as a social activist was perhaps his biggest fight. At the Muhammad Ali Center, visitors see the three-time world heavyweight champion railing against war, segregation and poverty. They also see the softer side of a man embracing spiritual growth.
..."It isn't just about boxing, it's about being a better person," Physick said. ..., later becoming a top amateur boxer and Olympic gold medalist. Ali, raised in a Baptist family, an... faith soon after defeating Sonny Liston in 1964 to win the heavyweight crown for the first time. H...
INSIDE: Past West Virginians of the Year 9A He's a Cabin Creek coal miner's son who applied the discipline and determination developed as a youthful Golden Gloves boxing champ to fight his way to the top of the state's military hierarchy.
...diplomat, later secretary of state. 1964 SEN. JENNINGS RANDOLPH, member of Congress since ...1984 MARY LOU RETTON from Fairmont, Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics. 1985 LOUISE McNEIL P...
This list of all-time Olympians with connections to Long Beach was first compiled by former Press-Telegram Sports Editor John Dixon and has been updated and expanded annually. For purposes of this list, greater Long Beach includes Compton, Downey, Los Alamitos and other nearby suburbs and schools that are covered by the Press- Telegram. All event distances noted are in meters. The U.S. did not compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics but athletes who made the '80 Olympic team are considered Olympians here.ARCHERY
...A member of the 2000 gold medal team that included Ben Sheets and Roy Oswalt..., second with Indiana after four in Utah.BOXING. JOE ZANDERS, Long Beach. The longtime Long Beach ...Kayaker competed in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. MITCH KAHN, Long Beach State. A...Two-time gold medalist, winning the 1956 pair with coxswain (8:26.1) and ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - At 70, Muhammad Ali is "still the greatest" to friends and admirers worldwide. The boxing champ basked in chants of "Ali! Ali!" as hundreds of supporters cheered him on Saturday night with a hearty rendering of "Happy Birthday" during his 70th birthday celebration in his Kentucky hometown. Never mind that Ali actually turns 70 years old on Tuesday: The private party in his hometown is the first of five planned in the next few months.
... in the ring, becoming a top amateur and Olympic gold medalist. He made his professional debut in L...Ali won the heavyweight title in 1964, defeating the heavily favored Sonny Liston. Soon ...
WHERE: Panathinaiko Stadium. WHEN: Sunday through Aug. 21.
... be at the stadium where the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896. South Korea won the men's...woman, while 2000 silver medalist Vic Wunderle is back for the U.S. men. Janet Dykma...The winners advance to the gold-medal game and the losers go to the bronze- medal ...BOXING. WHERE: Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall, Municipalit...OUTLOOK: Introduced as an Olympic sport in 1964, judo has not been dominated by any one country, t...
Cheryl Miller - Arguably the greatest women's basketball player of all time, there's no room to list all of her accomplishments (four-time HS and college All-American, 105 points in a HS game, three-time College Player of the Year, gold medalist). Lusia Harris - Mostly unknown to the masses, Harris was the first prototypical center that dominated the women's college basketball game. She won three national titles at Delta State University and was part of the 1976 Olympic silver-medal winning women's basketball team. In 1992, she became the first female basketball player inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame. LEADING LADIES: Cheryl Miller, left, was a four-time All-American at USC while [Wilma Rudolph]'s golden trifecta at the 1960 Games helped catapult women's track-and-field to intern...
... Black woman to play on the LPGA tour in 1964. Alice Coachman - The first Black woman to win an ... has arguably become the face of women's boxing since her first bout 10 years ago. Lisa Leslie - A...
The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee believes the successful staging of the World Boxing Championships strengthened Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Games. It could have damaged the bid," chief executive officer Jim Scherr said of the 12-day Olympic qualifier that ended Nov. 3 in Chicago with 557 boxers from 112 countries. "The fact that it has gone exceptionally well is helpful to the bid.
...," said Esparza, a flyweight silver medalist at the 2007 Pan American Championships. "Even thou... skier Sarah Will, a 12-time Paralympic gold medalist, has retired to serve as executive direct... now-demolished Broadmoor World Arena from 1964 to 1987. He teamed with Dorothyann Nelson to win t...
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