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Emanuel Steward dies at 68; boxing trainer to world champions
Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, who directed several world-champion fighters including Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis and current heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, has died. He was 68. Steward's executive assistant, Victoria Kirton, said...
Tags: Sugar Ray Leonard, Heavyweight, Middleweight Boxing, Mike Tyson, Human Interest
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Muhammad Ali Trainer Angelo Dundee Dies At 90
REUTERSCelebrated boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali's cornerman in his greatest fights, died Wednesday at the age of 90. "Angelo died surrounded by family and friends," his family said in a statement. "He was very happy that he got to celebrate Ali's...Tags: Sugar Ray Leonard, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Tampa, Muhammad Ali
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Angelo Dundee dies at 90; corner man for Ali, Leonard
Angelo Dundee, who trained the two most celebrated fighters of his era, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, and 15 world champions in all in a Hall of Fame career that began in 1952, has died. He was 90.
Dundee died Wednesday at a Clearwater, Fla.,...Tags: George Foreman, Sonny Liston, Awards and Prizes, Sugar Ray Leonard, U.S. Army
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RIP Angelo Dundee: Boxing’s great trainer and story-teller
En Fuego - Orlando SentinelDundee was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994 _ honoring a career that spanned six decades in which he worked with champions like Ali, Leonard, George Foreman, Carmen Basilio and Jose Napoles.... -
PASSINGS: Manuel Galban, George Kimball, Josef Suk
Manuel Galban
Award-winning Cuban guitarist
Manuel Galban, 80, a Grammy-winning Cuban guitarist who rose to international fame as a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, died Thursday of a heart attack in Havana.
Born in 1931 in Gibara, in the eastern...Tags: Elections, George Foreman, Wim Wenders, Documentary (genre), Physical Conditions
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Past Highlights
June 4 1986 - The Aberdeen Smittys pounded out 27 hits to sweep an American Legion baseball doubleheader from Mandan, N.D., 8-0 and 15-5. Mark Nelson pitched a three-hitter and Mike Richter a two-hitter for the winners. 1991 - Thomas Hearns became a...Tags: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Athletes, Boston Celtics, Mike Richter
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Southland boxer Genaro Hernandez, a former world champion, dies at 45
The Fabulous ForumGenaro "Chicanito" Hernandez, who ascended through the Southern California boxing ranks to become a two-time world super-featherweight champion, died Tuesday after more than two years of battling cancer, his friend and boxing publicist Bill Caplan said.... -
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Maryland medalists
They range from a shooting specialist to one of the great sprinters of his generation. The former Maryland Summer Olympians who have won medals are listed below. Despite exhaustive research, it's possible we left someone out, so let us know at sports@...Tags: Television Industry, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Bars and Clubs, University of Georgia, Colleges and Universities
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A Fight Worth Every Nickel
The Hartford CourantHow's this for a fight card at the Hartford Civic Center? On June 10, 1977, Sugar Ray Leonard beat Vinnie DeBarros of Waterbury when the ref stopped the lightweight fight at 1:59 of the third round. One of the 6,127 in the crowd was the legendary...Tags: Sugar Ray Leonard, Lightweight Boxing, Middleweight Boxing, Welterweight, 2016 Olympic Games
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