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Going out with a bang: Kobe Bryant and other bumper farewells

Edit The Times of India 14 Apr 2016
NEW DELHI. You didn't have to be a fan of the LA Lakers - is there another NBA team that so riles up basketball fans - or Kobe Bryant to be left with a fair feeling of exhilaration at watching the superstar score 60 points in his final game in a thrilling 101-96 win of the Utah Jazz ... Who's the only heavyweight boxer to bow out a champion? That would be Marciano, who in his final fight knocked out Archie Moore in the ninth round ... ....

The small print: Ortiz KOs Thompson (WBA - World Boxing Association)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Mar 2016
(Source. WBA - World Boxing Association). The small print. Ortiz KOs Thompson. By Robert Ecksel 09/03/2016. His 6-foot-5-inch lanky frame can carry that weight, as long as he's carrying it in the right places. (Photo. Sumio Yamada) ... It didn't last long. At 2.29 of the sixth Ortiz knocked Thompson down and out. Ortiz was headhunting all night, but he fought without urgency ... We respect Tony Thompson. He's a tough guy ... He isn't Archie Moore ... (noodl....

How Cassius Clay shocked Sonny Liston and the world

Edit Graphic 06 Feb 2016
He asked me who Cassius Clay was? I was really surprised. I then asked him if he had heard of Muhammed Ali. He answered in the affirmative. I told him Muhammed Ali was originally known as Cassius Clay before he became a Muslim in 1965 after he had joined the Nation of Islam ... Some of his early victims included hard-hitting Doug Jones, British Champion, Henry Cooper and a veteran boxer and one time world champion, Archie Moore ... Taunting ... ....

‘Lit Up,’ by David Denby

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 29 Jan 2016
George Plimpton was the master of stunt books, accounts of how the bumbling author played quarterback for the Detroit Lions, sparred against light heavyweight Archie Moore, played triangle for the New York Philharmonic and pitched against Willie Mays ... The result, “Great Books” (1996), is an invigorating account of midlife renewal through rigorous engagement with classical texts from Homer through Virginia Woolf....

Jeremy Renner Starring in Rocky Marciano Biopic

Edit IMDb 17 Dec 2015
... held the heavyweight crown from 1952 to 1956, and defended his title against Jersey Joe Walcott, Roland La Starza, Ezzard Charles, Don Cockell and Archie Moore before retiring at the age of 32....

December will Always be Archie Moore’s Month

Edit Sherdog 15 Dec 2015
A May-December romance usually refers to, uh, a mature man involved with a much younger woman. Think 59-year-old Cary Grant wooing and winning 24-year-old Audrey Hepburn in 1963’s “Charade.” But, hey, he was Cary Grant. If any old coot was going to get the girl by the time the final credits rolled, it was the suave guy whose birth name was Archibald Leach ... ....

The National's Paul Radley among winners of inaugural Sport Media Pearl Awards

Edit The National 15 Dec 2015
A German documentary that exposed widespread doping in Russian athletics was among the headline wins at the first Sport Media Pearl Awards, held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday evening. Hajo Seppelt's documentary "Doping - Top Secret ... READ ALSO. From Irish orphanage to saving lives in Vietnam ... A look back at the magnificent career of Rocky Marciano, 60 years after his last fight, a victory against Archie Moore that gave him 49 wins out of 49....

Feel-good comedy sure to be popular

Edit Otago Daily Times 15 Nov 2015
Flagons & Foxtrots, Fortune Theatre, Saturday, November 14. . It's 1964, and there's a lot going on at the Memorial Hall in Mosgiel. Grumpy Sid, who runs the dance hall, is so behind the times that he thinks old records are better to dance to than the local Archie Moore Trio, who are just dying for a lucky break ... Phil Vaughan's Sid is cantankerous but sympathetic ... - Barbara Frame . ....

Carl Frampton v Scott Quigg bout a tantalising prospect after numbers finally add up

Edit The Guardian 03 Nov 2015
Kevin Mitchell. Scott Quigg fancies his chances on home turf but the Belfast fighter should not be underestimated for a fight that will now get maximum hype. Cus D’Amato, who guided the 21-year-old Floyd Patterson to the world heavyweight title in 1956 as the youngest ever champion to that point by putting in him with old Archie Moore, often said matchmaking was about minimising risk ... Related ... Kevin Mitchell ... Twitter ... ....

The Weekend quiz

Edit The Guardian 31 Oct 2015
Which European flag features crossed keys and a tiara? Spoiler alert. answers below (don’t cheat!). The questions. 1 Which Communist leader was once a chef on the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry?. 2 Where was Victoria renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji?. 3 Which German newspaper is known as the FAZ? ... What links. ... Twitter. The answers ... 6 Archie Moore ... ....

The Third Republican Debate

Edit Huffington Post 29 Oct 2015
"Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease." ... Huckabee, tragically, never explained what he meant by "we." ... Indeed, Huckabee could find it by consulting the historical record ... Carson, on the other hand is Archie Moore (1916-1998), the greatest of all the counter-punchers. Moore effortlessly graced the perimeter of the ring, lowering his torso in a patented shoulder roll that allowed opponents' blows to glance harmlessly away ... ....

As Matt Reynolds sits on the Mets bench, Chet Trail knows his pain

Edit The Examiner 16 Oct 2015
As Matt Reynolds sits on the New York Mets bench Thursday evening for Game 5 of the National League Championship series waiting to make his major league debut, one man that can relate to his angst is Chet Trail ... “In 1964, Archie Moore and I were supposed to split half of a season in which I was to play in A-ball half a season and go up to the Yankees, and he was to come down and play, but they never did that,” he said....

Boxer-turned-actor Frank Albanese dies at 84; played Tony Soprano's forgetful Uncle Pat

Edit The Los Angeles Times 13 Oct 2015
Frank Albanese Bobby Bank / WireImage. Frank Albanese and Tony Sirico in 2010 in New York City. Albanese played Uncle Pat in "The Sopranos", while Sirico was a show regular as Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri ... He sparred with Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore as an up-and-coming boxer and later carved out a second career as a character actor, appearing in “The Godfather” and later “Goodfellas.” ... ....
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