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From rags to sport riches
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Rafer Johnson, a high school star in four sports, decided to compete exclusively in track, he chose...the decathlon. When he competed in the 1960 Olympics, Johnson already had the world record, three national...
Page | ConversationThe Real Deal
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comEvander Holyfield is the only boxer to win the heavyweight title four times. Don't miss SportsCentury: Evander Holyfield on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.
Story | Conversation | August 10, 2006Duke Kahanamoku Dies of Heart Attack
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comDuke Kahanamoku, a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming who became Hawaii's best-known citizen, dies of a heart attack at age 77.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2005'Thrilla in Manila' was epic bout
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...dead boy's smashed, swollen face in Life magazine haunted him for years. During the 1960 Rome Olympics, he made advances to Wilma Rudolph. The three-time gold winner spurned Clay's flirtations, preferring the...
Page | ConversationMcGwire hits his mark
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...5, 250-pound slugger was loudly cheered on his quest to break the most glamorous record in sports. No hair falling out from worry, no hate mail. A shadow over McGwire's accomplishment was his...
Page | ConversationDo you believe in miracles?
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...States hockey team, composed mostly of college players, to defeat the veteran Soviet Union juggernaut at the Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. But in a heated battle on ice, America's Team wins this...
Page | ConversationYamaguchi follows Hamill's golden example
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comFebruary 21, 1992 Sixteen years ago, when she was four years old and Dorothy Hamill was winning Olympic gold, Kristi Yamaguchi skated while holding a Hamill doll. Tonight, Yamaguchi becomes the United States' first women...
Page | ConversationJansen skates with heavy heart
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...the speed skater learns of her death. He spends the afternoon in a quiet room at the Olympic athlete's village in Calgary speaking on the phone to family members. He decides to compete in...
Page | ConversationHungry Heiden sets world record
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...his near-empty stomach, Heiden becomes the first person to win five individual gold medals in one Olympics by shattering the world record by 6.2 seconds. He finishes in 14:28.13. Sounding neither...
Page | ConversationSmallest American Olympian stands tall
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...year-old Tara Lipinski gives a brilliant freestyle performance and becomes the youngest ever to earn an Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating. Lipinski is two months younger than Sonja Henie was when...
Page | ConversationHamill wins gold, sets trends
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comFebruary 13, 1976 Before Dorothy Hamill takes to the ice for her freestyle routine at the Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, she starts crying after seeing a sign in the stands that says, "Dorothy, wicked...
Page | ConversationSugar Ray was ring artist
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...t a slugger, but an artist in a sport of precision. Sugar Ray brought back thoughts of...entered the nation's psyche when he won Olympic gold in 1976, with a picture of his...
Page | ConversationButton scores American figure skating first
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comFebruary 5, 1948 At the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Dick Button enters the freestyle skating event with a commanding lead earned in...
Page | ConversationCleary nets game-winning goal for USA
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...28, 1960 In the past three days, the goaltending of Jack McCartan had helped the United States Olympic hockey team upset co-favorites Canada, 2-1, and the Soviet Union, 3-2, at Squaw Valley...
Page | ConversationTears of joy for gold medalist Dorothy Hamill
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comFeb. 13, 1976 Before Dorothy Hamill takes to the ice for her freestyle routine at the Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, she starts crying after seeing a sign in the stands that says, "Which of...
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NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "olympic sports" make the list?
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