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The Real Deal

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Evander 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, 2006

Duke Kahanamoku Dies of Heart Attack

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Duke 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...

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McGwire hits his mark

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

"Every swing he took was a potential home run. He was the only man on the face of the earth who could hit the ball where he hit it. I stood by that ba...

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Do 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...

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Yamaguchi follows Hamill's golden example

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

February 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...

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Jansen 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...

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Hungry 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...

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Smallest 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...

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Hamill wins gold, sets trends

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

February 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...

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Sugar Ray was ring artist

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...Ali, when I started studying Sugar Ray Robinson." He entered the nation's psyche when he won Olympic gold in 1976, with a picture of his girlfriend taped to his shoe. After turning pro, he...

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Button scores American figure skating first

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

February 5, 1948 At the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Dick Button enters the freestyle skating event with a commanding lead earned in...

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Cleary 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...

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Tears of joy for gold medalist Dorothy Hamill

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

Feb. 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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Naismith, the "Father of Basketball," dies at 78

Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com

...following a cerebral hemorrhage in Lawrence, Kan. His death comes three years after basketball became an official Olympic sport and 20 years before he will become the first individual inducted into the Hall of Fame...

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