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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, 2006Watson's triumph is Nicklaus' disappointment
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...after Jack Nicklaus wins his first British Open, he is not as fortunate. Just like the 1966 tournament, it's the 17th hole that is decisive, but this time it's Tom Watson who registers...
Page | ConversationDon won't Budge from first ever Grand Slam title
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...set 6-3 before losing the next set 8-6, the only set he loses in the tournament. But then he cruises 6-2, 6-1 in the final two sets to gain the Slam...
Page | ConversationTilden wins sixth straight U.S. Championship
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...in 1919, he developed a topspin backhand. Since then, Tilden has not lost a match in the tournament. In a tense and grueling match, Tilden wins his sixth straight U.S. Championships with a 4...
Page | ConversationMolla Bjurstedt Mallory wins fifth U.S. title
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...in Philadelphia. Mallory will go on to win three more U.S. titles after the women's tournament shifts to Forest Hills the next year, and her eight championships are still the record today
Page | ConversationRiggs, Marble win U.S. Nationals singles titles
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...and Alice Marble won the Wimbledon singles championships. Today at Forest Hills, they win the most significant tournament on this side of the Atlantic Ocean by taking the U.S. Nationals at Forest Hills. They...
Page | ConversationAmateur Arthur Ashe wins first U.S. Open
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...the first U.S. Open, the first time pros are eligible to compete in the most prestigious tournament in the United States. The top four seeds are all Australian pros. But in a surprise, American...
Page | ConversationGibson first African-American to win U.S. National
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...win over four-time Wimbledon champion Louise Brough. She doesn't lose a set throughout the entire tournament, played on the grass courts at Forest Hills. Gibson is presented the champion's trophy, filled with...
Page | ConversationTaiwan begins dominance in LLWS
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...begins its domination of the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. It wins the 23rd annual tournament before a crowd of 30,000, which includes thousands of Chinese waving Republic of China flags. Tsu...
Page | ConversationTwo 18th-hole birdies key Hagen's first major
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Open, 21-year-old Walter Hagen led after each round in winning the two-day, 72-hole tournament at the Midlothian Country Club in Blue Island, Ill., just outside Chicago. Hagen shot a marvelous 68...
Page | ConversationZaharias wins first US Open despite poor putting
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...another $1,000 when she misses a five-foot putt on the final hole. In winning the tournament by eight strokes over Betty Hicks, the long-driving Zaharias shoots a final-round 78 to finish...
Page | ConversationCollege Joe leads U.S. to first basketball gold
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comAug. 14, 1936 During the first Olympic men's basketball tournament, the International Basketball Federation approved a rule in which all players over 6-foot-3 would be...
Page | ConversationBabe wins her last amateur, making it 17 of 18
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comJuly 19, 1947 In her last tournament as an amateur, Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins for the 17th time in 18 events as she plays...
Page | ConversationAshe upsets Connors to take first Wimbledon
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...in today's Wimbledon final. Connors, the defending champion who hasn't lost a set in the tournament, is a 3-20 favorite, 9-10 to win in straight sets. Just in case Connors has...
Page | ConversationHagen first American-born to win British Open
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Rochester, N.Y., is the first American-born winner of the British Open. He will win the tournament three more times in the 1920s
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