Sports
Jan. 31, 2013
Heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe, 33-0 after overwhelming Michael Dokes, doesn’t foresee much competition as he attempts to improve upon the record of Rocky Marciano, who retired in 1955 with a record of 49-0.
Feb. 22, 1993
Soccer
Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Tribune is not overwhelmed by the apparent interest in the Women’s World Cup.
July 7, 1999
Larry Bird, the new coach of the Indiana Pacers, told the Boston Globe of his motivation to get into coaching: “I am just so competitive, and I am sick and tired of sitting around the house.
May 15, 1997
Marion Townsley Jr. has kept a Babe Ruth baseball card for 30 years and he’s in no rush to give it up now--even if the 1914 card is worth at least $7,000.
Feb. 3, 1997
Knowshon Moreno was activated Wednesday. But active? Not so much.
Aug. 6, 2014
Wayne Coffey of the New York Daily News has written a book, “Winning Sounds Like This,” an account of the season he spent with the women’s basketball team at Gallaudet in Washington, D.C., the world’s only university for the deaf.
March 26, 2002
NFL draft preview: NFC and AFC North
April 24, 2011
— This time, no Hail Mary was required.
Sept. 4, 2014
This time, no Hail Mary was required.