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    Forget Boxing, the 2012 Election is More Like Pro Wrestling

    OCTOBER 12, 2012 1:24PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: professional wrestling, popular culture, boxing, sports, democrats, republicans, barack obama, mitt romney, media, politics, elections

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    • 22 Ratings
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    That Was No Rope-a-Dope: Obama Got His Butt Kicked by Romney

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 12:29PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: popular culture, boxing, sports, democrats, republicans, barack obama, mitt romney, media, politics, elections

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    • 35 Ratings
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    When Joe Frazier Knocked Me Out

    NOVEMBER 14, 2011 3:08PM

    By Sally Swift


    Topics: i can't even find my autographed picture!, foreman, ali, smokin joe, rocky, true story, news, sports, boxing

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    The Deaths of "Smokin' Joe" and Joe Pa's Reputation

    NOVEMBER 8, 2011 8:29AM

    By Andy Wolfenson


    Topics: child molestation, penn state, news, jerry sandusky, joe paterno, joe frazier, football, boxing, sports

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    Health Food and Right Hooks

    JULY 27, 2011 7:11AM

    By Jonathan Thornton


    Topics: college dorms, new age women, college women, autobiography, fiction, healthy diets, eating healthy, boxing, how to throw a right hook, pensacola news, heating and cooling bills, how to conserve energy, concerned environmentalists, apartments, tallahassee, neighborly, coffee, breakfast, travel, food/drink, fiction, economy, comedy

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    "The Fighter" Deserves The Oscar: And So Does Christian Bale

    DECEMBER 17, 2010 5:21AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: sports, family, movies, winklevoss twins, welterweight boxing, united kingdom, the west wing, the social network, the oscars, the king's speech, the fighter, steven spielberg, scott silver, rocky, ram productions, paul tamasy, oscars 2010, new england, nbc, movies, micky ward, michael russnow, melissa leo, mark zuckerberg, mark wahlberg, keith dorrington, jack mcgee, frozen river, facebook, eric johnson, directors guild, dicky eklund, david o. russell, christian bale, boxing, boston, award season, amy adams, academy awards, aaron sorkin

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    • 2756 Views
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    Joni Mitchell v. Bob Dylan: Battle of the Folk Heavyweights

    APRIL 26, 2010 9:14PM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: folk music, boxing, satire, comedy, spoof, humor

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    Dementia pugilistica: football's dirty little secret

    FEBRUARY 5, 2010 1:29PM

    By aliquot


    Topics: football, boxing, c.t.e., dementia, dogfighting

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 3413 Views
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    A Great American Hope: Time to Pardon Jack Johnson

    APRIL 1, 2009 1:54PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: obama, boxing, heavyweight champions, heavyweight championship, jack johnson, jack johnson pardon, james j. jeffries, john mccain, karl rove, ken burns, mann act, peter king, president bush, president george bush, president george w. bush, president obama, presidential pardons, race in america, racism, racism in america, tommy burns, news, sports

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