Browsing Tag Pittsburgh

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  June 29, 1942: Charles vs Burley II

  No one knowledgeable about the long history of prizefighting doubts the standing of Charley Burley. The man was so good even Sugar Ray Robinson avoided him. And no ...

  On June 29, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Rikki-Tikki-Harry

  “….young Mr. Greb, acting like Mr. Kipling’s mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, bounced, caromed, slid and glided from so many angles and in so many ways at the more orthodox and ...

  On June 6, 2019 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  Dec. 20, 1963: Carter vs Griffith

  You should forget that Bob Dylan song for a minute. Don’t even think about Denzel Washington. Get beyond the courtrooms, the jail cells. Go back to Pittsburgh. Was a storm ...

  On December 20, 2018 / By David Como
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  Bad Rap

  “I wouldn’t say he was dirty so much as he was expedient. He was so eager to get the damage done that his head and shoulders went with ...

  On July 30, 2018 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  Sugar And Steel: Ray Robinson’s Pittsburgh Connection

  Though it is almost impossible to overstate Sugar Ray Robinson’s greatness, so much has been written on the subject of that inarguable status that little can be said ...

  On December 9, 2017 / By Douglas Cavanaugh