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Pub. Date
2022.
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"The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life-until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard...
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Pub. Date
2011
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Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard chronicles his personal and professional life, reflecting on the people and events that have influenced him and discussing his childhood, the impact boxing has had on his life, his personal and professional accomplishments, his Olympic victories, his grueling training, his relationships, and other related topics.
5) Muhammad Ali
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Series
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"A stolen bicycle led twelve-year-old Cassius Clay to his first boxing teacher. He spent endless hours training, determined that he would one day become the heavyweight champion of the world. In 1964 he beat Sonny Liston to make his prediction come true. When Ali refused to fight in the Vietnam War, his title was stripped from him, and he was banned from boxing. But just a few years later, he made an incredible comeback. Find out how alie became...
6) Muhammad Ali
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Series
Pub. Date
c1995
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A biography, in text and photographs, of the colorful heavyweight champion who won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome
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Pub. Date
2020.
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"Raised in 1970s Spanish Harlem, Hector Camacho lived a life as fast as his fists flew in the ring. Handsome, flamboyant, and outspoken, Camacho electrified the boxing scene of the 1980s and, shouting his mantra "Macho Time!", beat some of the greatest fighters of his generation. His fast-lane life caught up with him eventually-and tragically-when he was shot dead outside a nightclub in Puerto Rico at the age of fifty. MACHO TIME is written by Christian...
10) Muhammad Ali
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Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
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A biography of the legendary boxer, who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his conversion to Islam and opposition to the Vietnam War, and his life after boxing.
11) Boxing
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Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Cuban Te©đfilo Stevenson--of the Olympic sport of boxing, which officially became a part of the modern Summer Games in 1904" -Provided by Publisher.
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Shooter : A marine scout sniper framed for an assassination attempt against the president.
Pain & Gain : When an ambitious group of personal trainers go after the American dream, they get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. Now, living large will take everything they've got.
The Fighter : Once upon a time, Dicky Eklund was known as the pride of Lowell, Massachusetts. There isn't a person in Lowell who doesn't know about...
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