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Ward's first world title ends Dane's reign

Nov. 21, 2009
The only thing we didn't know about Andre Ward going into Saturday night's World Boxing Association championship fight at Oracle Arena in Oakland was how good a fighter he is. Or how bad a man he is. It turns out Ward is very good and very bad. A heavy...
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Middle-aged pugilist gets back in the ring

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USA clinches a boxing medal

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Middleweights open Olympic boxing tourney

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Israel's champion boxer an illegal alien

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Klitschkos go for legacy of Lennox Lewis

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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler