Word: championed
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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From Champ to Chump Buster Douglas sucker-punched the boxing world by knocking out heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in Tokyo last February. But success went to his stomach -- he became more interested in the banquet table than the boxing ring. Eight months later in Las Vegas, in his only title defense, the 246-lb. Douglas lasted less than three rounds against a leaner and hungrier Evander Holyfield...
...Stay Hungry, and that might be the key to his success. "You've got to be hungry," he says, "otherwise you can't be motivated." The hunger, the motivation, the four-wheel drive, have helped this Gargantua from Austria embody a real-life American Dream story -- poor boy to champion body builder to movie curiosity to nonpareil megastar -- that is so improbable even Hollywood would be embarrassed to put it into production. They have also made him, at 43, the most potent symbol of worldwide dominance of the U.S. entertainment industry...
...this year, league prognosticators have picked Yale and Princeton ahead of the Crimson once again. The Tigers return all of their key players, while Yale's lineup boasts Berkeley Belknap, an early favorite for national champion...
Early in the 1990-91 season, with a 9-0 win against Bowdoin as its only security blanket, the Crimson faces another uphill winter. Eleven seniors graduated last year, including intercollegiate national champion and number-one seed, Jenny Holleran, and Co-captain and number-three seed, Hope Nichols...
...team must prepare its bevy of younger players for fierce, agressive college squash. One of the youngest, freshman Jordanna Fraiberg, must adapt to the psychological and physical intensity of college ball. As the 1989-90 U.S. and Canadian junior national champion, the top-seeded Fraiberg was raised in an intense squash environment. Her older brother, Jeremy, is one of the top two players on the men's team...