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Pete Rademacher, 1956 Olympic boxing champion, dies at 91

Olympic boxing champion Pete Rademacher has died. A family member says he died at a veterans home in Sandusky, Ohio. Rademacher won a gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Games and fought Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title in his first professional bout. Rademacher is the only boxer to fight for a championship in his first pro bout. He knocked Patterson down in the second round before being counted out in the sixth.  Rademacher had dementia for years and his brain will be donated for medical research. Pete Rademacher was 91 years old.

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Is Boston Title Town Or Cheater Town?

There was Spygate. Then Deflategate. Now, there’s whatever we call the cheating scandal, involving stolen signs and clanging trash cans, that has led to Alex Cora’s ouster as Red Sox manager. “‘Trashgate’ or something like that,” offered Wall Street Journal sports columnist Jason Gay. “I think that’s the proper ‘gate.’” Though Gay is a Massachusetts native, he and some […]

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Coyne hires Spanish driver Palou for full IndyCar season

Dale Coyne has hired Spanish driver Alex Palou to drive the full IndyCar schedule next season. The hiring comes a month after the team dumped four-time series champion Sebastien Bourdais. IndyCar has had a flurry of seat swapping this offseason. James Hinchcliffe is still looking for a job after the new McLaren team said it didn’t want the Canadian. Most openings have gone to rookies. Bourdais, Hinchcliffe and even Tony Kanaan have nothing yet in IndyCar for 2020. Palou is not well-known in IndyCar and joins a growing rookie field. 

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For Runners Outside Elite Field, Boston Marathon Finish Is A Personal Victory

The elite winners of the Boston Marathon take home the fame and prize money. For the 30,000 non-elite runners participating in this year’s marathon, the glory comes in the accomplishment. Shannon Dooling spent the day near the finish line, talking with some of those runners and their biggest fans. This report comes from the New England News Collaborative: eight […]

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