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In Super Bowl Broadcast, Sound Signified Nothing

Leave a Comment / Columns / By Norman Chad

When Jim Lampley preceded a live interview with NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle by telling us about the recent charity work award Rozelle received, you knew we were in trouble. And when a camera zoomed in for a closeup of the silver medallion President Reagan had just flipped can you imagine the …

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When Olympic Rings Fade, TV Stays Focused on Boxing Ring

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Sugar Ray Leonard has re-retired, costing the sport its biggest attraction. Marvin Hagler can wear handcuffs and still kayo anyone in the middleweight division. Gerry Cooney cancels more fights than Billy Martin stars. Carlos de Leon and Osvaldo Ocaslo are champions of the so-called cruiser-weight division, boxing’s 195-pound wasteland for heavyweights on a …

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