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Ali : a life / by Eig, Jonathan,author.;

Subjects: Biographies.; Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.; Boxers (Sports); African American boxers;

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Baddest man : the making of Mike Tyson / by Kriegel, Mark,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author whose coverage of Mike Tyson and his inner circle dates back to the 1980s, a magnificent noir epic about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in boxing history. On an evening that defined the Greed is Good 1980s, Donald Trump hosted a raft of celebrities and high rollers in a carnival town on the Jersey Shore to bask in the glow created by a 21-year-old heavyweight champion. Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks that night, and in 91 frenzied seconds earned more than the annual payrolls of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics combined. It had been just eight years since Tyson, a feral child from a dystopian Brooklyn neighborhood was delivered to boxing's forgotten wizard, Cus D'Amato, living a self-imposed exile in upstate New York. Together, Cus and the Kid were an irresistible story of mutual redemption-darlings to the novelists, screenwriters and newspapermen long charmed by D'Amato, and perfect for the nascent industry of cable television. Long before anyone heard of Tony Soprano, Mike Tyson was HBO's leading man. It was the greatest sales job in the sport's history, and the most lucrative. But the business of Tyson concealed truths that were darker and more nuanced than the script would allow. The intervening decades have seen Tyson villainized, lionized, and fetishized-but never, until now, fully humanized. Mark Kriegel, an acclaimed biographer regarded as "the finest boxing writer in America," was a young cityside reporter at the New York Daily News when first swept up in the Tyson media hurricane, but here measures his subject not by whom he knocked out, but by what he survived. Though Tyson was billed as a modern-day Jack Dempsey, the truth was closer to Sonny Liston. Tyson was Black, feared, and born to die young. What made Liston a pariah, though, would make Tyson-in a way his own handlers could never understand-a touchstone for a generation raised on a soundtrack of hip hop and gunfire. What Peter Guralnick did for Elvis in Train to Memphis and James Kaplan for Sinatra in Frank, Kriegel does for Tyson. It's not just the mesmerizing ascent that he captures, but Tyson's place in the American psyche"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Tyson, Mike, 1966-; African American boxers; Boxing;

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In their own words. [videorecording] / by Ali, Muhammad,1942-; Harrison, John(John Sutherland),television director.; Hayes, Andrew,television director.; Unger, Brian,narrator.; Dalaklis Media Enterprises (Firm),publisher.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;

Brian Unger, Muhammad Ali.Follow Muhammad Ali's rise from Louisville, Kentucky to international fame, as key events unfolded in Ali's life, including his stunning conversion to Islam and his change of name, his dramatic stand against the Vietnam-era draft, his three-year exile from the ring, his legendary comeback fights, his courageous battle with Parkinson's disease, and his inspirational reemergence on the world stage at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Stereo.

Subjects: Ali, Muhammad, 1942-; African American boxers; Biographical television programs.; Boxers (Sports);

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Iron ambition : my life with Cus D'Amato / by Tyson, Mike,1966-author.; Sloman, Larry,author.;

"From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times-bestselling memoirist comes an intimate look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's surrogate father. When Cus D'Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, "That's the heavyweight champion of the world." D'Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and Jose Torres, would go on to train the young Tyson and raise him as a son. D'Amato died a year before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. In Tyson's bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D'Amato played in his formative years, adopting him at age sixteen after his mother died and shaping him both physically and mentally after Tyson had spent years living in fear and poverty. In Iron Ambition, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D'Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer's words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. The book also chronicles Cus's courageous fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than we've ever known about this singular cultural figure"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Tyson, Mike, 1966-; D'Amato, Cus.; Boxers (Sports); African American boxers; Boxing trainers;

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Creed. [videorecording] / by Davis-Kent, Mila,actor.; Harris, Wood,1969-actor.; Jordan, Michael B.(Michael Bakari),1987-film director,film producer,actor.; Majors, Jonathan,1989-actor.; Munteanu, Florian,actor.; Stallone, Sylvester,actor,creator.; Thompson, Tessa,1983-actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,film distributor.;

Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad, Mila Davis-Kent, Florian Munteanu.After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Sports films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Balboa, Rocky (Fictitious character), 1946-; African American boxers; African American families; Boxers (Sports); Boxing; Competition (Psychology); Male friendship;

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I am Ali [videorecording] / by Ali, Muhammad,1942-; Brown, Jim,1936-; Foreman, George,1949-; Lewins, Clare.; Focus World (Firm); Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);

Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, George Foreman, Carl Fischer, Hana Ali, Maryum Ali, Muhammad Ali Jnr.An intimate and heart-warming look at the man behind the legend as we've never seen Ali before. The documentary is told through exclusive, unprecedented access to Ali's personal archive of voice recordings combined with touching interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends, including his daughters, son, ex-wife and brother, plus legends of the boxing community including Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Gene Kilroy.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby digital 5.1.

Subjects: Ali, Muhammad, 1942-; African American athletes; Boxers (Sports); Documentary films.; Sports films.;

© 2014., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,

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Joe Louis [videorecording] : America's hero-- betrayed / by Byrne, Ultan.; Keane, Brian.; Lavine, Joseph M.; Schreiber, Liev.; Shapiro, Ouisie.; HBO Sports.; HBO Video (Firm); Home Box Office (Firm);

Editor, Ultan Byrne ; composer/arranger, Brian Keane.Narrator, Liev Schreiber.Reveals how a grandson of slaves became one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, served as an iconic figure during WWII, and later carried himself with dignity through numerous setbacks. Includes rare footage of many of Louis' greatest bouts.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

Subjects: Louis, Joe, 1914-1981.; African American boxers; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Sports films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;

© c2008., Home Box Office,

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