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Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc., the consumer-products company controlled by Philip Falcone, is in exclusive talks to buy the home unit of Stanley Black & Decker Inc. for at least $1 billion, said a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Joe Frazier, who used a pounding left hook to fight his way to boxing’s heavyweight title, then battled Muhammad Ali in three epic matches and in the court of public opinion, has died. He was 67.
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Evander Holyfield is selling the boxing gloves from the heavyweight bout in which Mike Tyson bit off part of his ear, auctioning medals, championship belts and other memorabilia after losing his home to foreclosure.
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Teofilo Stevenson, who won three consecutive Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medals for Cuba in 1972-80, died yesterday of a heart attack, the Associated Press reported. He was 60.
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By the late 1960s, Howard Cosell had, in effect, typecast himself out of the lower classes of the sports-casting realm. He had become too big for not-quite- important events and was relied on by ABC to score the momentous interview.
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Angelo Dundee, the boxing trainer who ran Muhammad Ali’s corner from his professional debut as Cassius Clay through the epic bouts that made him a three-time heavyweight champion, has died. He was 90.
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On Wednesday nights, money manager John Oden leaves his tailored suit and Hermes tie in the locker room at the New York Athletic Club and climbs into the boxing ring in red Everlast gloves and white high-top sneakers.
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Some meats have an image problem. No one wants to be chicken or a turkey, a dead duck or a lamb to the slaughter. In politics, nothing is dodgier than pork.
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Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, the hedge-fund run by billionaire Philip A. Falcone , lost 19.5 percent last year in a pool of hard-to-sell assets that it’s divesting, according to a letter sent to investors this week.
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