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DC Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg has been blogging all Thursday long from the site of tonight's 82nd Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee .

Two young bankers on our preview tour of the old Missouri State Penitentiary climbed into the dual white metal chairs used to execute inmates by cyanide poisoning.

A legendary figure in sports broadcasting, Les Keiter set an example for other announcers through his knowledge of the game - a large array of sports - and his respectful demeanor.

It was nice to see a documentary on the Ali-Frazier trilogy shot from the Frazier perspective as was the case in the one presented by HBO this past weekend.

Les Keiter, a longtime Hawaii sportscaster who also called Muhammad Ali's first title win over Sonny Liston in 1964, has died just two weeks shy of his 90th birthday.

Keiter's wife, Lila, says Keiter was surrounded by family when he died Tuesday at Castle Medical Center.

Keiter retired in 1994 as sports director of Honolulu TV station KHON after starting his broadcasting career in Hawaii after World War II.

Between 1956 and 1985 he narrated a dozen championship heavyweight fights for ABC and the Mutual Broadcasting Co.

Sonny Liston ducks to escape a punch by Cassius Clay during the fifth round of their heavyweight title fight in Miami Beach on Feb.

On Feb. 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay became the world heavyweight boxing champion, defeating Sonny Liston in an upset.

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The battle between two heavyweights has never been recorded like this before. It's Cassius Clay trumping Sonny Liston but instead of the ring - an interview.

REMEMBER in 1964 when, after Muhammad Ali unexpectedly defeated Sonny Liston, he boasted "I shocked the world"? Then, for the next 40 years, practically every athlete who was part of even the slightest, most ...

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