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Enjoy sugar-free versions of your favorite dishes without the guilt, the calories, or the health risks.
Derived from a South American plant and widely available in the United States, stevia is an all-natural, calorie-free sweetener that is three hundred times sweeter than sugar, suitable for diabetics, safe for children, and does not cause cavities. The Stevia Cookbook includes documented studies and testimonials, as well as more than one hundred recipes for satisfying entrées, hearty side dishes, and sinfully sweet desserts.
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No Fillers, No Sugar Addictions, No Sublimation...Just Headaches.......2006-08-23
I'm only writing this as I've been doing research online regarding Stevia and headaches, and this thread came up in a search. I saw that many people were making claims about the user who might have experienced headaches from Stevia, and wanted to at least provide some feedback as an alternative...in case someone else is in my position and is seeking an answer.
I've never been one to overindulge in sweet items, but began to notice that I just felt better without having any refined sugar, or even a lot of simple sugar containing items, in my diet. I'm oversimplifying to save time, but I'm not someone who's so used to sugar that I need to use a pound to sweeten a cup of tea.
This morning I tried SweetLeaf's Liquid Stevia (the one without the fillers, as I didn't want to trigger an insulin response) in my tea. I used around 3 drops. Headache. Granted, it went away quickly, but it was there.
I'm drinking some coffee with it now. Headache. Granted, it seems to be fading, but it's there.
I'm going to keep experimenting with it, as I don't want to think I wasted $14 (as well as the money I spent on various cookbooks which use Stevia), but I'm not excited about these headaches as I'm doing nothing differently than adding Stevia to drinks that I usually just didn't put any sweeteners in at all.
Regarding this particular cookbook...it's a standard cookbook in my eyes, nothing really special or horrible about it.
Reply to Raingirl - Today's Stevia is More Concentrated - Less is Better!.......2006-03-25
I shuddered when I read you kept adding more stevia to get the right consistency. No wonder it was inedible! Instead of sweetening, too much stevia leaves a strong bitter taste. Three suggestions: 1) What the books don't tell you because it happens after they're published is that THE CONCENTRATION OF STEVIA KEEPS IMPROVING OVER TIME, so the sweetening power of 1 tsp of stevia when the book was published in 1999 is much less than what 1 tsp of stevia will sweeten today. Stevia is my primary sweetener and I always start out with 1/3 - 1/2 of what a recipe calls for. You can always increase it if it's not sweet enough, but if you use too much, it truly is inedible. 2) Use a stevia blend. It's not as concentrated so is not as exacting in measurment and easier to work with. 3)As much as possible, mix the stevia thoroughly with either just the liquid or just the dry ingredients. If you just throw all ingredients in together, the stevia tends to not be mixed in evenly. I don't own this particular book--yet. I do own three others (Low-Carb Cooking with Stevia by James Kirkland; Sugar-Free Cooking with Stevia by James and Tanya Kirkland; and Stevia Sweet Recipes by Jeffrey Goettemoeller--the Kirkland books being my favorites.) What I've found is that every cookbook has some recipes that turn out well and others that are just not for me. As I look at the contents of this book there are unique recipes not in the others I own that look interesting. As to the person who said the chocolate muffins were more like chocolate biscuits. That happens sometimes. Some people won't mind that the consistency is like biscuits. If you do, that one's not for you. Keep trying things. Lack of sugar does greatly affect consistency of baked goods and few recipes will be exactly like their sugar counterparts.
Organic Foods Heal Baby!!.......2005-12-05
After reading the reviews of those who will never try STEVIA again, I urge you to consider that you used too much extract powder, and try it again, unless you don't want to be healthy.
This book has many good recipes, but what cookbook ever met ALL your needs? I use lots of STEVEIA everyday of the week and have had no ill affects after years.
Maybe their headaches were sugar withdrawals? It's well known that sugar is like cocaine in your body. Perhaps I'll write an all inclusive reciepe book that will meet your needs. I want cheese cake, fudge, pumkin pie, and cookies. But NOT with sugar. Don't give up on good health or improved cook books.
Unappealing recipes.......2005-02-06
Being new to stevia and very confused about how to cook with it, the types of stevia available and the sugar/stevia conversion proportions, I was eager to get this book. I was very disappointed. First off, the book seems light on both information about stevia and recipes. But more important, as a few other reviewers have noted, the recipes that are contained in the book are either so unappealing you have no desire to make them, or don't taste very good once you do make them. For example, I wanted a few good pudding recipes. The butterscotch pudding contains 4 cups of yams. The lemon pudding has yellow squash as its base. Now, I'm all for vegetables, but when I'm eating dessert, I want dessert. Not squash puree. I made a spaghetti squash recipe that had proportionally so much stevia it was sickening. I'm a good and experienced cook. These recipes were awful. Not recommended.
Delicious recipes?.......2004-09-26
Perhaps it's because I'm new to stevia, but I haven't had one recipe from this book turn out. I'm wondering if I'm using the "wrong kind" of stevia. Even after the explanations given in the book of the different types of stevia forms, I'm unclear on just which of those forms I'm using compared to what is being used in the book. It might be more useful to actually give brand names so those of us who are beginners have a better chance of success. As it is, I've had to throw away everything I've tried so far because, not only were they not sweet, they tasted just plain nasty. My most recent attempt was the Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters. As soon as I added the orange rind the chocolate turned into a thick clump. Then I kept trying to add more and more and more stevia to it, even though it was now very difficult to stir. It never became even close enough to "sweet" to be edible. Again, I just threw it away. I don't have enough confidence in baking with stevia now to even attempt any more of the recipes.
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A biography of Sugar Ray Robinson-described by Muhammad Ali as "the king, my master, my idol"-and an intellectual expedition into the culture of celebrity in sports.
And in this corner, hailing from Black Bottom, Detroit by way of Harlem, with more victories than Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali combined, the greatest fighter-pound for pound-of all time: Sugar Ray Robinson.
If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery then there should be little doubt Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest and most influential American boxer of all time. Fighters (and the occasional alt-rock band) have been adopting his name, and trying to imitate his inimitable fighting style for decades.
Sugar Ray Robinson transcended race and sport to become a celebrity athlete in a way that no one-white or black-had accomplished before him. From his business empire to his prized flamingo pink Cadillac, described as the Hope Diamond of Harlem, Kenneth Shropshire shows Sugar Ray was the trailblazer whom every athlete since has been trying, consciously or otherwise, to emulate.
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Past and Present come together.......2007-04-10
Being Sugar Ray...The First Celebrity Athlete, is a read that provides an examination of the life and times of Sugar Ray and a studied insight into the superstar athletes of today. Although Charles Barkley and others resist the title of role model, Sugar Ray Robinson created the mold.
Not in the sense of an athlete to be emulated by our youth, but in creating the vision for young athletes of what Celebrity entails and looks like and from whence it came. Shropshire deftly utilizes his years of experience in the sports world to bring us closer to understanding how and why today's athletes do what they do on and especially off the playing fields. More than understanding how to train to succeed in sports, the author seeks to shed some light upon the darkness of celebrity that many of today's star represent and continue to experience. It represents an intriguing guide to the inside of sports, athletes and their vulnerability to being in the spotlight that we cast upon them. A valuable addition to a sports fan library...especially for the young superstar in training!
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A Puzzling Pseudo-Biography.......2007-04-07
"Sugar Ray Robinson was the consummate professional, entertainer, and businessperson. How do today's athletes measure up compared to Sugar Ray Robinson?" And unfortunately for the focus of the book, author Kenneth Shropshire spends too much valuable space in the 220 pages trying to find Robinson's trifecta in the athletes of today.
For nearly 190 of those pages Shropshire takes small snippets from Robinson's life and attempts to weave comparisons & contrasts through stars like Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Terrell Owens, Ron Artest, Randy Moss, Roger Federer, Pat Tillman, Mike Tyson, Shaq, Michael Jordan, Paul Pierce and Allen Iverson. It is oftentimes a very frustrating read as Shropshire fails to tie these loose strands together in so few pages.
And, ultimately, Shropshire questions his approach in the closing paragraph: "There is no evidence that Sugar Ray consciously led the postsegregation celebrity athlete transition. Maybe athletes today are accomplishing something unconsciously. Time will tell."
The book starts out with so much promise - chronicling Robinson's final farewell to boxing in December 1965 - and his years as an amateur fighter, with special emphasis on how he "found" his ring name and nickname. But the spotlight doesn't again fully focus on Robinson until the closing chapters of the too-often tragic boxing story of a former great champion; major financial problems to go along with severe physical debilitation from taking too many hard blows in a career lasting far too long.
I would give Shropshire the benefit of the doubt of being overly-ambitious if only somewhere in the title describes how he theorizes the evolution of Walker Smith Jr. into Sugar Ray Robinson has impacted the new generation of celebrity athletes.
"Suger Ray lived the moment," concludes Shropshire. It is too bad that Sugar Ray's moment is muddled in this book.
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Hal Harper is an independent filmmaker living in Happy Valley, Utah. He is engaged to the beautiful, yet sometimes overbearing, Penny Garland. Her mother hates his guts and will do anything to get between them. When Hal lands the horror film deal of his life, things go wildly out of control.
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Sugar Ray Dodge is a Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-04-07
This is a ground breaking novel! Happy Valley sends you on an intense rollercoaster ride with an ending that you never see coming! This novel will have you on the edge of your seat until the last word! Sugar Ray Dodge's writing style is not only the future of Mormon literature, but modern literature as well! This book is a must read! Sugar Ray Dodge, you are a Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sublime grandness!.......2006-12-26
To talk about the grandness of Sugar Ray Robinson may seem a commonplace, but in the annals of the boxing there has not been such kind of boxer who has displayed such style, refinement, effectiveness and elegance. 109 KO along his life and the fact to have recovered four times the World championship have become a true myth in this sport.
A Fistful of Sugar.......2006-04-27
A champion among champions. One of the greatest of all time tells you his story - he is a fighter, not a writer. Don't expect pretty prose, expect a deep, moving look into the life of Sugar Ray Robinson.
decent read.......2005-10-19
it is what it is. you get Sugar Ray's story right from the man himself. its concise and thorough and entertaining and inspirational
Sugar Ray.......2004-09-28
Sugar Ray - 3.75 Stars
I wanted to love this book. I wanted to love Sugar Ray - he was Ali's hero and in a lot of circles he is considered pound for pound the greatest boxer of all time!
I wanted to love this book and Sugar Ray - but unfortunately I didn't.
I almost feel like I'm committing some sort of sacrilege here - and I'm sad to say - I found Sugar Ray Robinson somewhat unlikable.
The story is a great story - a very poor family's struggle and their support and love for each other - Sugar Ray's discovery of boxing and his rise to fame and fortune and the phenomenal and heart breaking comeback and the sad decline in the end. His story really is very interesting, but the book doesn't capture it. It doesn't capture the Sugar Ray magic and I felt that Sugar Ray wasn't 100% honest - he and the book were truthful, but I felt that there was something missing - that he wasn't completely honest.
Great Book On A Great Champion.......2000-06-05
Sugar Ray Robinson was One Of THe Greatest Fighters Ever.Very Uplifting of How He Overcame SO Much.He was a Great Warrior Inside of The Ring.Muhammad Ali called Him The Greatest.A Must Have.
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Hailed by Muhammad Ali as "the king, the master, my idol," Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer America had seen since Joe Louis and is considered by many today to be, pound for pound, the best boxer the sport has ever known.
A world welterweight and five–time middleweight champion, he had a career that spanned three decades. With his graceful yet powerful style and Hollywood looks – which he would use to his advantage upon his final retirement from boxing – he embodied the very essence of the "sweet science." Before he finally hung up his boxing gloves in 1965, at the age of forty–four, Sugar Ray Robinson won 125 consecutive fights, including victories over Henry Armstrong, Kid Gavilan, Carmen Basilio, Jake LaMotta, Rocky Graziano, Gene Fullmer, and Randy Turpin. His successes were not his alone, however. They belonged to his family as well, though those relationships would be marked by neglect and abuse.
At a time still characterized by discrimination, his victories, like those of Jackie Robinson, represented victories for all black America. And they were all the more symbolic because of the place he chose to call home –– Harlem. Co–written with Robinson's son, Ray Robinson II, and thoroughly researched by Amsterdam News reporter Herb Boyd, Pound for Pound is not only a definitive portrait of an emotionally complex man and his family, it is also a portrait of Harlem at the apex of its creativity, a time when Miles Davis was playing at Minton's, Langston Hughes was writing his divine poetry, and a boy from Georgia originally named Walker Smith Jr. would take on the moniker "Sugar."
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Disappointing, Superficial.......2007-06-30
Start with 5 stars
Take off 1 star for a self-serving and completely erroneous foreward by Percy Sutton who takes credit for saving the Apollo Thetaer in Harlem. Fact is he ran the Apollo into the ground and if it were not for the NY Daily News exposing Sutton, there would be no Apollo theater. You can look it up.
Take off another 1-1/2 stars for a very odd comment in the epilogue. Boyd talks all through the book that Robinson was violent towards family members, especially his wife Edna. But in the epiologue, Boyd says "there are the reports of his abuse of the women in his life." Huh?? Did Robinson beat Edna or are these just "reports".
Take off another star as the feeling you get at the end that this is a very superficial book. You have no idea of what makes him and Edna tick.
Book tailed off.......2007-03-10
This was a good book on a great champion. We get to see Robinson grow up and become the master boxer and hear about his life over the years. The decline in boxing skills is discussed as is the infidelities, the spousal abuse and the financial failings.
I would have liked to have had more information on the life post-retirement and have had more photos.
All in all, I enjoyed the book.
Good biography but lightweight for boxing fans.......2007-02-17
Sugar Ray is one of those boxers who when you read a book like this realise how the term "great" should be subject to stricter rationing. A man who fought over 200 professional fights with 175 victories (including 109 KOs) over 15 years leaves many of the current breed of "champions" looking anything but.
This biography written by African historian Herb Boyd helped by Sugar Ray's son Ray, is a well written warts and all biography of how Sugar Ray progressed from the inevitable poor beginnings of black amateur boxing in
the 1930s to being a world class boxer who excelled at both Welterweight and Middleweight World titles. The coverage falls into two strands being his boxing career and including how Sugar avoided the traps of being a
stooge for crime bosses; his epic struggle with Jake La Motta who he fought six times (after losing on February 5th 1943 rematching and beating 21 days later, both fights being over 10 rounds!); his hard personal negotiating against promoters and managers for his fair share of the fight purse including then unheard of early TV fight rights and his touring of Europe where he became a major star in France.
The second strand is the personal life story of a man who helped fuel the Harlem renaissance by investing his winnings in business ventures in that area to developing a higher level of black self pride with his renowned pink cadillac and family life image (Muhammad Ali being an early fan), all undermined by a lack of the personal discipline he displayed in the ring when it came to personal affairs and business finances, which led to endless battles with the IRS and his descent into penury amidst debilitating illnesses.
What is sadly missing for any fight fan (and the reason for my 3 star rating) is any true understanding of the reasons why so many people still see him as the best "pound for pound" fighter of all time - his fighting skills (rather than his fights record); his training regime and a better coverage of the boxing environment at that time given its vast difference with todays scene. That book still awaits to be written it seems.
over-matched with Mrs........2006-11-11
very well written. disappointed to learn he punched his wife from time to time
Pound For Pound-a biography of Sugar Ray Robinson.......2006-11-05
I bought this book for a friend's birthday.He enjoyed it a lot.Ounce by ounce,it was worth buying and reading.Thank you for your excellent service.
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Bill Cayton's PRIME TIME BOXING
Presents:
Sugar Ray Robinson versus Jake LaMotta IV
February 23, 1945
The never filmed fight between Jake LaMotta, boxing's famous “Raging Bull,” and Sugar Ray Robinson, boxing's all-time greatest pound-for-pound fighter.
Sugar Ray and Jake were completely different kinds of fighters. Sugar Ray, a welter at this time, was a sharpshooter, a boxer-puncher who could hit from every angle. LaMotta, a full-fledged middleweight, was a brawler who crouched low and tried to bull his way inside.
Contrasting styles make for the great rivalries in boxing. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier were one great example; Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta were another. Sugar Ray, the “Harlem Dancing Master,” and LaMotta, the so aptly called “Bronx Bull” fought each other a total of six times. Robinson won five, but LaMotta says that he was robbed of the decision on a couple of occasions, and that the final score should have been three wins each.
Only the last of those six Robinson-LaMotta fights was ever filmed. Now, for the first time, you will “see” the fourth Robinson-LaMotta fight through the great Don Dunphy's unforgettable blow-by-blow radio commentary direct from ringside at Madison Square Garden in New York.
LaMotta and Robinson were both twenty-one years old when they met for the first time at Madison Square Garden on October 2, 1942. Sugar Ray won a ten-round unanimous decision, but LaMotta came back to outpoint Robinson at Detroit's Olympia Arena four months later, knocking Ray through the ropes with a right to the body and a left to the head near the end of round eight. Robinson was still outside the ring, his legs across the bottom rope when the bell sounded, ending the round as referee Sam Hennessey's count reached “nine.” It was Robinson's first loss after forty straight wins as a pro. Robinson and LaMotta fought again at the same place just three weeks later. Again LaMotta knocked down Robinson, this time for an eight-count with a left to the head in round seven. The decision, however, went to Sugar Ray, bringing us to their fourth fight, another ten rounder held at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 1945.
Neither Sugar Ray Robinson nor Jake LaMotta had won world championship titles at this stage of their careers.
Robinson, who turned pro in 1940, would win the world welterweight title by out pointing Tommy Bell in December, 1946 and go on to win the world middleweight title a remarkable five times.
LaMotta would win the middleweight crown by stopping Marcel Cerdan in 1949. He would lose it two years later to -- you guessed it -- Robinson.
Sugar Ray , the uncrowned welterweight champion of the world, was outweighed by nine and one-half pounds on this occasion, yet he was the favorite, 4-1.
This was Robinson's ninth fight since his discharge from the army, and his first bout in the Garden since his unanimous decision over Henry Armstrong on August 27, 1943.
The referee for this bout, Eddie Joseph, was no stranger to great fights. In 1941, Eddie Joseph had worked the legendary Louis-Conn world heavyweight title bout in which champion Joe Louis, behind on all three scorecards after twelve rounds, knocked out challenger Billy Conn in round thirteen.
When Madison Square Garden honored Sugar Ray Robinson with a special night on his retirement from boxing on December 10, 1965, Randy Turpin, Bobo Olson, Gene Fullmenr, and Carmen Basilio were flown in for the occasion -- Turpin all the way from England.
Jake, the man Ray had beaten to win the middleweight crown for the first time, the first fighter to defeat Ray in the pros, and the man universally regarded as his greatest foe, was not even invited. But fourteen years later, Jake LaMotta would achieve a new celebrity status with the release of Martin Scorsese's magnificent film version of his autobiography, “The Raging Bull.”
Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta would fight twice more, Robinson winning a 12-round split decision in Chicago's Comiskey Park on September 26, 1945 and stopping LaMotta at 2:04 of round 13 to win the world middleweight title at Chicago Stadium on February 14, 1951. Even then, battered from all angles, Jake would not go down. What kept him up? Toughness and pride.
About PRIME TIME BOXING
Programming that cannot be duplicated or found anywhere else, PRIME TIME BOXING features the legendary Don Dunphy, the all-time most dynamic and knowledgeable boxing commentator describing the most exciting and memorable fights of Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson and all the other great champions.
Through the incredible magic of the original radio broadcasts listeners will be able to "see" the fights for the first time - in the theater of their mind! A magical replay of exciting sports history presented on audio CD, PRIME TIME BOXING includes the greatest fights ever, including many that have never been filmed or broadcast on TV.
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Sugar Ray Leonard
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Bill Cayton's PRIME TIME BOXING
Presents:
Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basillio
September 23, 1957
This audio CD of the original radio broadcast brings you the classic encounter between world welterweight champion Carmen Basilio and defending world middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson, greatest fighter, pound-for-pound in all boxing history. A truly great fight - one of boxing's classics.
Sugar Ray Robinson was a phenomenal teen-aged amateur, winning all 85 of his bouts, 69 by knockout, 40 in the first round. Turning pro in 1940, Sugar Ray was the top-ranked welterweight contender by the end 1941.
The uncrowned champ for years, Robinson beat every welterweight who dared face him, finally winning the world title by out pointing Tommy Bell in 1946. Robinson moved up to the middleweight division in 1950.
By the summer of 1957, Sugar Ray won that title a remarkable four times, defeating Jake LaMotta, Randy Turpin, Carl (Bobo) Olson, and Gene Fullmer.
Robinson could do it all -- box, punch, duck, move and even take it when he had to. Robinson could and did throw every punch in the book -- all from multiple angles. He was the only fighter in history who could deliver a knockout punch while backing up.
In the words of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson was, indeed, “the greatest.”
Carmen Basilio, turned pro in 1948 and won the world welterweight title by stopping Tony DeMarco in 1955. He lost that title on a controversial decision to Johnny Saxton, but regained it with a savage TKO just six months later.
Shorter than Ray Robinson by almost five inches, Basilio had a tendency to cut. Certainly he was no master of the art of self defense.
Basilio had a good left hook, but not terrific punching power. A game and gutsy fighter with an enviable record.
But, could he beat the great Sugar Ray Robinson?
Many said yes, actually making the 30-year-old Basilio a 7-5 favorite over the 36-year-old Robinson when they met in Yankee Stadium on the night of September 23, 1957.
40,000 people in attendance saw a night of ferocious action, suspense, and pure guts equaled by few contests in the history of boxing.
Bringing this great fight to millions of listeners was the incomparable blow-by-blow commentator, Don Dunphy. Working with Don Dunphy was that great sports commentator, Win Elliot, known to hockey fans as the “Voice of the New York Rangers.” He would be offering between round wrap-ups and analyses.
Sugar Ray's professional record prior to this bout with Basilio showed 140 wins, 5 defeats, 2 draws, and one “no contest” with an incredible 91 knockouts.
Basilio, six years younger, entered the ring with 51 wins, 12 losses, and seven draws with 25 knockouts.
The only advantages Carmen seemed to have was youth and toughness. In boxing, however, numbers seldom tell the story.
About PRIME TIME BOXING
Programming that cannot be duplicated or found anywhere else, PRIME TIME BOXING features the legendary Don Dunphy, the all-time most dynamic and knowledgeable boxing commentator describing the most exciting and memorable fights of Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson and all the other great champions.
Through the incredible magic of the original radio broadcasts listeners will be able to "see" the fights for the first time - in the theater of their mind! A magical replay of exciting sports history presented on audio CD, PRIME TIME BOXING includes the greatest fights ever, including many that have never been filmed or broadcast on TV.
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Sugar Ray
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Complete with four pages of color photos, this album-matching folio displays the true essence of Sugar Ray, simple and natural. Titles are: Answer the Phone * When It's Over * Under the Sun * Satellites * Waiting * Ours * Sorry Now * Stay On * Words to Me * Just a Little * Disaster Piece.
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Being Sugar Ray: Sugar Ray Robinson, America's Greatest Boxer and First Celebrity Athlete
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Muhammad Ali memorably referred to Sugar Ray Robinson as "the king, the master, my idol," and rarely a fight fan has chosen to argue too much with those words. With a career spanning three decades, multiple championships, over two hundred fights (without once taking a 10-count), and more victories than Joe Louis and Ali combined it was no surprise when RING magazine named Robinson "pound for pound, the best boxer of all time." In Being Sugar Ray, acclaimed scholar Kenneth Shropshire contends that Sugar Ray Robinson's influence extends far beyond the ring. It was Robinson who introduced America to the athlete as entrepreneur and celebrity. From his business empire to his prized flamingo pink Cadillac, described as the Hope Diamond of Harlem, Sugar Ray was the trailblazer whom every athlete since has been trying, consciously or otherwise, to emulate.
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