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		<title>Twenty-One Years Ago Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura Palmer was killed. Wrapped in plastic.
Her murder &#8212; on Feb. 24, 1989 &#8212; was the central mystery of David Lynch&#8217;s Twin Peaks, my favorite TV series of all-time.
CBS.com hosts full episodes of the entire series, but TP is a journey best enjoyed on a large screen over a slice of cherry pie and a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laura Palmer was killed. Wrapped in plastic.</p>
<p>Her murder &#8212; on Feb. 24, 1989 &#8212; was the central mystery of David Lynch&#8217;s <a href="http://www.notcoming.com/twinpeaks/chart.html" target="_blank"><em>Twin Peaks</em></a>, my favorite TV series of all-time.</p>
<p>CBS.com hosts <a href="http://www.cbs.com/classics/twin_peaks/video/" target="_blank">full episodes</a> of the entire series, but <em>TP</em> is a journey <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twin-Peaks-Definitive-Gold-Complete/dp/B000UX6THK" target="_blank">best enjoyed on a large screen</a> over a slice of cherry pie and a hot cup of black coffee.</p>
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		<title>Douglas-Tyson 20 Years Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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Twenty years ago today, James &#8220;Buster&#8221; Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson at the Tokyo Dome for the world heavyweight championship.
For children of the &#8217;80s, there&#8217;s never been an athlete who captured the imagination quite like &#8220;Kid Dynamite.&#8221; At just 20 years and four months, Tyson became history&#8217;s youngest heavyweight champion with a second-round knockout of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Twenty years ago today, James &#8220;Buster&#8221; Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson at the Tokyo Dome for the world heavyweight championship.</p>
<p>For children of the &#8217;80s, there&#8217;s never been an athlete who <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/mma/boxing/02/11/tyson.rise.fall/index.html" target="_blank">captured the imagination</a> quite like &#8220;Kid Dynamite.&#8221; At just 20 years and four months, Tyson became history&#8217;s youngest heavyweight champion with a second-round knockout of Trevor Berbick in 1986. He won 26 of his first 28 fights by KO, including 16 in the first round. He brought a record 37-0 with 33 knockouts into the Douglas fight and was a 42-to-1 favorite.</p>
<p>But more so than any other sport, <em>anything</em> can happen on any given night in a boxing ring, a lesson made abundantly clear to billions around the globe on Feb. 11, 1990. Listen above to Colonel Bob Sheridan&#8217;s call of the knockout. I still get chills when I hear it. It was sublime, impossible moments like Douglas&#8217; upset of Tyson that drove me toward sports.</p>
<p>Last week, I spoke with Buster about the upset for an <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/bryan_armen_graham/02/11/buster.douglas.interview/index.html" target="_blank">interview</a> that appears today on SI.com. I also caught up with veteran sportswriter Tim May, who covered Douglas-Tyson for the <em>Columbus Dispatch</em> and who was the <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/bryan_armen_graham/02/11/douglas.may/index.html" target="_blank">only journalist to predict the upset</a> in print.</p>
<p>And since you asked, here&#8217;s my list of the 20 greatest heavyweights of all-time.</p>
<ol>
<li>Joe Louis</li>
<li>Muhammad Ali</li>
<li>Jack Johnson</li>
<li>Jack Dempsey</li>
<li>Rocky Marciano</li>
<li>George Foreman</li>
<li>Larry Holmes</li>
<li>Joe Frazier</li>
<li>Lennox Lewis</li>
<li>Gene Tunney</li>
<li>Evander Holyfield</li>
<li>Mike Tyson</li>
<li>Sonny Liston</li>
<li>Jim Jeffries</li>
<li>Riddick Bowe</li>
<li>James J. Corbett</li>
<li>Ezzard Charles</li>
<li>Vitali Klitschko</li>
<li>Floyd Patterson</li>
<li>Jersey Joe Walcott</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>The Next Five: </strong> Max Baer, Archie Moore, Ken Norton, Max Schmeling, Earnie Shavers.</p>
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		<title>Top Ten Films of the 2000s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I tabbed the best sports movies of the 2000s for SI.com. Here are my choices for the decade&#8217;s 10 best films of any genre.
In alphabetical order.

Almost Famous
City of God
Eastern Promises
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Half Nelson
The Hurt Locker
Into the Wild
Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
There Will Be Blood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Next Fifteen:  Adaptation.,  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last month, I tabbed the <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/07/movies.tv.books.blogs/index.html" target="_blank">best sports movies of the 2000s</a> for SI.com. Here are my choices for the decade&#8217;s 10 best films of any genre.</p>
<p><em>In alphabetical order.</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Almost Famous</li>
<li>City of God</li>
<li>Eastern Promises</li>
<li>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</li>
<li>Half Nelson</li>
<li>The Hurt Locker</li>
<li>Into the Wild</li>
<li>Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth</li>
<li>There Will Be Blood</li>
<li>The Diving Bell and the Butterfly</li>
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<p><strong>The Next Fifteen: </strong> Adaptation.,  Black Hawk Down,  The Departed,  Kill Bill, Little Miss Sunshine,  Man On Wire,  Monster,  Mulholland Drive,  Mystic River,  No Country For Old Men,  Rachel Getting Married,  The Return of the King,  The Royal Tenenbaums,  United 93,  WALL·E.</p>
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