Recently, I read of a Luke Capuano being on the winning team in a Chicago bocce tournament. Does anyone here know if this is the same Luke Capuano who was a Chicago lightheavyweight boxer (and who fought Mike Rossman twice, was also reported to have fought an exhibition with Muhammad Ali in 1979)? Likely it is the same one, even in as big a city in Chicago how many "Luke Capuano"s can there be?
Also wanted to post an obit for George Plimpton. Though his recent death has IIRC been mentioned on the "Current Scene," don't think it was here in this forum. I kind of liked George, many sportswriters (of both the "old boy" and "yuppie" crowds) have talked about being part of the "fight crowd" but few have actually entered the ring. George was one of those few (Paul Gallico was another, there were a few others) so he gets...
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