Louis, Joe

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1. An African-American boxer of the twentieth century, who held the world championship in the heavyweight class from 1937 to 1949.

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Louis was called the “Brown Bomber” and was a source of racial pride for America's blacks.

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But during a war that killed more than 400,000 Americans and disrupted families and lives across the country, sports for the most part continued uninterrupted, though many sports legends such as Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio and Bobby Jones took leaves to serve in the war.

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Wilder had been good enough to beat everyone until Fury and with a win Saturday would become just the 10th heavyweight to make nine or more successful title defenses, joining a list that includes Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson.

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Puig hasn’t played since his left wrist was hit by a pitch from St. Louis’ Joe Kelly on Saturday.

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St. Louis' Joe Kelly will make his first start of 2013 on Wednesday.

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Soriano's run-scoring double ended an RBI drought of five games and 23 at-bats since his two-run triple against St. Louis' Joe Kelly on July 28 at Chicago.

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