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Boxing announcer Michael Buffer's voice rumbles again - Los Angeles Times
SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 5/1/2008 on www.latimes.com [flag]
Michael Buffer knows how to put an exclamation point on the anticipation of a major boxing match. The veteran ring announcer stepped into the hot Las Vegas spotlights in March, knowing something the crowd didn't: that these precious seconds at the center of attention could be his last. The man whose voice had made a few simple words so famous was facing throat surgery. He had cancer. So, he ... [link]

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Michael Buffer Worth $400M, Had Throat Cancer?
Published 5/1/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
The LOS ANGELES TIMES has a profile this week on boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer . We would mention what his trademark phrase is, but of course, he’d then sue the life out of us . ...

Internets: One man not excited for Jared Allen trade
Published 5/1/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... the general manager of Jared Allen’s sports bar and how the trade to the Vikings isn’t quite the best news he’s ever heard. “And I tell you what: We’d have never built a restaurant had we known a trade might happen. Never.” Yeah, that’s not really the same tone we’ve been hearing on, say, KFAN. *Nathan points us to a very strong Jason Whitlock take on the Will Leitch/Buzz Bissinger debacle. *Fasolamatt wants you to get ready to rumble once more.

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