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Sunday, July 16, 2000

Video Profile: It's not easy being a falling star

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In the ring, he's the good guy who comes out on top, but Tony Atlas' real life didn't come with a script that said he'd always be a winner. The man who called himself Atlas had grown weak.This was "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas, a champion weightlifter who once upon a time bench-pressed 650 pounds, a man who had taken the name of the Greek god doomed to carry the earth and heavens on his back.

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