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Young man's game never grows old

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, November 24, 2003

I haven't been this excited since the seminal moment of my youth -- Gabe Kaplan's upset 220-yard dash-off win over Robert Conrad on "The Battle of the Network Stars" following a dispute in the relay race. I was an ABC kid all the way and I never thought the buxom Kaplan could take the testosterone-bursting Conrad. I can still see Kaplan in his untucked blue golf shirt gritting his teeth while ABC cameras showed Farrah Fawcett jumping up and down. Before HBO, young American males had Farrah Fawce ...

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