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• Unable to win a decision in their first three fights, Marquez won the old-fashioned way with a huge right hand that put Pacquiao down for the second time in the fight at 2:59 of the sixth round.
• Referee Kenny Bayless never bothered to count as Marquez leaped into his handlers' arms in celebration and Pacquiao's wife broke into tears at ringside.
• "I threw a perfect punch," Marquez said. "I knew Manny could knock me out at any time."
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Johnny Football makes Heisman history; Texas A&M QB Manziel is first freshman to win trophy
• NEW YORK (AP) -- He's Johnny Best in Football now -- and a freshman, at that.
• Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first newcomer to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize Saturday night after a record-breaking debut.
• Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o finished a distant second in the voting and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was third. In a Heisman race with two nontraditional candidates, Manziel broke through the class ceiling and kept Te'o from becoming the first purely defensive player to win the award.
• "That barrier's broken now," Manziel said. "It's starting to become more of a trend that freshmen are coming in early and that they are ready to play. And they are really just taking the world by storm."
• None more than the guy they call Johnny Football.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Sunday, Dec. 9, the 344rd day of 2012. There are 22 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Dec. 9, 1942, the Aram Khachaturian ballet "Gayane," featuring the surging "Sabre Dance," was first performed by Russia's Kirov Ballet.
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