Avila Perspective, Chap. 229: Benavidez, Plant and NCAA Hoops in Vegas If you know the history of Las Vegas, it’s endured a number of phases since...
It is human nature, one supposes, to categorize people as members of easily identifiable groups. As far as pet preferences go, there are dog people and...
This week marked the 25th anniversary of one of the most infamous fights in boxing history. On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson was disqualified at the...
Canastota Chronicles: Coffee and Donuts With Smokin’ Bert Cooper Boxing fans often flock to Canastota for Hall of Fame weekend in hopes of meeting a few...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 182: Fantasy Springs Fights and Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte While a massive music festival takes place in Coachella, just down the street,...
There is a nationwide shortage of high school sports officials. It’s a problem that was brewing before the pandemic drove many longtime officials to leave the...
When Hall of Fame boxing writer Bernard Fernandez set about compiling his anthology (Championship Rounds, published in 2020) he had some hard decisions to make. During...
Glimpses into the Past (Part Three of a Three-Part Story) Tracking all the way back to the 1940’s, I have witnessed literally thousands of fights during...
The glimpses are not as sharp as they once were, but they still provide me with guilty pleasure. Now closing in on 85, I’m not about...
Tyson Fury defeated Deontay Wilder so thoroughly in their second encounter that a third meeting seemed superfluous. An arbitrator, retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, made it...