They got it right, for the most part. But also somewhat wrong. “Hands of Stone,” the biopic about the legendary Roberto Duran, opened in wide release...
By BERNARD FERNANDEZ Truth be told, a shadow has been enveloping the Olympic movement for at least 50 years. The pall might have begun...
Welterweight Errol Spence Jr. Promises Fireworks – Brooklyn, the most populous of New York City’s five boroughs, is – or at least was – known primarily for...
Megafights in Short Supply – Big-time college football teams play a minimum of 12 games a season, sometimes 13, 14 or even 15 if a conference championship...
Butterbean. Turns 50 – Perhaps it was just a coincidence, but there was a late-night showing on cable TV on Aug. 1 of one of my...
Julian Jackson – He was called “The Hawk,” but that nickname probably owed as much to the U.S. Virgin Islander’s strong aquiline facial features as to...
U.S. Olympic Men’s Boxing Team – Sports Illustrated is as accurate at making predictions as the rest of us, which is to say not very. Frequently,...
Hail Virgil Hill – A “hometown hero” in athletic parlance can mean different things to different people, depending on the hometown and the sport. Few fans...
R.I.P. Jack Obermayer – Two boxing legends, each of whom set standards that likely never will be surpassed, died 22 days apart in June. One, you...
Welterweight Crown – The king is dead! Long live the king! If boxing were like royal succession, the coronation of the successor to long-reigning welterweight monarch...