Five months ago, Victor Conte was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. Almost always, that’s a death sentence. He died on November 3 at age seventy-five. Conte...
Book Review by Thomas Hauser — In his formative years as a writer, Randy Roberts wrote excellent biographies of Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson. More recently,...
Literary Notes from Thomas Hauser The fights between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney in 1926 and 1927 were among the greatest sports spectacles ever contested in...
By Thomas Hauser — Alex Wallau died on Friday, October 10, at age eighty. Wallau began his career at ABC Sports where he had a significant...
Literary Notes from Thomas Hauser Fight to the Finish by Ron J. Jackson Jr (Eakin Press) is an interesting read. The book is devoted to the...
One of the things that hurts the most about Tom Gerbasi’s death is that it was so unexpected. Tom was 57 years old and physically active....
In days of old, boxing gloves were usually brown or black. Then color television took hold and red became the color of choice. Fighters’ gloves today...
The Hauser Report: Debunking Two Myths and Other Notes The photograph is captivating. It shows a stylishly-dressed woman named Florence North standing with four fighters and...
The Hauser Report: Cinematic and Literary Notes The first film produced and directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick (whose credits include A Clockwork Orange, Spartacus, Dr....
By THOMAS HAUSER — Rahaman Ali – the younger brother of Muhammad Ali – died on August 1 at age 82. The Louisville Courier Journal reported...