There is some irony, as well a bit of symmetry, to the fact that the Irish Arts Center is located in the Hell’s Kitchen section of...
Is it soup yet for Vicente “Chente” Escobedo? The heralded former Olympian enters the ring again with renewed confidence spilling all over his square jaw and...
If losing a fight that expelled you out of contender status was not bad enough, then being branded a cheater–allegedly at this point–has to be the...
They are burning the midnight oil in the White House, the Obamas, Geithners, and Bernankes. They are buying tubs upon tubs of ink, and firing up...
It has been nearly a month since John Duddy’s boxing life changed decidedly for the worst, enough time to step back and try to put into...
“It was difficult at first,” remembers 21 year-old Mercito Gesta when he first arrived in San Diego from Cebu City, Philippines. “I didn’t want to leave...
To hear members of their curious and frequently underappreciated profession tell it, cutmen are like those “meatball surgeons” on M*A*S*H. Instead of hanging around an Army...
Over the weekend Andre Ward aced the worst kind of test. He looked great against someone he should have looked great against if he is ever...
TALES FROM THE BASHING BLACK FOREST – Things have been looking up lately in the heavyweight ranks. Public perception of the big boys still has a...
Derek, who was as happy as any of us that Stan had won, put his hands in his pockets. “Get a picture of Stan winning,” he...