George Kimball was diagnosed with inoperable esophegeal cancer in the summer of 2005. Many people engage in a flurry of activity when they’re in their sixties...
Soulville by Mike Spector is the latest in a long line of novels to explore the world of boxing. The book is set in the 1970s,...
The Marvelous One, Iron Mike and the Liberal Lion of Fightwriters, Kimball, at the 1986 Boxing Writers Association dinner. Kimball won the Fleischer award for excellence...
On the day we honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, I wanted to post a story that has some link, however thin, to the...
NEW YORK – Veteran New York journalist and author Pete Hamill has been selected by the Boxing Writers Association of America as the winner of this...
Only now, with Eric (Butterbean) Esch, the circus-sideshow heavyweight who carved out a lucrative career as the “King of the Four-Rounders,” safely retired, and Captain Schiffman...
I dont have to read George Kimballs newest book to know its good. Thats because I know George. I know his journalistic standards are rigorous; I...
Earlier this year, ESPN revealed plans to simultaneously celebrate its 30th anniversary and expand its cultural horizons with a season-long film festival that would showcase the...
Vince Lombardi never won a Vince Lombardi Trophy, so I guess you’d have to say the Boxing Writers Association of America went one-up in 1995, when...
CANASTOTA, New York — You might think that, particularly for someone who makes his living around this sport, a visit to the Boxing Hall of Fame...