Bernard Fernandez Reflects on His Special Bond with George Foreman For pretty much the entirety of my career as a sportswriter, I have doggedly adhered to...
Literary Notes from Thomas Hauser Bernard Fernandez has written thousands of articles during his 55-year career as a sports journalist. Championship Rounds: Round 5 is the...
Boxing in the Pages of Sports illustrated: A Short History Last week, Sports Illustrated laid off virtually its entire staff. This would seem to presage the...
Naoya Inoue is the 2023 TSS Fighter of the Year Japan might be the Land of the Rising Sun, but it also is notable for its...
“Of all his assignments,” said the renowned sportswriter Dave Anderson, “[Jimmy] Cannon appeared to enjoy boxing the most.” Cannon would have sheepishly concurred. He dated his...
Archie Moore’s Toledo Phase The most attractive boxing card on this weekend’s docket is being staged in Toledo, Ohio. Jared Anderson and Arslanbek Makhmudov, fast-rising heavyweight...
Bobby Goodman died on Sunday, March 5, at age 83. That’s a loss for boxing. Goodman’s family personified the American immigrant experience of an earlier time....
The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Welcomes Native Son Bernard Hopkins Some athletes are so obviously gifted that they appear to have burst into prominence at...
R.I.P. Jerry Pellegrini, Last Vestige of a Golden Era of Boxing in New Orleans The showdown that the boxing world is most anxious to see, Errol...
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...