Rejected by every college and university he applied to except one, Gay Talese is one of the most celebrated and decorated American writers over the last...
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...
Ryan O’Neal passed away last week at a hospital in Santa Monica, California, at age 82. During the 1970s, O’Neal was one of the most well-known...
If you happen to be up in Harlem this Saturday, they are holding a little shindig at the Polo Grounds Towers Community Center in honor of...
Former world heavyweight title challenger Roy Harris passed away last week at the age of 90. This coming Friday, August 18, marks the sixty-fifth anniversary of...
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...
On Sunday, June 19, a press release from Matchroom Boxing made it official: the rematch between WBA/IBF/WBO world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and former title-holder Anthony...
When Hall of Fame boxing writer Bernard Fernandez set about compiling his anthology (Championship Rounds, published in 2020) he had some hard decisions to make. During...
The Hauser Report: Boxing Through Young Eyes My uncle died in early-October. As per his request, he was cremated and the family converged in New York...
Sept. 6 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of former heavyweight contender Buster Mathis, who was 51 when he took his earthly 10-count in 1995....