Olympic Boxing is Mired in Muck, So Why Not Turn It Over to a Gymnastics Guy? In 1849, French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote plus ca...
Given the breadth and depth of Muhammad Ali’s 74 years, it isn’t very easy to capture the complete essence of the man. Dozens of books have...
A TSS CLASSIC: Bill Shoemaker was born to ride thoroughbred race horses. Pablo Picasso to paint. Tony Bennett to sing. Marlon Brando to act. John Schulian to write. Schulian has written for six newspapers including the Washington...
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....
Pete Hamill was one of my heroes. It pains me to write that the legendary journalist died today, Aug. 5, at age 85. Hamill grew up...
A TSS CLASSIC FROM THE THOMAS HAUSER ARCHIVE (2017) — Ferdie Pacheco, who died on November 16, was a doctor, author, artist, and television commentator. He’s...
Test your knowledge of boxing history in our latest TSS trivia quiz. There are 20 multiple-choice questions, each worth five points. A score of “60” or...
Hedgemon Lewis, who came up short in three stabs at the world welterweight title but won the New York version of this diadem, died on Sunday,...
More than 50 boxing notables shared their thoughts in our latest TSS survey. They came from all walks of boxing – former fighters, officials, writers, publicists,...
Corrie Sanders’ Upset of Wladimir Klitschko Always Overshadowed by Ali-Frazier There are certain dates in boxing that are so consequential they are remembered annually, with reverence,...