No one could ever confuse former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, who on Friday night finally succumbed to the multiple cancers that for several years had been...
BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT RANDY COOK — I never floated like a butterfly or stung like a bee, but I do have one thing in common with...
Don King promoted a fight card on January 29 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. But the more significant story is what happened...
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...