Bygone Days: Muhammad Ali at the Piano in the Lounge at the Tropicana Among other things, Las Vegas in “olden days” was noted for its lounge...
A word of remembrance about James Earl Jones who died on September 9 at age 93. Born in Mississippi during the height of segregation, raised by...
Boxing Notes and Nuggets from Thomas Hauser Adam Pollack has written eleven books about boxing’s early gloved champions including a three-volume study of Jack Dempsey. Volume...
“The legend lives on,” intones ring announcer Mark Shinock by way of introducing Nico Ali Walsh. As boxing fans know, Walsh is the grandson of Muhammad...
Claressa Shields accomplished a rare distinction tonight in Detroit. She won world titles in two different weight classes inside the same fight. At stake in her...
It seems all along that Norm Frauenheim was destined to become a boxing writer. Two critical elements were at play that led the 75-year-old scribe to...
Now and then, a feel-good story of particular interest surfaces in boxing. When Naoya Inoue and Amanda Serrano were presented with championship watches by the Boxing...
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...
Oleksandr Usyk flipped the heavyweight division onto its head this past Saturday night in the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, travelling a long way from home to seal...
Midway through reading Dave Kindred’s most recent book – My Home Team (published by Public Affairs) – I said to myself, “Kindred is such a good...