Two of boxing’s greatest blow-by-blow commentators were in the news last week. On Saturday night, Jim Lampley returned to the sweet science but in a role...
On August 9, I listened in on the recording of an interview with Vitali Klitschko that will air on August 19 and August 20 on the...
Larry Goldberg promoted his sixth fight card at Sony Hall on August 10. There was a touch of stardust in the room because Tony Danza and...
The Hauser Report: Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant, and Spence-Crawford Almost five years have passed since HBO announced that it would no longer televise live fights. That...
Crawford vs Spence – A Little History and a TSS Writers’ Poll On June 9, 2018, Terence Crawford made his debut as a welterweight with a...
Literary Notes from Thomas Hauser (Book Reviews) Tyrone Everett was a stylish southpaw who preferred boxing to slugging which made him the antithesis of the typical...
ESPN, the self-styled “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” has been tightening its belt by laying off a significant fraction of its on-air talent. The versatile Max Kellerman,...
The Hauser Report: Boxing Notes and Nuggets Larry Goldberg promoted his fifth club fight card at Sony Hall in Times Square on Thursday night. I viewed...
Sometimes a fight seems like a wake with the body in the ring. That was the feeling I had at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night...
Literary Notes: Jerry Izenberg and More (Book Reviews by Thomas Hauser) Long after he retired from baseball, Ted Williams (possibly the greatest hitter who ever lived)...