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Antonio Inoki, a well-known professional wrestler and lawmaker from Japan, has died at the age of 79. In 1976, he fought world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match.
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Multiple sources say that Earnie Shavers, one of the hardest punchers in boxing history, died on Thursday. Wednesday was his 78th birthday.
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The first time it occurred to Jim O’Brien that maybe this beat would be a little different was just past 8:15 on the evening of Dec. 7, 1970. O’Brien was 28 years old, about a year into a
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There is a reason why the sports section of your newspaper has for generations been dubbed — alternately with affection and with affliction – as “the toy department.” It was the Chief Justice of the United States, Earl Warren, who once provided a little extra context to that description “I always turn to the sports …
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In the wake of Regina King’s feature directorial debut “One Night in Miami” making this year’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere list, Amazon Studios has scooped up the movie’s global rights for a release later this year in time for awards season. The “If Beale Street Could Talk” Oscar-winning actress’ movie based on Olivier-nominated Kemp …