Up until the early 1990s—even after the infamous Westies had been annihilated by federal prosecutors—Hell’s Kitchen was a decaying slum, teeming with prostitutes, drunks, dope fiends, and petty criminals. The Guardian Angels still patrolled the […]
“It doesn’t matter who I fight,” he announced in 1994, with an imperial air, “You could have a 900 number and take a poll. Let the people decide.” *** NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVE! Our July issue of […]
“Poor Tommy Jackson, I wish there was some other way for him to make a living.” —Jimmy Cannon Only a cameo role in The Sweet Science, magnum opus of A.J. Liebling, now preserved in […]
One hundred years on, no one can say for sure what happened to the gloves. In December 1934, a decade and a half after they had done their wicked work, the gloves were buried beneath […]
This is the fifth installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** February 3, 1980 Seems no one’s talking ‘bout those crazy days gone past, Weren’t they amazed […]
As he sat on his stool awaiting the eighth round on January 13, 1948, at the Cleveland Arena, Ezzard Charles took in the words. Across from him, in the other corner, was Archie Moore, a […]
Among the many criminal charges Frankie Carbo incurred throughout a lifetime of transgression—a list that included vagrancy, felonious assault, grand larceny, robbery, conspiracy, and murder—one rap stands out: suspicious character. It was as apt an […]
This is the fourth installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** “Dyn-o-mite!” —J. J. Evans September 28, 1979 “Holy Christ, I was down and struggling to […]
It’s been over thirty years since two of the most legendary fighters of the 1980s met in what had to be one of the most anticipated bouts since the first title bout between Joe Frazier […]
This is the third installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** “Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers, and me.” Kermit, The Muppets […]
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