Boxing to Return to the Garden
New York - Now boxing fans have been granted a tournament to crown a super middleweight champion that was unveiled Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York City that will be televised exclusively...
View ArticleBoxing Notebook
NEW YORK - One of the ugliest incidents in pro boxing history will be recalled and documented on HBO Sports next Saturday August 1. It was the night of June 16, 1983 at Madison Square Garden in New...
View ArticleInteresting first fight for a return of boxing at Yankee Stadium
Like the old days Saturday, it will be, because on the same day in New York City there is the traditional Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park. And later in the evening a major championship pro...
View ArticleSports Beat – 11/15/10
Whoever the Mets choose as manager will probably elicit a collective big yawn from the fan base as new general manager Sandy Alderson seems determined to interview anyone whose name is not Bobby...
View ArticleTheater “Lombardi” Starring: Dan Lauria & Judith Light
Another sign that my fellow baby boomers are getting older is that this past September marked the 40th anniversary of the passing of the most famous head coach in NFL history, Vince Lombardi. This...
View ArticleMartinez Could Indeed Be Considered in the Top Three as the best
Atlantic City- Moments after his stunning and quick second round knockout over three-time champion Paul Williams, that retained the WBC middleweight title for Sergio Martinez, his promoter Lou Dibella...
View ArticleSportsbeat – 6-15-11
The news that Donnie Walsh will no longer be the Knicks general manager was greeted with hostility that was pointed at team owner James Dolan by both fans and the media. While there is no argument that...
View ArticleSportsbeat 02/08/11
Ross Greenburg, the former president of HBO Sports, can be proud of the fact that the last sports documentary made under his aegis, Namath, a 90-minute look at the life pro football’s first rock star,...
View ArticleLooking Like The Babe: Ruth Doppelgängers Hit New York
He may not drink prodigious amounts of beer and eat dozens of hot dogs at a sitting (apparently he prefers whiskey and a nice steak), but when it comes to channeling the image of baseball’s all-time...
View ArticleSports Beat – Defending Bobby V
Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine stirred things up when he complained that the Yankees did not reach out to their community in the days following September 11, 2001. There is little argument that...
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