Michael Hirsley

With a Wink, and a nod to him, boxing's 154-pound division unified its titles with one champion Saturday, while its presumed future came unraveled as an underdog ascended to the...

When defending champion Jesus Chavez caught challenger Erik Morales with a crushing right to the chin that buckled Morales into the ropes in the first round, it presaged that Chavez's...

When Erik Morales steps into the ring Saturday night, the titles of two champions named Chavez will be in his sights. He will be out to take the 130-pound super-featherweight...

Jesus Chavez is a champion who knows the oddsmakers favor his challenger, but he also knows he has been beating long odds since his days as a teenager in Chicago....

Oscar De La Hoya has said repeatedly he wants to fight a rematch against Felix Trinidad, while Trinidad has long cast his sights on a rematch against Bernard Hopkins. De...

How long before a reality series adds the punch of boxing? Less than a year, apparently. In a project that sounds like "American Idol" meets "Fear Factor," NBC honchos have...

Jackie Kallen is finding that she can be in three places at once, thanks to the magic of moviemaking. Kallen's rare success as a woman managing fighters in the male-dominated...

Ending more than two weeks of speculation and false starts, the Bears announced Wednesday night that they had hired Lovie Smith as their 14th head coach (this sentence as published...

Since late October, some of the world's greatest athletes have entered a federal courtroom and testified before a grand jury. On Thursday, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is scheduled...

As the current investigation into BALCO and the designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone unfolds, several doctors and scientists are skeptical about whether sport can rid itself entirely of performance-enhancing drugs. Don Catlin,...