Michael Hirsley

1. Good Lennox The champion was never better than June 8, 2002, against Mike Tyson. Rattling the former daunting champion with bone-jarring jabs and uppercuts at both long range and...

Every son wants his dad in his corner. But in boxing, it's not always best for a fighter to literally have his father in his corner as his trainer. Devising...

The final numbers are in, and ESPN's Yankees-Cubs telecast on "Sunday Night Baseball" registered record ratings, just as the Fox Sports Net and Fox Sports national telecasts did for the...

Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has been playing musical chairs with possible opponents for a June 21 title defense. If the music finally stopped for good Monday, his challenger will be...

When Arturo Gatti avenged his loss to Micky Ward in their Nov. 23 rematch, conventional economics seemed to dictate that Gatti begin calling out the class of his 140-pound super-lightweight...

Jake LaMotta, the 81-year-old former middleweight champion on whom the cinematic "Raging Bull" was based, once joked that he and former heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney are so close there's "nothing...

Janet Guthrie understands that Annika Sorenstam "wants to measure herself against the best in her sport, as I did, and I wish her the best of luck." When Guthrie first...

Sherwood Brewer, 79, of Chicago, an All-Star second baseman in the Negro Leagues, founded a fellowship organization that worked to make sure history remembered the players and they remembered each...

The United Center is among a handful of venues being considered for a June 21 boxing doubleheader featuring heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and ex-champion Mike Tyson in separate bouts. Tyson's...