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Nelson Mandela, Fighter
Nelson Mandela has been gone ten years. Here is a piece by our Ed Odeven which pays homage to the human rights activist, RIP. South African...
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Thanksgiving Delivers Heavy Dollops of Gratitude for Boxing
Thanksgiving Day, appropriate for me to say I'm thankful for boxing's larger-than-life personalities of yesteryear and the present ― Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray...
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NYF Archival Hit: White Collar Boxing
White collar boxing, many if not most readers of this site know the term. I wrote this critique in February 2006 for The Harlem Times. I...
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NYF ARCHIVAL HIT: Remember Black Cloud?
When someone’s life inspires a movie, does that person find the movie inspiring? That’s the question I posed to Chinle boxer Lowell Bahe in a phone...
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NYF Archival Hit: Mike Tyson Freak Show Recalled (2002)
Mike Tyson amuses us, fascinates us and disgusts us. Who else in the public eye generates such attention? He is a washed-up, over-the-hill fighter, a convicted...
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NYF ARCHIVAL HIT: Remember the Last Fight For Muhammad Ali?
The public’s thirst for knowledge and information about Muhammad Ali has been a constant for more than 50 years. It wouldn't vanish now after The Greatest’s...
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NYF Archival Hit: “Facing Ali: 15 Fighters / 15 Stories”
By the turn of the century, Stephen Brunt was a well-established, well-regarded sports columnist with a loyal readership at The Globe and Mail, a newspaper he...
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NYF Archival: Prof. Carlo Rotella, Keen Observer Of Boxing
Carlo Rotella brings a historical perspective to his writings on boxing. He examines changes during the postindustrial age and how they’ve affected the sport. He’s a...
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NYF Archives Hit: Thomas Hauser Question and Answer
It may seem that Thomas Hauser has always been consumed with boxing, every hour of every day. That’s not the reality, though. Really. In a wide-ranging...