Manny Pacquiao and Gay Marriage: the Rope-a-Dope Strategy
There is no fast way for Pacquiao to punch his way out of this controversy. In the U.S., the blowback may be both political and financial.
View ArticlePacquiao Loses: What Defeat Means for Manny — and His Newfound Faith
Is God trying to tell Manny Pacquiao something? On Saturday night in Las Vegas, the politician and newly re-energized Christian from the Philippines was a hitting machine, pounding his American...
View ArticleFifteen Years After ‘Bite Fight,’ Tyson and Holyfield Enjoy Twitter Bromance
For moments like these, all we can say is, 'thank you, Twitter.'
View ArticleOrlando Cruz Comes Out as First Openly Gay Professional Boxer
Stereotypes are TKO'd as the Featherweight Olympian announces his sexuality
View ArticleStudy Documents How Brain Damage from Concussions Progresses
Researchers at Boston University conducted the largest study to date on how concussions can damage the brain. By studying brain tissue from deceased athletes and military veterans who suffered head...
View ArticleIs Manny Pacquiao’s Legend Gone For Good?
Boxing’s combatants are so often molded by poverty, struggle, and a penchant for vice, it’s hard for a single story to float above a canvas of so many hard-luck tales. But once every generation or so,...
View ArticleThe Punch That Knocked Out Manny Pacquiao
There was one second left in the sixth round of Saturday’s big fight in Vegas between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Márquez. Pacquiao, one of the best boxers in the world, had been picking apart his...
View ArticleBoxer Ken Norton, Heavyweight Who Broke Ali’s Jaw, Dead at 70
Ken Norton, the 70s heavyweight powerhouse best known for handing Muhammad Ali one of his few losses, died Wednesday at a veterans medical facility where he had been recovering from a stroke. He was...
View ArticleKen Norton: 1943-2013, Heavyweight Champ and “The Fairest of Them All”
In the mid 1960s, there was a lot of talk about a great fighter out of the amateur ranks named Ken Norton. Some of the guys on the 1968 Olympic team knew him from the armed forces team, and they spoke...
View ArticleManny Pacquiao Says Bank Accounts Frozen in Philippines
Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday that the Philippines had frozen his bank accounts over allegedly unpaid taxes. “This is harassment,” Pacquiao, 34, told local media just two days after his major boxing...
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