“Wanna get in the boxing ring, legally?” Shoovy asked. “I’ll pay you. …we could bet on it. Let’s set it up. I’ll put up $10K. We can make a contract. I wanna fight, legally, in the ring.

Boxing was once a sport that conjured images of dingy, underground gyms; electric training montages; and black-eyed heroes slugging it out mano a mano under a spotlight. And, to a large extent ...

In April 1943 he was called up, and after six weeks’ basic training with the Suffolk Regiment ... Coward sang many of his songs, including Mad Dogs and Englishmen, The Stately Homes of England ...

An investigation was started following reports of suspicious betting activity linked to a boxing match held last year, the Gambling Commission said. The two men and a woman were arrested in ...

Mad Men, the most visually narcotic of the prestige cable shows, slinked back into our lives – thank god – via Netflix earlier this month (the greyest, most January January I’ve personally ...

Boxing fans are in for a real treat later this evening as two blockbuster cards are scheduled to take place in both the UK and the USA. First up, a mouthwatering main event in Nottingham sees ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japanese champion Naoya Inoue, right, punches South Korea challenger Ye Joon Kim during the unified WBC IBF ...

Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation. By Richard Fausset Richard Fausset reported ...

Tweed was fixated on the political cartoons that mocked him. “I don’t care so much what the newspapers write about me—­my constituents can’t read,” he said. “But, damn it, they can ...

Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. AFP via Getty Images One of the least successful efforts of the left ...