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THE NEVERENDING STORY

Adrien Broner added another mugshot to his growing collection in mid-April, this time after police discovered an open warrant when his rented Suburban was pulled over because of the still-smoking bullet holes in its side.

Let’s pull out the photo album, pour a glass of Cristal and perp-walk down memory lane …

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GOOD HANDS Cutman and trainer Rafael Garcia died on Nov. 14 at the age of 88 as a result of leukemia....

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WHAT’S IN A NAME In 1921, a councilman in a largely Polish neighborhood in southwest Detroit secured $135,000 from the city...

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BACK TO THE PEOPLE There’s one crucial ingredient for a sport to be popular: the populace. Likewise, it can’t be “the...

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MOVING ON To everything there is a season, and July was apparently a time to retire. Tim Bradley appeared set to turn...

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MOB MENTALITY If “boxing is the red light district of sports,” as late journalist Jimmy Cannon wrote, then this column is...

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