Holiday Reading: 2020
Each year during the holiday season, I publish a list of what I consider to be the best books on...
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The Wisdom of Naazim Richardson
The following Jabs and Straight Writes column was originally scheduled to run in the November 2020 issue of The Ring...
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Paulie Malignaggi and Showtime, Part Two: The Dialogue on Race
Other factors were involved, but Paulie Malignaggi's termination as a commentator by Showtime was intertwined with the issue of race. The...
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Paulie Malignaggi and Showtime, Part One
On July 30, it was reported that Paulie Malignaggi – an analyst for Showtime Boxing since 2012 – had been...
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Little Richard and Muhammad Ali
I've been thinking recently about Richard Penniman (better known as Little Richard) who died on May 9 at age 87. Little...
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A Note on Religious Diversity
Twenty years ago, I had a long conversation with George Foreman about religion. George became a born-again Christian in 1977...
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A Note on Black Lives Matter
When Black Lives Matter was formed in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon...
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Bill Gildea: An Appreciation
Bill Gildea, a superbly talented writer, died on Sunday at age 81 from pneumonia and complications of Parkinson's disease. Gildea worked...
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An Email from a Reader
On March 22, I posted an article entitled "Muhammad Ali and the Coronavirus" on another website. Some reader comments in...
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The Ali-Kopechne Letter
On July 18, 1969, United States senator Ted Kennedy was driving a car on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts when he...
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