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No, Tyson Fury is not the GOATFollowing the epic Fury-Wilder 3 fight Saturday night, a reporter caught up with boxing legend and promoter Oscar De La Hoya. A question was presented to De La Hoya concerning whether Fury is the greatest fighter the heavyweight division has ever seen....

Only people worse than Indianapolis Colts are sports writers who take part in sham press conferenceShame on the Indianapolis Colts. Shame on the NFL. And most of all, shame on the sports writers willing to go along with a bogus press conference....

Remembering Leon Spinks’ forgotten upset over Ali 42 years agoLeon Spinks passed away on February 5 due to prostate cancer at the age of 67. On February 15, 42 years ago, he starred in one of sports’ larger-than-life upsets over one of the most unforgettable boxers to have ever stepped into a ring. If you compile your own Tale of the Tape retrospective, withou...

Seven Scenes From The Life Of A Quiet Champ

Dig Pete Dexter's 1980 Inside Sports profile of Larry Holmes:...

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Here's the random bit of sports nostalgia for ya. Via Up North Trips....

A Column Is Who You Are, And Other Lessons: A Q&A With Pete Dexter

From Pete Dexter's first novel, God's Pocket (1983):...

Cobb-Holmes '82: A Violent Game Of Tag

Here's the last of four Pete Dexter columns about Randall "Tex" Cobb's heavyweight title fight against Larry Holmes. Originally published Nov. 29, 1982, as "An Advanced Game of Tag" in the Philadelphia Daily News, the column was Dexter's account of the aftermath of the fight, which was so bloody and...

Cobb-Holmes '82: Spies, Thieves, And Other Serious Business

Here's the third of four Pete Dexter columns about Randall "Tex" Cobb's heavyweight title fight against Larry Holmes. Click here for part one and here for part two. Originally published in the Nov. 26, 1982, edition of the Philadelphia Daily News as "Randall's Serious," this column appears here wit...

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The Weight Of Tex Cobb's Belief

Here's the second of four Pete Dexter columns about Randall "Tex" Cobb's heavyweight title fight against Larry Holmes. Click here for part one. Originally published Nov. 24, 1982, as "Gifts Aren't Everything" in the Philadelphia Daily News, this column appears here with the author's permission. ...

by Pete Dexter|

|Mon Jul 15 2013

The Night Tex Cobb Saved My Life

In November 1982, Philadelphia Daily News columnist Pete Dexter went to Houston to watch his friend Randall "Tex" Cobb fight Larry Holmes for boxing's heavyweight championship. In the coming days, we'll republish Dexter's four columns from the event. Below, you'll find the first one, originally publ...

by Pete Dexter|

|Thu Aug 08 2013

Move over, George Foreman and Evander Holyfield. Now Larry Holmes has his own grill! [Cracked]...

by rickchand|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Maybe Gerry Cooney Can Be His Backup Dancer

Following in the literal footsteps of Evander Holyfield, former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes — whose very entertaining "official site" can be found here — will appear on VH-1's "But Can They Sing?", a "reality" show where "celebrities" attempt to sing on camera for a stoned, directionless aud...

by Leitch|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

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