Excerpted from Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, and Foreman—and an America on the Ropes.

From SI's Tony Gwynn tribute issue here's Richard Hoffer's 1995 profile, "The Swing Machine":

Excerpted from A Savage Business. Republished by permission of the author; his postscript follows.

Here's a couple of stories about Angelo Dundee. From Grantland, a nice piece by Dave Kindred; at SI, dig Richard Hoffer:

There has been a lot of good writing about Jerry West over the years. This is one of the best—Richard Hoffer's 1990 SI…

Al Davis was born on the 4th of July. To honor the occasion, check out Richard Hoffer's 1989 Sports Illustrated…

We're bringing back our popular "Dark Side of the Locker Room" series, which you'll remember was a compendium of…