RAVISHING PAUL RYAN is ready to fly in from the top rope when he takes on Peter Carr in Dublin on Saturday night. The ...

They are some of boxing’s most fabled figures, men who captured the imagination not just of their native United States but ...

Former Melbourne Storm enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona is the latest to attempt the transition and he goes head-to-head with ...

Quote of the Day, 1 April: Muhammad Ali was more than a boxing champion; he was a cultural icon who embodied self-belief and ...

So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s.

Cassius Marcellus Clay of White Hall in Madison County was famous as an antislavery editor of his True American as well as a political statesman. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and ...

Sonny Liston built himself up to be one of the most feared heavyweight champions in boxing history. He was considered invincible. That all came to a halt when he faced a 7-to-1 underdog, a brash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...