Watching sporting events allows us to catch a glimpse into how humanity and athletic perfection can come together. Seeing the emotional response from athletes allows us to share in their accomplishment. Throughout the ages, there have been a number of ... Continue reading
Love for violence is one of the signatures of human civilization throughout the centuries. From the Coliseum in Ancient Rome to the boxing matches on your TV, not much has changed in the past couple of thousand years and for ... Continue reading
The world of sports is a cauldron of emotions, which witnesses juxtaposing of one emotion after the other like laughing, crying, screaming in anger screaming in exhilaration, nerves on the edge and nerves over the edge. It has the ability ... Continue reading
The movie, "The Fighter", starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale is about the life and times of former junior welterweight boxer, "Irish" Micky Ward. Ward started his career out strong, winning his first 14 fights, but then took time off ... Continue reading
Former heavyweight boxer and US Marine, Chuck Wepner, had his 15 minutes of fame back in 1975. Actually, to put it more accurate, it wasn't 15 minutes, it was 15 rounds of fame. 1975 was the year that Wepner, also ... Continue reading
In 1923, the town of Selby, Montana made one of the poorest investments in boxing history. The town had just come into 'new' money from the bustling oil industry and decided on a plan to bring people to their lesser-known ... Continue reading
We're here for the long-awaited boxing chat, perfectly timed to prime you for Saturday's super-fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin. In the blue corner, we have our returning TheLeadSports boxing champion, staff writer, David Monroe. And in the red corner, we have the challenger, a frequent TLS contributor and also the namesake [...]
There are fewer great NFL coaches than you may think, and beyond a certain hoodie-wearing curmudgeon in Foxboro, ranking the top ones is a tricky proposition. Being an NFL head coach is an endlessly complex endeavor, filled with all sorts of high-level decision making, and the NFL is an environment that stifles creativity and individuality. [...]
Bernard Hopkins' brilliant 30+ year career ended with a literal thud after 27-year-old Joe Smith Jr. landed a lethal combination that sent boxing's greatest Bernard through the ropes and into retirement. A month shy of his 52nd birthday, this was the only brawl of Hopkins' 67-fight career to end by knockout, but his kinda-embarrassing ring [...]
