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The new wave in sports biography, including the latest revisionist look at Muhammad Ali, is to trash the once-hallowed subject.
By Allen Barra
June 27, 2001
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A devastating book overturns the boxer's saintly image and redeems one victim of his racial stereotyping -- Joe Frazier.
By Larry Platt
June 6, 2001
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With four likely Hall of Famers on the floor, the Lakers-Spurs series ought to be one for the ages. But the outcome may turn on a much more prosaic performer.
By Allen Barra
May 16, 2001
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The ring's resident raconteur talks about the state of the sport, his all-time heavyweights and this week's big fight.
By Allen Barra
May 9, 2001
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"Girlfight" director Karyn Kusama pulls no punches when it comes to cinema.
By Michael Sragow
October 5, 2000
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Bloodied, bruised and elated, one woman offers an elegant account of her love affair with boxing.
By Susan Shapiro
October 4, 2000
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American sportswriters can't stand fighter Prince Naseem Hamed. But he doesn't give a damn.
By Allen Barra
August 25, 2000
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HBO's new documentary does justice to "the greatest sporting event of the 20th century," and reveals a side of Muhammad Ali we haven't seen before.
By Allen Barra
August 11, 2000
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It seems that Don King may have acted improperly.
By Gary Kaufman
July 20, 2000
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Mike Tyson is happy to be your sociopath.
By Anthony York
June 28, 2000
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NBA basketball is suddenly an old, cold victim of its own marketing strategy. Plus: What was baseball's Elian protest really about?
By Allen Barra
May 5, 2000
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In "The Devil and Sonny Liston," ace reporter Nick Tosches pumps dangerous levels of testosterone into his portrait of the fighter Muhammad Ali humiliated.
By Charles Taylor
April 20, 2000
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How a peace-loving mom stopped worrying and learned to love her fists.
By Nancy W. Hall
January 11, 2000
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Denzel Washington's knockout performance wins over an otherwise flat-footed film.
By Andrew O'Hehir
January 7, 2000
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The prizefight between McGregor and Chow will change boxing history forever -- take it from a guy who's strapped on the gloves and gone toe to toe with a "mad-dogging" female.
By Jon B. Rhine
October 9, 1999
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"On the Ropes" co-directors Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen follow three fighters into the "real" inner city.
By Michael Sragow
October 7, 1999
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At Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy Boxing Center, athletes fight for much more than Golden Gloves titles.
By Charles Taylor
September 21, 1999
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If De La Hoya had given more consideration to the verdict of history and less thought to boxing strategy, he might have defeated Trinidad.
By Steve Burgess
September 20, 1999
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"I Am the Greatest" captures the boastful rants of a young boxer caught between Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali.
By Andy Battaglia
August 23, 1999
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Oscar de la Hoya, the charismatic welterweight, offers a glimmer
of hope to the sport's apologetic fans.
By Steve Burgess
June 11, 1999
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Female impersonator Charles Pierce, the inventors of FM radio and the Hovercraft, and a cousin of Cisar Chavez passed away recently.
June 5, 1999
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A legendary newspaperman picks five sports novels that really hit home.
By Pete Hamill
May 3, 1999
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Can medical technology save boxers from brain death?
By Arthur Allen
April 30, 1999
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Kate Sekules reviews 'Sonny Liston Was a
Friend of Mine' by Thom Jones.
By Kate Sekules
February 9, 1999
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A Beverly Hills auction of Muhammad Ali memorabilia -- without the champ's presence or consent -- is a heady mix of glitz, boredom and overspending.
By Ellen Umansky
October 22, 1997
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