In the annals of boxing’s greatest heavyweight champions, two names often enter the conversation: Jack Dempsey and Gene ...

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Editor’s Note: This is third and final segment of a three-part series that was published in The Leader-Herald Weekender sports section. With Jack Dempsey now retired from professional boxing, a new ...

Among the many, many endeavors in his lengthy and active life, George Bernard Shaw wrote plays, more than 60 of them, the most famous being “Man and Superman” “Saint Joan” and “Pygmalion,” which ...

Gold medallion with the figures of Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey engraved on the front of the medal and an engraving of the Liberty Bell on the reverse. The case is green leather and is very worn. This ...

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For every fight deemed by the viewing public as a potential mismatch, those involved will come up with any number of past upsets in pointing out that fights are fought in the ring and not on paper. In ...

Richard Henzel (left) and Sam Pearson in the title roles in Grippo Stage Company's Shaw vs. Tunney Credit: Anthony Robert LaPenna What is it that draws great writers to boxing as a subject? Is it an ...

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