Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains ...

Johnson was a target of racial hostility, his actions demonized to “protect” white womanhood from Black masculinity.

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Sports fans in the burgeoning town of Hilton Head used to tune into their TVs to watch men trade jabs in the boxing ring, but ...

Nathaniel Rothstein, the hero of Lucas Schaefer’s The Slip, is violent, sexually frustrated, and racially envious. He’s also ...

The UFC impresario—having recently announced a foray into boxing—is now trumpeting another new combat sports venture. TKO, ...

A performer at Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance in February has been arrested after holding up a Sudanese ...

2014 — Novak Djokovic wins his second Wimbledon title and denies Roger Federer his record eighth by holding off the Swiss star in five sets. Djokovic wastes a 5-2 lead in the fourth set but holds on ...

Presenters Ben Fogle and Sid Owen did battle in 2004, the former winning. The BBC would stage fights on Sport Relief every ...

Netflix is getting back into the boxing ring. The streaming service announced on Tuesday that it would be the host of a bout between Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Terence “Bud” Crawford, two ...