An extremely well done documentary which reaches well beyond the boundaries of sports. Even though it follows the boxing career of Emile Griffith, its a poignant story that touches upon an era of ...

The Emile Griffith Ballpark in St. Thomas, USVI. Photo Credit: OFFICE OF DISASTER RECOVERY. Despite “considerable work” done on the Emile Griffith Ballpark, which reopened in January 2025, Senator ...

Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title fight, Emile Griffith was introduced one more time to the crowd. He rose shakily from his seat, ...

Nino Benvenuti, who has died aged 87, was a three-time, two-weight world boxing champion of the 1960s; he was Italy’s greatest ever fighter and one of the best from Europe. But the man who used to ...

Nino Benvenuti, an Italian boxer who won the welterweight title at the 1960 Rome Olympics and was named the outstanding fighter of those Games over a certain teenage light-heavyweight named Cassius ...

ROME, May 20 (Reuters) - Italian boxer Giovanni 'Nino' Benvenuti, who won Olympic gold in Rome in 1960, died on Tuesday at the age of 87, the Italian Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a statement.

The boxing world was once aghast to discover that Gene Tunney occasionally read books. So there is no telling how much damage Italy’s Giovanni Benvenuti, 29, may do to the image of the sport. Imagine ...

He is probably the best fighter, pound for pound, in the world—the perfect picture of destruction with his 42-in. chest, 26-in. waist, and smoothly lethal muscles. He can hit as hard as a drop hammer, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ShowBiz Direct and Republic Pictures have set Sean McNamara’s Holocaust drama “Bau, Artist at War” for a Sept. 26 theatrical ...

On Saturday the Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation marked the official reopening of Emile Griffith Ball Park with the exciting start of the 2025 Al McHen Little League season. The scoreboard ...

St. Michael’s Cemetery celebrated its first Annual Earth Day event on Saturday, April 20, as the community gathered to commemorate Earth Day in a unique and meaningful way. The event, which included a ...