Keidel: No Money In Mayweather
By Jason Keidel Boxing has long drowned us in the wrong form of parody. But it wasn’t always so. For those under 30, it’s nearly impossible for you to believe that boxing was an essential sport, the...
View ArticleKeidel: A Game of Pacman
By Jason Keidel » More Columns After the official weigh-in each fighter turns to scowl at each other, the cuts in their carved bodies twitching with each gesture. This time it looks like a “before and...
View ArticleKeidel: Heaven in 2011
By Jason Keidel » More Columns In 2011, I’d like to see… The Knicks keep doing what they’re doing. The Knicks are good again. It’s true! If you don’t believe me, just watch. Isiah Thomas, the creep who...
View ArticleMosley: I’m Doing Mayweather’s ‘Dirty Work’ Vs. Pacquiao
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — Shane Mosley believes he’s doing Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s “dirty work” by facing Manny Pacquiao, and he has no intention of losing to the popular Filipino champion. Pacquiao and...
View ArticleB&C Show Blog & Audio: It’s Good To Have Options
Bobby Dwyer The guys opened up the show in a rather awkward manner today as Boomer was all over Al Dukes for booking Scott Brosius, who the Booms is a big fan of, to come on. Al explained to the...
View ArticleKeidel: Ali-Frazier: Night Of The Century
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Appallingly, a dim light was cast upon the greatest sporting event in American history. It doesn’t catch the key demo, the ADD-addled culture carved by MTV and smoothed...
View ArticleKeidel: No Sugar In Shane Mosley
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Shane Mosley may have taken a limo to the arena, but he rode a bike around the ring, keeping his opponent, the tornadic Manny Pacquiao, at a distance comfortable for him...
View ArticleKeidel: Bernard Hopkins The Blowhard
By Jason Keidel » More Columns I was midway through writing the obituaries of the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, gloating as they lost their ancestral grip on the Larry O’Brien Trophy, when I...
View ArticleKeidel: The Month Of Mayweather
By Jason Keidel » More Columns The paradoxes in pro athletes are amply archived, though Floyd Mayweather Jr. has taken it to a surreal stratosphere. Mayweather talks about his rugged rearing in Grand...
View ArticleMayweather Slams ‘Linsanity’ On Twitter, Says Hype Due To Race
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — Not every athlete is caught up in the Linsanity. Unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. tweeted a swipe Monday at the Knicks’ point guard sensation. Mayweather posted on Twitter:...
View ArticleWATCH: UFC Prez Calls Mayweather ‘Racist’ For Comments On Lin
NEW YORK (WFAN) – Unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t a fan of Linsanity. UFC president Dana White? He’s not too keen on Mayweather. White took Mayweather to task this week for posting a racially...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather: ‘I Stand By’ Controversial Tweets On Lin, Race
NEW YORK (WFAN) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. is making no apologies for posting a racially charged comment on Twitter about Knicks star Jeremy Lin. Mayweather tweeted earlier this month: “Jeremy Lin is a...
View ArticleSilverman: Outclassed Bradley In Over His Head Against Pacquiao
By Steve Silverman » More Columns It must be difficult to look at yourself in the mirror when your name is Tim Bradley. When Bradley makes his final preparations for tonight’s fight with Manny...
View ArticleSilverman: Pacquiao Loses Foul Decision To Bradley
By Steve Silverman >> More Columns New York, NY (WFAN) - Boxing is not always the “sweet science.” Sometimes the stench associated with the sport is foul and base and undeniable. Such was the...
View ArticleKeidel: Triple Frown; Boxing’s Unfortunate Pacquiao-Bradley Decision
By Jason Keidel » More Columns With a weekend so fertile for sports, the number three rings loudly through the five boroughs and beyond. The Yankees took three from the Mets, I’ll Have Another didn’t...
View ArticleLiguori: What A Weekend!
By Ann Liguori » More Columns As I head to San Francisco to cover the U.S. Open, starting Thursday at the Olympic Club, and navigate amongst the crowd who will be following the marquee threesome of...
View ArticleKeidel: Emanuel Stewarded The Sport Of Boxing
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Maybe this missive only reaches a few fans, what with boxing relegated to the back alleys of the sports section and the dark corners of America’s soul. But some men can’t...
View ArticleSilverman: Pacquiao Has The Edge Once Again Against Marquez
By Steve Silverman » More Columns It’s rare that the big moments come along in boxing anymore, but when Manny Pacquiao steps into the ring with Juan Manuel Marquez tonight, it’s a moment worth...
View ArticleSilverman: Marquez Delivers Redemption With One Punch
By Steve Silverman » More Columns Manny Pacquiao got reckless and Juan Manuel Marquez took advantage. That’s what great boxers do when they get an opening. They lower the boom in a decisive manner. Few...
View ArticleKeidel: Cash, Cachet And Canelo — Mayweather Makes Money Fight
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Not that he did it for you, but Floyd Mayweather, Jr. just did the right thing. Suddenly and stunningly, the gaseous, Grand Rapids native agreed to fight Saul “Canelo”...
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