Michael Hirsley

Baseball history is blotted with injuries to pitchers hit by batted balls, perhaps none worse than what happened to Cleveland Indians phenom Herb Score in 1957. Score, who had a...

For the last boxing event at the United Center, in which Julio Cesar Chavez knocked out Craig Houk in the first round of a 1995 mismatch, a local promoter brought...

Don King, a boxing promoter of P.T. Barnum proportions, focused his stentorian carnival pitch Wednesday on Chicagoans, challenging them to boost the half-capacity ticket sales so far into a record...

Even before Lamon Brewster answers the bell Saturday night to defend his heavyweight title against Andrew Golota, the champion's manager has filed a protest against the third man in the...

Saturday's "border war" heavyweight title fight between Chicago's Andrew Golota and Indiana-born champion Lamon Brewster will be preceded by a title bout that matches light-heavyweights from far-distant borders. Tomasz Adamek...

Shutouts and no-hitters are not part of boxing's vernacular. Even in a rank amateur bout, the loser usually gets a hit unless he's knocked out on the first punch. All...

Felix "Tito" Trinidad looks different than the ferocious puncher he was before he went into retirement for nearly 2 1/2 years. But aside from his new bushy hairdo, Trinidad insists...

Babe Ruth's best-remembered visit to Chicago was in the 1932 World Series, when the Yankees slugger pointed toward the outfield bleachers just before hitting a home run there to establish...

Diego Corrales, dazed and bruised, rose from two knockdowns in the 10th round to knock Jose Luis Castillo senseless against the ropes Saturday night and win a furious sure-fire candidate...

Jose Luis Castillo has a chin that looks strong as stone and Diego Corrales has knocked out 32 of 41 opponents with stone-hard punches, especially his left hook. On the...