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Journalism

Features, columns and book excerpts: fighters, the people in their corners, and what the sport costs them.

ESPNAugust 2020 Saying farewell to my mentor, Pete HamillRead article → Columns ESPNJune 2018 The education of Terence CrawfordRead article → Boxing ESPNOctober 2018 A unique family dynamic and the shooting nobody wants to talk about: The Jose Benavidez Jr. storyBWAA award · Investigative reportingRead article → Boxing New York Daily NewsMarch 1994 What ever happened to the White Jesus?Read article → Columns New York Daily NewsSeptember 1989 The People’s Court: A celebration of the city gamePulitzer Prize finalist · Feature writingRead article → Features ESPN2019 Why Marine Jamel Herring keeps fightingBWAA award · FeatureRead article → Boxing ESPNJuly 2019 What Maxim Dadashev was fighting forBWAA award · Event coverageRead article → Boxing ESPNOctober 2019 Why Joet Gonzalez wants to beat up Shakur Stevenson, his sister’s boyfriendBWAA award · FeatureRead article → Boxing ESPNDecember 2017 A father’s touch: The relentless regimen of Vasyl LomachenkoBWAA award · FeatureRead article → Boxing ESPN2019 You don’t have to be Irish to root for Michael ConlanRead article → Columns New York TimesSeptember 2012 Families continue to heal 30 years after title bout between Ray Mancini and Duk Koo KimRead article → Excerpts FOX SportsSeptember 2011 Not even Mayweather can rattle MerchantRead article → Columns New York PostMarch 1992 Son rises above Sammy’s BullRead article → Columns