BOXING NEWS recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of Frank Bruno’s win over Oliver McCall, so it seems a good time to look at how British heavyweight ...

It has taken 100 years for Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk Banks — her charismatic, guitar-playing, starry-eyed protagonist — to reach the stage. He’s at the heart of Hurston’s 1925 short story, and the ...

EATONVILLE, Fla. — The Zora! Festival, celebrating author Zora Neale Hurston, is entering a new phase. Organizers just announced a patriotic theme and confirmed the festival will return to the ...

A Pearl City woman will undergo a competency hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Honolulu before she is scheduled to plead guilty to threatening to assassinate Presidents Donald Trump and Joe ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Between March 2, 2024, and Jan. 30, Folley allegedly ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - The mother of a Saginaw boxer who died following Saturday's fight is mourning her son and speaking. 22-year-old Tyrone Welch died early Sunday after becoming lethargic and ...

It's one thing to celebrate the discovery of a lost play by a Harlem Renaissance giant. Two years ago, Woodard tried Hurston's "Spunk" out in a residency at the Mercury Store in New York. "We wanted ...

Ariel "Apache" Moreno, Jr. has been a staple in the Borderland boxing community, but on Saturday, Oct. 11, he makes his U.S. debut when he fights at Southwest University Park in Downtown El Paso. The ...

The teenage son of late boxing star Arturo Gatti was found dead on Tuesday by apparent hanging, much like his father was in 2009. Arturo Gatti Jr. “was found hanging in an apartment in Mexico,” ...

Arturo Gatti Jr. has died at the age of 17 in Mexico, where he lived with his mother on Wednesday, according to the World Boxing Association. The son of the late Canadian boxer and Hall of Famer ...

A professional bare-knuckle boxer will serve no prison time after admitting he was under the influence of fentanyl in a 2019 crash in Salem County that killed a woman and severely injured her husband.

Media reports indicate a Saginaw boxer died Saturday following a bout at the Gideon Boxing Club on Hancock Street. Tyrone Welch Jr., 22, died Saturday, Oct. 4, at Covenant HealthCare, according to an ...