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Hurt Business History: How Primo Carnera got done dirty by boxing, the mob, and even Humphrey Bogart

28 Dec 2021 17 min read Blog

Before he left sportswriting for life as a novelist, Paul Gallico took one last look back at the world he’d covered for the New York Daily News in his book, “Farewell To

Hurt Business History: The tragic yet familiar partnership of Tom Molineaux and Bill Richmond

30 Nov 2021 22 min read Blog

Some time in the winter of 1809, a friendless unknown named Tom Molineaux showed up in London telling anyone who would listen that he was the “champion of America” come to fight for

It’s a mystery why The New Yorker would publish a long-ass profile of Jake Paul, but here are the best/worst parts

03 Nov 2021 9 min read Blog

Pretty early on in Kelefa Sanneh’s long but pitch-perfect new profile of Jake Paul, the Disney scamp turned YouTube jabroni turned trollish professional boxer is described as a “mediagenic villain with