The building has hosted stirring scenes since it opened, but it will be forever remembered locally for its role in the ...

He previously won a gold medal in boxing light heavyweight division at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. 1936 — Sonja Henie of Norway, wins her third consecutive Olympics figure skating gold ...

The game is played as a benefit for fomer Toronto player Ace Bailey. Bailey suffers a skull fracture earlier in the season from a ...

During the summer of 1977, the world heavy boxing champion and arguably the most famous man on the planet at the time, Muhammad Ali, paid a sensational visit to Tyneside. A new stage play, Champion, ...

In later fights against the likes of Ernie Shavers, Leon Spinks, Larry Holmes and Trevor ... the former champ gradually withdrew from public life. After being laid low for many years by Parkinson ...

Sixteen seconds left in the NCAA final, and a skinny freshman from North Carolina buries a jumper that delivers a championship and changes his life ... decision over Leon Spinks that took back ...

Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, one of the great White heroes of Black history, offers his famous amendment to the Freedman’s Bureau bill to use land confiscated from former slave owners as well as some ...

Leonard came back to life in the sixth round, and turned the tables on Hearns ... The belt had been stripped from Leon Spinks after he offered a rematch to Muhammad Ali. Holmes was offered the title ...

15, 1978: Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks in a heavyweight championship bout billed as the “Battle of New Orleans.” __ Nov. 25, 1980: Boxer Roberto Duran famously quits his bout against Sugar ...

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Stewart Spinks is ready to celebrate: The chain of convenience stores and gas stations he ...

Harriet Walter highly recommends tying the knot in later life, as she said she has "the best time" in her marriage to actor Guy Paul. The Killing Eve star, 74, married Paul, 75, in 2011 when they were ...