Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.

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I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit...

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit...

Today, it's money. There's no question about that. Unless you endorse a grill that cooks...

Today, it's money. There's no question about that. Unless you endorse a grill that cooks...

I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.

I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.

Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.

Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing,...

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing,...

My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in...

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in...

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

I was also in love with the English language.

I was also in love with the English language.

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport...

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport...

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I...

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I...

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J....

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J....

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote...

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote...

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but...

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but...

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by...

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by...

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the...

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the...

It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse...

It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse...

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done...

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done...