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Former welterweight titleholder Victor Ortiz is exchanging his boxing gloves for dancing shoes, at least for a little while. The new lineup for the hit show "Dancing with the Stars" was announced this week and Ortiz will be one of the contestants ...

ESPN.com's Dan Rafael addresses the questions asked of him most frequently in his weekly chats for posterity's sake.

We're a few days away from the start of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" with four athletes -- Apolo Ohno, Shawn Johnson, Emmitt Smith and Helio Castroneves -- vying for the mirror ball trophy. All four athletes have won a previous title, so...

Penn State announced Wednesday that it will host a national child sex-abuse conference this fall, the latest in a series of initiatives designed to raise awareness of the issue and help the university recover from a devastating molestation scandal.

ESPN.com's Dan Rafael addresses the questions asked of him most frequently in his weekly chats for posterity's sake.

With the Olympics in full swing in London, the memories of past Olympians have come flooding back. I checked in with a few boxing Olympians to see what sorts of memories they had from their experience at the Games. Sugar Ray Leonard (1976 Montrea...

When Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee died in February at age 90, he left behind a wealth of memorabilia that he had collected during his storied career, mainly items from the careers of his two most famous fighters: Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leon...

Al Bernstein stood in front of a thousand fans as he accepted his commemorative ring, and then took the podium at the 23rd International Boxing Hall of Fame's induction ceremony on Sunday. Behind him sat a "who's who" of boxing legends.

Sugar Ray Leonard was born in 1956 on this day. He was named "Ray" because his mother loved singer Ray Charles and he was nicknamed "Sugar" by Sarge Johnson, assistant coach of the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. Before long, there was the obvious comparis...

On the (surprisingly complicated) legacy of Stan Lee.

It was just before 8 p.m. on April 6, 1987, when Sugar Ray Leonard started his walk to the outdoor ring at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas to face his moment of truth against Marvelous Marvin Hagler. As far as most observers were concerned, he might ...

In the summer of 1979, Bert Sugar hired Randy Gordon, whom he called "a clean-cut little guy," to be his right-hand man at The Ring magazine, which was swirling down the drain after being front and center in a ratings scandal. Gordon edited The R...

I was very saddened to hear the news Wednesday night of the passing of Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee at age 90. He wasn't just one of the nicest guys I've ever met in boxing, he was one of the nicest people I've ever met in life. He had so...

He was the best-known trainer of the era, linked for all days to the greatest boxer the world has ever known. Angelo Dundee, at age 90, died early Wednesday evening of a heart attack in Tampa, Fla. His family released a statement regarding the man...

Angelo Dundee, trainer of Muhammad Ali, has died.

In theaters today: Real Steel, the world's first-ever robot boxing movie. Just when he thought he was fresh out of chances, Hugh Jackman reconciles with his estranged son and together they take Atom, the little robot that could, all the way to the Wo...