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Jack Dempsey / APSome NBA players struggle when they play international basketball, but not the Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony. . (MSNBC -- Sports)
Stokley recovering and rejuvenated in Denver Aug 11, 2007
NEWS AND INFORMATION. Buy and sell tickets to premium and sold out events. (USA Today -- Sports)
Holliday's mountain of hits make case for NL MVP mention Jul 31, 2007
Colorado's MVP candidate Holliday born to hit, 'has no ceiling' - USATODAY.com. NEWS AND INFORMATION. (USA Today -- Sports)
Dodgers' Penny gets 13th win, but not before big scare Jul 27, 2007
Jack Dempsey / APDodgers manager Grady Little leads Brad Penny off the field afterthe pitcher injured himself beating out an infield single against the Rockies on Thursday. . (MSNBC -- Sports)
Boxing defies rep Jul 26, 2007
There have been some legendary shenanigans: Jack Dempsey supposedly encased his hands in plaster of paris before donning the gloves to take on Jess Willard for the heavyweight title in 1919. (Willard, down six times in the first round and stopped for good in three, certainly took a plastering, but the loaded gloves story has since been proved to be a fabrication of Dempsey's manager, Doc Kearns. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
NFL fines Porter $141,176 for Bengal punch Jul 21, 2007
Jack Dempsey / APJoey Porter signed a five-year, $32 million contract March 7with the Miami Dolphins. . (MSNBC -- Sports)
Sports Direct Raises Bid for Everlast Boxing-Glove Maker, Trumping Hidary Jul 1, 2007
Everlast has been a fixture in the boxing world since Jack Dempsey used its gloves to pummel his way to the 1919 world heavyweight championship. There's power and authenticity in the Everlast brand logo, with plenty of licensing opportunities,'' said Stephen P. Colbert, a Boston-based Canaccord Adams Inc. analyst who rates the shares ``hold'' and owns none. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Sports Direct in fight to snap up US boxing brand Jun 30, 2007
The company moved into boxing in 1917 when boxer Jack Dempsey asked the company to produce some protective headgear for training. Two years later he became world heavyweight champion. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Lake George to host 25-mile swim Jun 29, 2007
Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey traveled to Hague to fire the starting pistol. This weekend should be a more modest event with 150 to 200 amateur swimmers ranging from ages 8 to 68. (Albany Times Union)
No.575 for Griffey Jun 2, 2007
Jack Dempsey / APCincinnati's Ken Griffey Jr. celebrates a solo home run against Colorado on Friday. The Reds won 4-2. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Cardinals win with converted reliever May 31, 2007
Jack Dempsey -- AP Photo. St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols watches the flight of a three-run home ball run hit off Colorado Rockies pitcher Jason Hirsh during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Denver, Wednesday, May 30, 2007. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Lopez keeps Rockies on winning ways May 30, 2007
Jack Dempsey -- AP Photo. The Colorado Rockies' Yorvit Torrealba connects for a grand slam off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Braden Looper during the fourth inning on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, in Denver. (Anchorage Daily News)
Collier: Kiseda set high bar for all sports writers May 18, 2007
When, in discussing an opening at Newsday years later, McHugh told sports editor Jack Mann that he once competed on the beat against Kiseda and Cope, Mann said, "My God, that's like being in the ring with Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis at the same time.". McHugh said Kiseda was the first Pittsburgh sports writer to go into the locker room after a game, the first to pay any attention to a rookie named Roberto Clemente, and, as has been well documented, one of the first to put his job on the line when... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Peace officers May 17, 2007
In 1912 when Jack Dempsey was preparing for his first fight with local, Fred Wood, the W.C.T.U. staged a strong protest against the fight even taking place. Sheriff Gill promised to be present and stop the fight if it became brutal. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Big Unit near perfect in first win of season May 16, 2007
Jack Dempsey / APDiamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson throws to the plate against the Rockies during the first inning. . (MSNBC -- Sports)
The Wild Wild West May 12, 2007
Girls threw flour at each other in numerous baking displays; both boys and girls took a few rounds in the boxing ring to recreate the famous 1923 Jack Dempsey match in Shelby; and the requisite saloons and soiled doves paraded down Last Chance Gulch. This was the 30th parade viewed by Parrot Confectionery co-owner Dave Duensing, who said he s had a good time watching them all. (Helena Independent Record)
Horse racing, boxing relived glory for a day May 8, 2007
Easy to forget there was an era in this country when Jack Dempsey was the biggest thing there was outside of Babe Ruth, and a time more recent when Muhammad Ali towered over every other athlete. Movies like Million Dollar Baby and the Rocky franchise remind us how much we want to love boxing. (The Miami Herald)
Gaines Adams to be Honored by SC Athletic Hall of Fame May 8, 2007
Campbell is caricatured in a collage of famous stars (which include JFK, Joe D arilyn, Wilt, MJ, Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Mickey Mantle, , Paul Newman, Liza Minelli, Joe Namath, Johnny U., etc) in a mural that hangs in the famed Gallagher's Steak House in N.Y.. Jack Douglas Quarterback, one of the Citadel's most successful teams ever and still holds many of the school's offensive records. (Clemsontigers.com)
Let's bash 'em up the middle May 6, 2007
A FEW footballers will awake today and tomorrow feeling like Jack Dempsey in Toledo. Peter Doust has urged fans to be patient, following the club's fifth consecutive loss. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Mauled by a punishing schedule, it's no wonder players are out ontheir feet May 5, 2007 GUTS made successful debut in San Diego Apr 11, 2007 Images from the edge Mar 27, 2007 More of this story Mar 22, 2007 Air Force's NIT win its 25th straight Mar 20, 2007 Avs making playoffs not so far-fetched Mar 19, 2007 Soon-to-be daddy Melo lifts Nuggets Mar 7, 2007 Father-to-be Carmelo delivers for Nuggets Mar 7, 2007 Mountain men: BYU ends Falcons' home streak, clinch MWC title Feb 28, 2007 Tunney biographer champions reading Feb 23, 2007 'It ain't intramurals,' Colorado's Hawkins rants Feb 15, 2007 Political conventions spark economic debate Feb 8, 2007 Gebhart: Story too good to be true? Maybe, but still worth telling Jan 31, 2007 Horse racing results Jan 28, 2007 Uncompahgre School and ULS Hall Jan 25, 2007 No. 13 Air Force in their grasp, but Aztecs can't close the deal Jan 22, 2007 Bill Clem's Park Jan 20, 2007 teams' MVPs Jan 9, 2007 Boxing is a guilty pleasure Jan 7, 2007 Broncos in mourning Jan 3, 2007 Quinn focused on Sugar Bowl, not NFL Jan 2, 2007 San Francisco's overtime victory derails Broncos' playoff plans Jan 1, 2007
A FEW footballers will awake today and tomorrow feeling like Jack Dempsey in Toledo. After Dempsey beat Jess Willard under a blazing sky in Toledo on July 4, 1919 for the heavyweight championship of the world, he fell asleep in his hotel room. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The Best Hitters of the 1920s May 4, 2007
It was the decade that gave America such historic figures as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Dempsey and most unforgettably, Herbert Hoover. It also gave the country the most celebrated athlete in history. (Suite101.com)
And Jack Dempsey, says Tommy Gallagher. I can remember when I was with Jack. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
A large photograph of the heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey shaking hands with a man named Jimmy Moran (perhaps the bar's proprietor) presides over this trail of fraud. This photograph provides social archeology of a high order. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Jack Dempsey, Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield are just a handful of those who tried to recapture the fire and glory of youth with faded skills. Tommy Morrison is looking to buck the trend. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Jack Dempsey -- AP Photo. Georgia forward Takais Brown (42) takes a shot over Air Force center John Frye during the first half of a second-round NIT basketball game at Air Force Academy, Colo. (Anchorage Daily News)
Jack Dempsey -- AP Photo. Colorado Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj blocks a shot as San Jose Sharks right winger Milan Michalek (9) from the Czech Republic looks on during the second period of a hockey game in Denver, Sunday, March 18, 2007. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Jack Dempsey -- AP Photo. Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony (15) smiles as he heads off the court against the New Orleans Hornets during the first quarter of a basketball game in Denver, Tuesday, March 6, 2007. (Anchorage Daily News)
Jack Dempsey / APDenver's Carmelo Anthonyhad plenty of reason to smile Tuesday. . (MSNBC -- Sports)
Jack Dempsey, Associated PressBYU's Trent Plaisted (44) and Air Force center John Frye (54) reach for a rebound on Tuesday. Nobody in the Cougar corner wanted it to end. (Deseret News)
Late last year, Cavanaugh learned that his publisher nominated his biography of Gene Tunney, "Tunney - Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey," for a Pulitzer Prize. Pulitzer Prize winners will be announced April 16. (Stamford Advocate)
Jack Dempsey / APColorado head coach Dan Hawkins. Slide show: The Week in Sports Pictures. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Jack Dempsey -- AP Photo Troy Johnston, president of Braun's Bar and Grill, poses in the bar in Denver, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Denver is hosting the Democratic National Convention in 2008, which sparks debate over whether the economic benefits to be derived by the city will live up to expectations. (Bakersfield Californian -- Politics)
"Because," the Baron explained ever so gently, "that happens to be the heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Dempsey.". Well, Wilson may have been drunk, but he wasn't that brain dead. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Owner: Jack Dempsey Burk. Mutuel Pool $325,685 Exacta Pool $208,730 Superfecta Pool $90,579 Trifecta Pool $165,080. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Another little lady, the late Susie Osborne, could hold bragging rights about dancing at the ULS Hall with the boy who later became heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Jack Dempsey. The Dempsey family lived in the Uncompahgre area where the father was a sharecropper. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
JACK DEMPSEY / Associated Press San Diego State's Lorrenzo Wade goes up for a shot against Air Force guard Andrew Henke during the second half. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
His team played in New York City and Bill had the opportunity to shake hands with Jack Dempsey. Bill says his hands were huge and strong. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
NFL season rewind: Team MVPs - USATODAY.com. Buy and sell tickets to premium and sold out events. (USA Today -- Sports)
As a kid, I'd read and heard stories about the great fighters of the '30s, '40s, and '50s: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jersey Joe Walcott and the like. But they were mostly just names. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Broncos mourn loss of 'family' member Williams - USATODAY.com. NEWS AND INFORMATION. (USA Today -- Sports)
Jack Dempsey / APBrady Quinn will be one of the top picks in the NFL draft, but the Fighting Irish quarterback wants to finish out his college career on a winning note against LSU in the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday. . (MSNBC -- Sports)
Jack Dempsey, Associated PressDenver Broncos running back Mike Bell hangs his head as he walks off the field following the Broncos' loss. Nedney kicked a 36-yard field goal with 1:56 left in overtime as the Niners eliminated Denver from the playoffs with a stunning 26-23 victory Sunday. (Deseret News)
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