Joe Louis

A sharp new documentary recalls Joe Louis

Shrugging off Hitler's embrace, Max Schmeling forged a friendship with his greatest ring rival

SENTENCED To four months in federal prison, Ravens running back Jamal Lewis, who pleaded guilty in October to using a cellphone to try to set up a cocaine deal in 2000. Lewis, who originally faced more serious...

When heavyweight Max Schmeling, a German whose prowess made him the darling of Berlin's café society, entered the ring at Yankee Stadium on June 19, 1936, to fight Joe Louis, few thought the fight would be...

Joe Louis, Boxer Arguably history's greatest heavyweight, the Brown Bomber held the title from 1937 to '49. Born in Alabama but raised in Detroit, Louis earned his most storied win in '38 in a politically charged...