FARGO — It must have gone through the minds of many in Fargo-Moorhead that July 4, 1923. What better way to celebrate America, they thought, than to cheer on a Minnesota guy — an underdog —hoping to ...

William Harrison 'Jack' Dempsey was born on June 24, 1895, in Manassa, Colorado. Dempsey, known as the 'Manassa Mauler,' started his professional boxing career in 1914 and was the world heavyweight ...

You’ll often see the 1920s referred to as the “golden age of sports.” There are a couple reasons for this, but a big part of it is the slate of huge stars that emerged in this decade. Baseball had ...

The new rules for the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of the World in 1927 required that a fighter retreat to a neutral corner for the count, instead of standing over, taunting the fallen competitor.