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 ...

In the annals of boxing's greatest heavyweight champions, two names often enter the conversation: Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. They each had Irish backgrounds, were ring-savvy, had real punching ...

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Editor’s Note: This is second segment of a three-part series to be published in The Leader-Herald Weekender sports section. Gene Tunney arrived in Speculator on Aug. 3, 1926 and was immediately ...