Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.

I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.

My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.

I was also in love with the English language.