External The Price of Immortality We live in funny times. It seems the more worthless the dollar becomes, the more we talk about it. It?s no wonder a guy (Mitt Romney) who pl… Mon, 21 May 2012
External Shane Mosley, "The Political Insider" There's something about the word "insider" that is uniquely American because America's diversity and independent spirit lend to people takin… Sun, 11 Mar 2012
External Miguel Cotto and Timothy Bradley, you'll thank them later Boxing fans are like the beautiful women Chris Rock riffed about in his comedy routine, when you ask them what they want they answer you wit… Mon, 20 Feb 2012
External Floyd Mayweather vs. Jeremy Lin, Racism or Envy? ... Like clockwork Floyd Mayweather injected race into a situation with about as much insight as he exhibits in (24/7) family counseling. Someho… Sun, 19 Feb 2012
External Martin Wade's "Loaded Gloves:" The Mayweather/Pacquiao Edition: The tweets heard round the world... In true schoolyard fashion starting last week (January 9th) Floyd Mayweather did the equivalent of telling WBO Welterweight Champion Manny P… Fri, 20 Jan 2012
External Martin Wade's Loaded Gloves for the Week Ending June 12th, 2011 What if I told you that over the last week I've had a change of heart; had one of those "light bulb" moments and somehow found that lifetime… Mon, 13 Jun 2011
External Martin Wade's Loaded Gloves for the Week Ending May 29th 2011... ~Sitting in the back of a Hyundai Sonata~ You see, I got this Boxing "writing thing" on lock and I'm not getting any younger so I "move when… Sun, 29 May 2011
External Martin Wade's Loaded Gloves for the Week Ending May 14th, 2011... Ever the deadbeat writer I've come home to my article, head bowed and wearing that guilty facial expression. But hey, what the hell can I sa… Sun, 15 May 2011
External Manny Pacquiao and the end of the romanticism... As a father of two adult children I am often the butt of generational jokes, many I can't decode. In return I get to embarrass my kids and p… Sun, 08 May 2011
External Martin Wade's Loaded Gloves for the Week Ending March 13th, 2011... I could lie to you and tell you I was getting down like Charlie Sheen with a couple of (cough) ?Goddesses? for my birthday last week but it … Mon, 14 Mar 2011
External Martin Wade's Loaded Gloves for the Week Ending February 27, 2011 I could trouble you with an "intro" but I won't, not after what we all just saw last Saturday night. Hopefully the executives at HBO saw it,… Sat, 26 Feb 2011
External Martin Wade's Loaded Gloves for the Week Ending February 7th, 2011 Thud That’s was the sound of Boxing's latest installment of the “fight we all need so much to be a good one.??� Bradley vs. Alexander… Sun, 06 Feb 2011
External Martin Wade's Loaded Gloves, Week Ending January 29, 2011... Forget the introductions and formalities, you know who this is. It’s your boy and I’m starting off 2011 in a column format. Gotta get my con… Fri, 28 Jan 2011
External Bernard Hopkins, Age before Intelligence... On December 18th Bernard Hopkins, pugilist-agitator-legend will attempt to prolong the frustrating odyssey normalized by aging fighters in t… Fri, 10 Dec 2010
External Manny Pacquiao, Identity Theft... On the first week of November I went out to do my duty as an American citizen, and lost my damned wallet. Panic set in and I took all of the… Fri, 19 Nov 2010
External Why Floyd's Controversies Won't Matter, and 154 lbs. Championship Rant Sometime a couple of weeks ago, Ustream, a video platform for the likes of Diva wide receivers and Stephon Marbury, unveiled a new star: Flo… Fri, 17 Sep 2010
External Mayweather-Mosley Can Produce Fireworks. And Split Personality... It's April and like most that enjoy Boxing at the highest level I too am excited by the fact that Mayweather vs. Mosley is approaching. If y… Wed, 14 Apr 2010
External Fear of a Pacquiao Planet - Part II of II ...Shane Mosley, Fernando Vargas and James Toney were all lessened in the ring by steroid use and yet fear of Pacquiao's dominance leads us … Sun, 28 Mar 2010
External Fear of a Pacquiao Planet - Part I of II We live in cynical times; cut-throat realities in every segment of life convince us that nothing or no one is what or who they seem. Basebal… Thu, 25 Mar 2010
External Five reasons the build-up to Mayweather - Mosley will get nasty... Well boxing freaks, they did it! Despite weeks of serious buzz kill and ice-cream headaches following the Mayweather/Pacquiao breakdown we g… Fri, 19 Feb 2010
