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SI.com: Jeff Pearlman: Pitino's actions opposite what a college coach should be, but not a shock

Sometimes, instead of coming up with a snazzy lead or some half-baked metaphor, the best thing a writer can do is be straight, blunt and to the point.

SI.com: Richard O'Brien: Jack Dempsey tops boxing Thrill List

These lists are not mere compilations of all-time bests in their respective sports but all-time bests at quickening the pulse and evoking a visceral response from those fortunate enough to have witnessed their artistry.

SI.com: Richard O'Brien: Boxing suffers from chances to see it in person

Evoking A.J. Liebling at the start of a boxing column is a little like shouting the name Pavarotti as you prepare to launch into a karaoke performance: it only reminds your audience of what they're not going to get. Nonetheless, here goes: I couldn't help thinking of Liebling (the legendary author of The Sweet Science, whose coverage of the sport for The New Yorker from the 1940s into the '60s, earned him general recognition as the finest boxing writer ever) Saturday night as I sat on press row at Madison Square Garden watching the fight card that culminated with Miguel Cotto's thoroughly impressive dismantling of the overmatched Michael Jennings. Specifically, I was reminded of Liebling's classic essay Boxing With the Naked Eye, and of how far things have come since he wrote it.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Umpiring with replay, Don King's tennis invasion and addressing Ivanovic

Do the tennis authorities tell umpires to behave differently when the Hawkeye system is in play? Some chair umpires seem reluctant to overrule, instead leaving it to players to challenge. To me, that's plain wrong. Hawkeye shouldn't change their obligations. If they see it in or out, they should call it that way. All that's different is that the player has an option other than ranting, and that's how the referees should be told to play it.

SI.com: Nicki Jhabvala: Same King, different 'Prizefighter'

"I learned a long time ago from this guy named Cyrano de Bergerac, 'Don't bring me no mortal men, bring me giants.'" --Don King

Felix Savon

The greatest in an illustrious lineage of Cuban fighters, Savon dominated the amateur heavyweight division between winning his first world championship in 1986 and claiming his third Olympic gold medal in 2000.

Mike Tyson Timeline

1966 Mike Gerard Tyson is born.

People.com: Source: Matt Lauer to Be Roasted by Katie & Meredith

The Today host will be teased by both his costars at an X-rated New York event

SI.com: Chris Mannix: Peter-Wladimir Klitschko, Round 2?

The call came last week, just as I was boarding a plane to Salt Lake City. On the other end of the line was Bernd Boente, the top-flight manager for IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and his brother, former WBC champion Vitali Klitschko.

Trinidad to face Jones in January

Felix Trinidad will end a two-year retirement to fight Roy Jones next January, fight promoter Don King announced, in a matchup of former champions trying to recapture past glories.

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