Sports
Today is the 55th anniversary of my father’s 1938 rematch with Max Schmeling. The U.S.
June 22, 1993
Joe Louis Barrow Jr., in conducting interviews for a biography about his father, Joe Louis, talked to a Jew who’d been in a German concentration camp during World War II.
June 22, 1999
Sports Now
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Dec. 7, 2011
Beyond Glory Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink David Margolick Alfred A. Knopf: 424 pp., $26.95
Oct. 19, 2005
I’ve never watched the Daystar Television Network, but I can confidently say its programmers aren’t interested in the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling saga.
July 10, 2005
A look at what happened today, March 21, in sports history.
March 21, 2020
Billy Conn, who nearly dethroned heavyweight champion Joe Louis until his ego got in the way, died Saturday of pneumonia.
May 30, 1993
Movies
Embattled comic Louis C.K. announced his first post-misconduct scandal film role: a therapist in a film that he co-directed, wrote, financed and produced.
June 3, 2022
Fifty years ago today, for 50 minutes 58 seconds, Billy Conn was the heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
June 18, 1991
It is fitting that Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks will be climbing into an Atlantic City ring in a week to decide the heavyweight championship of the planet.
June 22, 1988