Madonna Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

"It was a big New York night for MADONNA as she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the famed Waldorf-Astoria. Pop heavyweight JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE did the honors of inducting his fellow chart-topper into the prestigious circle of musicians. Other honorees and...

Day in jail for Tyson over drugs

"Ex-boxer Mike Tyson has been sentenced to 24 hours in jail and 360 hours of community service for drug possession and driving under the influence. The former heavyweight champion also received three years' probation after being caught driving in possession of cocaine, having...

Mike Tyson in drug mess

The legendary Mike Tyson will go on trial August 20 on charges of drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs. Tyson 40, if convicted could be imprisoned for as long as 7 1/2 years. At 20, Tyson became history's youngest heavyweight champion in 1986, when he...

Police: Ex-heavyweight Berbick dead (AP)

" KINGSTON, Jamaica - Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was found dead in a church courtyard Saturday with chop wounds to his head in a suspected homicide. Berbick, who was believed to be 52 and was beset by legal problems following his retirement from the ring,...

Fortune's fools: Why the rich go broke

"George Foreman - bald, smiling and gigantic - is propped atop a stool in Gleason's Gym, the venerable boxing haunt in Brooklyn, watching a videotape of his heavyweight championship bout in 1994 with Michael Moorer."

Ukraine Boxing Hero Eyes Political Title in Kiev

"Vitali Klitschko, the former WBC heavyweight champion and one of Ukraine's most popular public figures, is running for the post of mayor of Kiev in March elections."