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HERMISTON — As Cindy Middleton accepted Hermiston’s Woman of the Year award on Wednesday, Feb. 24, she thought back to the day in 1992 that her father called her while she was away at college to tell her that her own mother, Judy Bracher, was Woman of the Year. “I was deeply touched by the way that Dad described what Mom was being recognized for,” she remembered. Middleton was one of several people recognized during the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce’s annual Distinguish...

___ The Southeastern Conference has postponed Vanderbilt’s men’s basketball game at Texas A&M on Wednesday night, the second game between the teams postponed this season. The SEC says this postponement is because of a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and quarantining of people inside Texas A&M’s program. No make-up date has been scheduled. The first game in Nashville between the teams on Jan. 20 was postponed due to COVID-19 testing, tracing and quarantining with Vanderbilt....

International Boxing Hall of Fame announces induction postponement for second straight year; will hold Induction Trilogy in 2022 The International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota announces that it will postpone induction weekend for the second straight year amid the pandemic. Three classes will be enshrined in 2022. Posted: Feb 2, 2021 11:12 PM Updated: Feb 3, 2021 12:00 AM Posted By: Spencer Davidson CANASTOTA, N.Y. - The International Boxing Hall of Fame will have to wait another year to ri...

James Kirkland open to reuniting with trainer Ann Wolfe Share this story Photo by Omar Vega/LatinContent via Getty Images At age 36 and coming off a first round knockout loss to Juan Macias Montiel last month, many in the sport were expecting, or hoping, to have seen James Kirkland (34-3, 30 KOs) in between the ropes for the last time. After all, Kirkland has experienced a pretty turbulent career in a rough sport where he’s taken some punishment due to his ultra aggressive fighting style. Bu...

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle The rest of the house had long since gone to bed, but Thomas W. Boyde Jr. was still working. Smoke curled from a spent cigarette in the ashtray. A row of graphite pencils lay ready to use. He kept them sharpened to a lethal point — not more than five feet of drawing before restoring the point with a heavy desktop sharpener — not just because it was his personal preference, but because the job required precision. Boyde was an architect but also an engineer...

Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images In the men’s Modern category, PPV king Floyd Mayweather, longtime heavyweight emperor Wladimir Klitschko, and Olympic gold medalist turned two-division champion Andre Ward make the cut in their first year of eligibility. Miguel Cotto and James Toney, also in their first year of eligibility, will have to wait another 12 months. The women’s Modern side sees undefeated icon Laila Ali and ATG puncher Ann Wolfe enshrined. In other categories, tr...

Floyd Mayweather, Laila Ali elected to Boxing Hall of Fame Follow Us Question of the Day Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights Andre Berto (not shown) during their welterweight title in Las Vegas, in this Sept. 12, 2015, file photo. It’s still early, but give Round 1 of the trash talk battle between Conor McGregor and Mayweather Jr. ... more > By - Associated Press - Tuesday, December 15, 2020...

Floyd Mayweather, Laila Ali elected to Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota The ceremony scheduled for last June was postponed by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Posted: Dec 15, 2020 3:39 PM Updated: Dec 16, 2020 12:11 AM Posted By: The Associated Press CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) - Floyd Mayweather, Wladimir Klitschko, and Laila Ali have been elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum. The Class of 2021 also includes Olympic champion Andre Ward, Ann Wolfe, Marian Trimiar, and Dr. Marga...

Wladimir Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward and Laila Ali top 2021 Hall of Fame class  LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 02: WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. poses on the scale during his official weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 2, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather will meet WBA champion Marcos Maidana in a WBC/WBA unification fight in Las Vegas on May 3. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) 15 Wladimir  Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather and  Andre Ward in the men’s Mod...