Today we remember former boxing champion Emile Griffith, who died Tuesday in an extended care facility in Hempstead, New York. He was 75. Today we remember former boxing champion Emile Griffith, who ...

Emile Griffith, a former world champion in the welterweight and middleweight divisions, and a member of the Hall of Fame - passed away on Tuesday at the age of 75. He fought from 1958 to 1977 and had ...

A highly dramatic real-life story is told in straightforward, vivid terms in Dan Klores and Ron Berger's docu "Ring of Fire." Tale of '60s welterweight boxing champ Emile Griffith, whose career was ...

Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title fight, Emile Griffith was introduced one more time to the crowd. He rose shakily from his seat, ...

The squared circle comes to a storied stage Monday when composer Terence Blanchard's "Champion," about real-life bisexual boxer Emile Griffith, makes its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.

Terence Blanchard's work based on the troubled life of boxing champion Emile Griffith premieres at the Metropolitan Opera. (This piece originally aired on Weekend Edition on April 8, 2023.) Terence ...

Here is our obituary of Gil Clancy that ran in Newsday's print edition today. There was a story that Gil's daughter related while I was reporting last night. It could not fit into the newspaper, but ...

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Terence Blanchard's work based on the troubled life of boxing champion Emile Griffith premieres at the Metropolitan Opera. (This piece originally... Terence Blanchard's opera on the troubled life of ...