Larry Holmes

Manny Pacquiao, after the near-perfect punch that laid him out

2013-02-20 17:35:00

When last we left Manny Pacquiao, darling of the fight world, he was flat on his face, out cold in the corner of a boxing ring. It was the night of Dec. 8, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was such a startling moment that even the most...

Actress Ashley Benson buys Hollywood Hills West home for $2.2 million

2012-10-18 13:41:00

A French Normandy-style house in Hollywood Hills West that just sold for $2.2 million has added another celebrity name to its pedigree. The new owner is "Pretty Little Liars" actress Ashley Benson, public records show. Screenwriter-director Dan Harris...

Muhammad Ali Day

2012-08-10 00:34:19

Georgia councilmember's 'cotton field' retort angers the NAACP; he says it wasn't 'a racial remark at all'

2010-10-21 16:34:47

Ted Green: Is Kobe Bryant getting old?

2010-04-05 16:33:10

Side issues in focus for Wright, Dymally in 25th District race

2008-05-29 00:00:00

When former Assemblyman Roderick "Rod" Wright talks about his upcoming election bout against Assemblyman Mervyn M. Dymally (D-Compton), he sometimes refers to a classic 1980 boxing match -- the one in which a younger Larry Holmes defeated legendary...

Latest Pennsylvania sports

2013-05-21 21:57:24

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 NHL CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS: Pittsburgh at Ottawa. 7:30 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-0), 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Lee 4-2) at Miami (Slowey 1-4), 7:10 p.m. PHILLIES-MARLINS...

Latest Pennsylvania news, sports, business and entertainment

2013-05-21 20:56:18

PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY-PITTSBURGH MAYOR Peduto bests Wagner, Wheatley for mayor nomination PITTSBURGH (AP) — Longtime City Councilman William Peduto has won the Democratic nomination for mayor, defeating former state auditor general Jack Wagner...

Retired boxer Larry Holmes wins legal round in towing dispute at his eastern Pa. restaurant

2013-05-21 07:32:06

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Former heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes has won a legal round in a towing dispute at his eastern Pennsylvania restaurant. Holmes sued in January, saying a neighbor was wrongfully towing cars from a shared parking lot by...

FLASHBACK: In '93, Scott Coval is named men's basketball coach at then-Allentown College

2013-05-21 00:00:00

A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five. May 20 1988—Saucon Valley's Jeff LaPorta strikes out 19 batters in an 8-0 Colonial League no-hitter over Nazareth. LaPorta walks three in his gem. 1983&#...

Here is the latest Pennsylvania news from The Associated Press

2013-05-21 03:25:14

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Polling places across Pennsylvania will be open today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today in a slew of primary nomination battles for municipal and judicial offices. Most of the balloting is limited to Democratic and Republican...

Flashback: In 2003, DeSales reaches Division III World Series

2013-05-13 00:00:00

A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five. May 14 2008—After rejecting a "pay-to-play" policy twice since 1993, the Tamaqua Area School Board adopts a policy requiring school athletes to pay a $10 fee...

Randall "Tex" Cobb in his two most famous roles: as Larry Holmes' punching bag and as The Lone Bike of the Apocalypse in "Raising Arizona."

2013-05-07 02:45:00

World class boxer Larry Holmes waits for his chance to throw the first pitch as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs prepare to play the Louisville Bats at Coca Cola Stadium on Tuesday, May 8, 2013. Harry Fisher / THE MORNING CALL.mc-ironpigs-louisville-0507.May 7, 2013 ..

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Power lift trucks from J.W. Didado Electrical Contractors of Akron , Ohio, are filled with fuel at Square One Exon on South Third Street and Larry Holmes Drive in Easton on Monday morning as rain from Hurricane Sandy falls in the Lehigh Valley.

2012-10-29 00:00:00