I was in the middle of feeding the kids dinner on Thursday, June 9, 2011, when my Blackberry rang. The call was coming from Boston’s 617 area code. Please let this be Valerie Swett. And please let her ...
On September 27, 1980, at Wembley Arena, ‘Marvellous’ Marvin Hagler challenged WBA and WBC middleweight champion Alan Minter. The build-up was tense, and the fight ended in a brutal three-round ...
This is an excerpt from the book “Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvin Hagler’s Battle for Glory” by Dave Wedge, a former Herald reporter. The book, about Brockton’s “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, has ...