They called it “The Fight Of The Century” — and they actually meant it. A stadium was constructed solely to host the event, then it was torn down, moved from San Francisco to Reno, Nevada, and rebuilt ...

The date was July 4, 1910, the location was Reno, Nevada, and the event scheduled to take place was billed as the “Fight of the Century.” Roughly 20,000 people packed into a newly built, massive ...

Jack Johnson, left, fought Jim Jeffries for more than the undisputed heavyweight title; Scott Joplin aspired to more than "King of Ragtime" renown. George Arents Collection / New York Public Library / ...

In the decade following the onset of the 20th Century pugilism, now conducted under the auspices of the Marquis of Queensbury rules, had begun to develop lines of improvement that witnessed the ...

Laguna Beach was rocking and rolling earlier this month as the Coast Film and Music Festival and other events in town put a spotlight on the arts and the environment. For many months, community ...

Jack Johnson is kind of having a moment ... again. Recently celebrating the quarter-century anniversary of his films "The September Sessions" and "Thicker Than Water" with shows in Santa Barbara and ...

A recent concert by musician-filmmaker-surfer Jack Johnson being described as “magical” and “out of this world” has the founders of the Coast Film Festival hopeful that its success at the Irvine Bowl ...