Just off the boat -- A regime's embrace -- A star rises in the Midwest -- New York falls in love -- Champion in waiting -- The condemned man -- Victor and vanquished -- Climbing back -- A German ...

Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling was never just a heavyweight rivalry, it became a global referendum on identity, propaganda, and the future of a world sliding toward war. This is the full story of the 1936 ...

Two of the first people I spoke with yesterday about Max Schmeling were surprised to learn that he had died this week. They didn't know he was alive in the first place. Come September, he would have ...