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ESPN pulling out stops for megafight coverage

ESPN’s budget is taking a hit this week. The Worldwide Leader in Sports is utilizing 345 rooms for the 200-300 in town for the superfight between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

Warm up for Pacquiao-Mayweather with 10 best boxing movies

Amid all the hoopla for this week’s big fight, veteran film critic Carol Cling rates her all-time favorites that captured the “sweet science” on the silver screen. No, “Rocky” is not No. 1.

MGM restaurant offers ‘ultimate’ for megafight

In anticipation of a crush of fight fans swarming the MGM Grand, the host hotel’s Crush restaurant is planning the “ultimate VIP experience.”

Celebrities pick their favorite to win in Mayweather v. Pacquiao

The much-hyped megafight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is just 9 days away and the biggest names in sports and entertainment are taking sides.

Strippers will get tattoos of Mayweather v. Pacquiao winner

The latest Vegas strip club stunt comes from Deja Vu Showgirls, which is promising the winner of the Floyd Mayweather/Manny Pacquiao fight: Free couch dances for life — and four strippers will tattoo his name on their bodies.

Jamie Foxx could play Tyson in movie

Mike Tyson says he’s met with Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx about collaborating on a possible biopic on his life.

‘Undisputed Truth:’ Boxing behind him, Tyson reaches new stage

Mike Tyson fought Spike Lee and lost. “Spike Lee took it and made me all by myself. Put me onstage pretty much emotionally naked, just baring my soul to people,” Tyson recalls. “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” makes its televised debut at 8 p.m. Saturday on HBO.

Film tells story of Muhammad Ali’s draft fight

He is now so much a part of the nation’s social fabric that it’s hard to comprehend a time when Muhammad Ali was more reviled than revered.

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