ESPN films segments at D’Amato Gym for Friday fights

CATSKILL — ESPN boxing analyst and renowned trainer Teddy Atlas Jr. and Catskill Village President Vincent Seeley at Cus D’Amato’s KO Boxing Gym in Catskill Thursday. Atlas was filming segments that will run during ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” tonight. Local boxer Kevin Rooney Jr. will compete in tonight’s opening fight.

PHOTO: Teddy Atlas returns to Catskill

Brian Radewitz/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers ESPN boxing analyst and renowned trainer Teddy Atlas Jr. walks down the steps toward Cus D’Amato’s KO Boxing Gym in Catskill for the first time in 30 years Thursday night. Atlas was filming segments to run during ESPN’s Friday Night Fights which airs from the Times Union Center in Albany tonight. Local fighter Kevin Rooney Jr. will compete in tonight’s ...

Atlas returns to D’Amato’s after 30 years

CATSKILL — Teddy Atlas Jr. returned to Cus D’Amato’s KO Boxing Gym in Catskill Thursday night for the first time in 30 years.

Andre Berto Tests Positive for Steroids Putting Victor Ortiz Bout in Question

IBF welterweight title holder Andre Berto has tested positive for steroids, making him the second fighter within a month to test positive for a performance-enhancing drug, according to ESPN boxing writer Dan Rafael, Rafael Tweeted :     I kid not. Just filed to ESPN: Andre Berto tested positive for steroid, putting June 23 fight with Victor Ortiz in jeopardy. — Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) May 18 ...

Laurie Fine’s Potential Lawsuit Against ESPN and Other Claims Against the Network

Laurie Fine, the wife of former coach Bernie Fine, is planning to sue ESPN for libel. Her husband had been fired from Syracuse University after it was alleged that he had molested children. She claims that audio taken from a recorded conversation between herself and one of the alleged victims of Bernie Fine was edited to make it seem like she was saying things she did not. On Thursday, May 17 ...