A painful lesson was learned last week in Pontiac, Mich., where Timothy Bradley won a technical decision over Devon Alexander in the first meeting of unbeaten American world champions since 1987.

Alexander, the brilliant young Macedonian king remembered as “the Great,” has frequently been compared to the mythic Greek hero Achilles. Both were beloved by their soldiers and almost invincible. But ...

LOS ANGELES — This makes two Saturdays in a row that a team from Notre Dame has come into L.A. and had its way with a team from USC. A week ago it was Notre Dame’s women’s basketball team coming to ...