A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. He was the Manassa Mauler. He was Jack the Giant Killer. He was a popular sports figure in the New York City nightclub ...

If you’re looking for the spot where Jack Dempsey defended the world heavyweight title against Tommy Gibbons in a fight that brought financial ruin upon an entire town on July 4, 1923, the directions ...

When Canadian cruiserweight Ryan Rozicki, 20-1-1 (19 KOs), enters the ring on May 3 to challenge Badou Jack, 28-3-3 (17 KOs), Rozicki will be trying to tap into the spirit of the legendary Jack ...

FARGO — It must have gone through the minds of many in Fargo-Moorhead that July 4, 1923. What better way to celebrate America, they thought, than to cheer on a Minnesota guy — an underdog —hoping to ...

Canadian cruiserweight Ryan Rozicki is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his fighting idol, Jack Dempsey. Rozicki, 20-1-1 (19 KOs), challenges WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack on May 3 in ...

Editor’s note: This past Saturday’s playoff football showdown between Montana State and Montana has been considered alongside the infamous Jack Dempsey-Tommy Gibbons heavyweight boxing match in Shelby ...

Jack Dempsey Campbell, 89, of Concord, California, died December 23, 2024, at Kaiser Hospital of a brief illness. Jack was born February 3, 1935, in a rural area of Pikeville, Kentucky the eldest son ...

One of the most popular men in Washington is red-faced, white-haired John J. Dempsey, New Mexico’s lone Representative in the House. Onetime water boy on a railroad, hard-working Jack Dempsey fought ...