Arts Books: 'Sweet Thunder,' Sugar Ray Robinson bio; Winston Churchill tribute Published: Nov. 22, 2009, 9:09 a.m. By Star-Ledger Staff ...

Irondequoit, N.Y. — Several hundred people packed a church Monday to say final goodbyes to Carmen Basilio, who won the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 before ...

In 1997, Ring Magazine selected Sugar Ray Robinson as the best boxer in its 75-year history. Muhammad Ali called Sugar Ray "the king, the master, my idol." ...