A goodbye to a friend I never met, but really knew August 18, 2014 This afternoon, while at work (a job which, among many other things, e...

Woke up around 6:30 AM in order to get a shower in without having to wait in a ridiculous line. I was expecting much worse than what the set...

Despite being a big, big music guy, I've never attended Coachella. Just way too expensive. This year, however, I had been writing abou...

Thursday, I met up with a friend who was relatively new to covering boxing but was coming from the background of the music industry where he...

The original plan was to leave either late Monday night or early Tuesday for LA, then for Vegas from there to get into Vegas for Pacquiao-Br...

I was supposed to go see the Oakland A's play the Seattle Mariners on Friday, Apr. 4. I went so much as to show up, get to the press box...

Thursday night, I had the opportunity to do a concert review of Los Angeles band Fitz And The Tantrums' show at the Fox Theater in Oakla...

The game that was rained out the day before was replayed at 12:35, with a night game to be played at 6 PM. I elected to cover just the day g...

So April 2014 setup to be the craziest and most exciting month of my entire life until that point. I think there are four days I'm not s...

Quick thoughts on ESPN2 FNF season opener last night Mark E. Ortega January 5, 2014 Fights like Ward-Sanchez prove you can't write...

Ten Best Things in Boxing in 2013 Mark E. Ortega January 3, 2013  At the end of last year, I pessimistically counted down the list of te...

2013 Prospect of the Year: Billy Joe Saunders Mark E. Ortega December 27, 2013 A number of young fighters saw their unbeaten records rec...

Breakthrough Fighter of 2013: Gennady Golovkin Mark E. Ortega December 25, 2013 A number of fighters enjoyed years in 2013 that may ...

2013 Comeback of the Year: Kiko Martinez Mark E. Ortega December 23, 2013 2013 saw a number of fighters being their careers back fr...

Ten Worst Boxing Moments of 2013 Mark E. Ortega December 20, 2013 Although many consider 2013 to have been a banner year for boxing, it ...

Teddy Atlas on the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board Mark E. Ortega April 5, 2013 Last Friday, ESPN2 Friday Night Fights commentator ...

HBO reboots popular Legendary Nights to chronicle Gatti-Ward Mark E. Ortega Freelance March 26, 2013 The much anticipated return...

Five that will benefit most from HBO-Golden Boy split Mark E. Ortega Freelance March 20, 2013 News broke early Monday courtesy o...