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By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt What do Frank Sinatra, Robert De Niro, Jake LaMotta, Rocky Marciano, Engelbert Humperdinck, Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney all have in common? They adorn the walls of Bobby Hitz’s new restaurant Giglio’s Chicago at 825 S. State Street in Chicago Illinois. Hitz 56, a born and bred Chicago guy whose half […]
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Sinatra, De Niro, LaMotta, Marciano, Humperdinck, Holmes and Cooney… What Do They All Have In Common? Giglio’s Chicago – Restaurant Review
July 8th, 2019 
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Comments Off on Sinatra, De Niro, LaMotta, Marciano, Humperdinck, Holmes and Cooney… What Do They All Have In Common? Giglio’s Chicago – Restaurant ReviewFunny Man Artie Johnson of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In Fame Dead at 90 – Cause of DEATH REVEALED
July 3rd, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Arte Johnson, the comic best known for the hilarious characters he created for the 1960s NBC smash hit Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died. He was 90. The 5-foot-4 Johnson, a master of ad libs, double-talk and dialects who was content to be a “second banana,” died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical […]
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June 12th, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt This Saturday night on ESPN+ live from the MGM Grand, Grand Garden Area in Las Vegas, Tyson Fury, 27-01, 19 KO’s steps back in the ring for the first time since his title attempt that ended in a draw last December against WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder when he takes on […]
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May 24th, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Las Vegas for decades has been a gamblers and boxing fan’s paradise where some of the biggest fights in boxing history have taken place. For this article, we are going to look at three such fights. Sugar Ray Leonard Vs Tommy “The Hitman” Hearns Caesar’s Palace Las Vegas, NV (September 16, […]
Posted in BOXING NEWS, COLUMNS BY "BAD" BRAD BERKWITT Tags: Looking Back At Some Legendary Las Vegas Fights Comments Off on Looking Back At Legendary Las Vegas FightsLegendary Funny Man Tim Conway Dead at 85 – Breaking Entertainment News
May 14th, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Legendary funny man Tim Conway has died at the age of 85 at 8:45 AM today in Los Angeles which was confirmed by his rep Howard Bragman to People Magazine. Prior to his death, he suffered complications from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) and had no signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s. Conway […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY "BAD" BRAD BERKWITT, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Legendary Funny Man Tim Conway Dead at 85 – Breaking Entertainment News Comments Off on Legendary Funny Man Tim Conway Dead at 85 – Breaking Entertainment NewsLegendary Singer & Actress Doris Day Dies at 97 – Cause of Death Revealed
May 13th, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt America’s sweetheart the legendary Doris Day has passed away at the age of 97 from pneumonia just two months after her 97th birthday. From the 1940’s through the 1960’s she topped the charts with many beloved hits she sang so beautifully. As well, she was a major movie star in her […]
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May 2nd, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt On May 18th from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, current WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder will be making his 9th defense of his belt against the WBC number 4 ranked Dominic Breazeale, 21-1, 18 KO’s on the Showtime network. Breazeale whose lone defeat came via TKO […]
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April 14th, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt (Written in 2005) Replace Berbick with Balboa. It’s November 22, 1986. Young “Iron” Mike Tyson finally gets his shot against legendary Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa. Balboa is in his prime with his mind totally focused on his biggest fight since he regained the title with a knockout over former champion Clubber […]
Posted in BOXING NEWS, COLUMNS BY "BAD" BRAD BERKWITT Tags: Rocky Balboa Vs "Iron" Mike Tyson: The Battle of the Century! Comments Off on Rocky Balboa Vs “Iron” Mike Tyson: The Battle of the Century!An Amazing Father Remembered On His 91st Birthday for the Love Of Boxing He Passed On to His Only Son
April 12th, 2019 Bad Brad (This is a yearly tribute I put up for my dad. Today, would have been his 91st Birthday. Each year, I change the number of years I have been in and around boxing thanks to him.) Tribute by “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Where did 44 years go? Only seven years old, but watching boxing with my […]
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April 2nd, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt April 20th on PPV from the mecca of boxing, Madison Square Garden will host WBO Welterweight Champion Terence Crawford, 34-0, 25 KO’s who will defend his strap for the second time against former WBA & IBF Super Lightweight Champion Amir Khan, 33-4, 20 KO’s. As the odds provided by Paruk of […]
Posted in BOXING NEWS, COLUMNS BY "BAD" BRAD BERKWITT Tags: Terence Crawford – Amir Khan: A Closer Look Comments Off on Terence Crawford – Amir Khan: A Closer LookLegendary British Actor Albert Finney Dead at 82 – Cause of Death REVEALED
February 8th, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Legendary five time Oscar nominee actor Albert Finney, who forged his reputation as one of the leading actors of Britain’s early 60s new wave cinema, has died aged 82 after a short illness, his family have announced. In 2011, he disclosed he had been suffering from kidney cancer. A publicist told […]
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January 31st, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Hard working character actor Dick Miller who is probably best known as Murray Futterman in the 1984 film classic Gremlins has died. He was 90. With a career spanning more than 60 years, Miller made hundreds of on screen appearances, beginning in the 1950s with legendary director and producer Roger Corman. […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY "BAD" BRAD BERKWITT, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Actor Dick Miller of Gremlins Fame Dead at 90 - Entertainment News Comments Off on Actor Dick Miller of Gremlins Fame Dead at 90 – Entertainment NewsOscar Winning Composer, Songwriter & Pianist Michel Legrand Dead at 86 – Music News
January 27th, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Beloved songwriter, composer and pianist Michel Legrand who won three Oscars died yesterday in his home in France. He was 86. Legrand’s music cross over many genres of music and was known for film scores like ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’ and I ‘Will Wait For You’. Throughout his career, Legrand […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY "BAD" BRAD BERKWITT, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Oscar Winning Composer, Songwriter & Pianist Michel Legrand Dead at 86 - Music News Comments Off on Oscar Winning Composer, Songwriter & Pianist Michel Legrand Dead at 86 – Music NewsActress, Comedian & Singer Kaye Ballard Dead at 93 – Cause of Death Revealed
January 22nd, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Kaye Ballard, the beloved comedian and singer who appeared in Broadway musicals along with nightclubs, TV and movies has died at the age of 93. Ballard co-starred with Eve Arden in the 1960s TV sitcom “The Mothers-In-Law.” Ballard died Monday night at her home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a fight […]
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January 15th, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Beloved Broadway & movie star Carol Channing, whose performances as the gold-digging Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” made her a Broadway legend, died early Tuesday at her home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. She was 97. Her death was confirmed by her […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY "BAD" BRAD BERKWITT, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Broadway & Movie Star Carol Channing Dead at 97 - Entertainment News Comments Off on Broadway & Movie Star Carol Channing Dead at 97 – Entertainment NewsDaryl Dragon Half of the Smash Duo Captain And Tennille Dead at 76 – Cause of Death Revealed
January 2nd, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt In the 1970’s we had so many great variety shows such as The Captain and Tennille that was on ABC from 1976-1977 during a time that was much kinder in America. With smash hits such as Love Will Keep Us Together, Muskrat Love and Do That To Me One More Time […]
WWE HOF Interviewer “Mean” Gene Okerlund Dead at 76 – Breaking WWE News
January 2nd, 2019 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt “Mean” Gene Okerlund, the beloved HOF WWE Interviewer who was as much a part of wrestling as the biggest name wrestlers has died. He was 76. Okerlund interviewed a who’s who of WWE stars such as, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Randy “Macho Man” Savage, Andre the Giant, the Ultimate Warrior and […]
Former Heavyweight Boxer Oliver Wright Dead at 71 – Cause of Death Revealed
December 29th, 2018 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Tough Jamaican Heavyweight journeyman Oliver Wright, 16-16-1, 8 KO’s died yesterday of a heart attack. Wright was 71 years old. During his boxing career, which started in 1973 and ended in 1981, he faced big name fighters like Tim Witherspoon, Roy Williams, Bunny Johnson, Oscar Bonavena, Earnie Shavers, and Larry Holmes.
Anthony Joshua Blows Out Alexander Povetkin in the 7th Round & Eyes Deontay Wilder Next!
September 22nd, 2018 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Anthony Joshua, 22-0, 21 KO’s did something tonight that no one else to date could do against Alexander Povetkin, 34-2, 24 KO’s and that was to knock him out in the 7th round for Joshua’s WBA/IBF/WBO title in front of 80,000 fans at London’s Wembley Arena. In a fight that Povetkin […]
Popular Missouri Boxer Jesse “Left Hook” Cook Returns to the Ring After Two Year Layoff with a KO Win!
June 26th, 2018 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Last weekend in Pittsburg, Kansas, fan favorite Jesse “Left Hook” Cook, 18-1-1, 13 KO’s made a triumphant return to the ring after a two year layoff with a second round KO over Brandon “The Business” Baue, 12-14, 10 KO’s. Jesse is one of those fighter’s that Debbie and I enjoyed covering […]
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin Vs Canelo Alvarez II Finally Coming September 15th
June 22nd, 2018 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Fight fans around the world are elated that both the camps of Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, 38-0-1, 34 KO’s and Canelo Alvarez, 49-1-2, 34 KO’s have come to terms for their highly anticipated rematch on September 15th of this year. In their first fight, many felt “GGG” was robbed at gun point […]
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin Tells Oscar “Fishnet Stockings” De La Hoya To Pack Sand on Purse Cut in Rematch with Canelo “Meat Beater – Cheater” Alvarez! – Breaking Boxing News
June 13th, 2018 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Current WBC & WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin has turned down Golden Boy Promotions ridiculous offer of 57.5% to 42.5% to face their “Golden Goose”, Canelo “Meat Beater – Cheater” Alvarez. The two boxers were on track to fight in a September rematch of their fight last year where “GGG” […]
Eddie Hearn Smacks Adrien “The Boner” Broner – Breaking Boxing News
May 27th, 2018 Bad Brad Promoter Eddie Hearn like the rest of the boxing world is tired of Adrien “The Boner” Broner and his antics. Hearn, like so many others recently took his turn at smacking the boxer. Read HERE.
Kenzie Morrison Wins in One Round Against Journey Man Galen Brown
May 27th, 2018 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Kenzie Morrison raised his professional fight record to 14-0-2, 11 KO’s when he stopped journeyman Galen Brown, 44-40-1, 25 KO’s in the first round of their match in Kansas City. Long time boxing fans The Spavinaw Kid and his sidekick at all the fights, Walrus McGhee, had this to say to […]
Trey Lippe Morrison Opponent Named for Ring Return This Friday – Breaking Boxing News
March 6th, 2018 Bad Brad By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Heavyweight prospect Trey Lippe Morrison, 13-0, 13 KO’s makes his much-anticipated ring return this Friday, at the Deadwood Mountain Grand Resort in South Dakota, against journeyman Felipe Romero, 19-15-1, 13 KO’s. Morrison is with a new boxing trainer Tommy Virgets, who also trained his late father Tommy Morrison the former WBO […]
