Sweet Science

A.J. Liebling''s classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was.

The Sweet Science depicts the great events of boxing''s American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson''s dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano''s rise to prominence, Joe Louis''s unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes th...