My stories in Esquire and The Atlantic and Esquire Philippines about the Mayweather-Cotto fight. And Justin Bieber.

LAS VEGAS — So there was the boy Justin Bieber, side-stepping his way toward the ring alongside the nutjob Floyd Mayweather Jr., and no one really knew what he was doing there yet. It was the biggest fight of the year, and Lil Wayne and 50 Cent were there, too, but it was Saturday night at the MGM Grand, and who needs an 18-year-old human shield when you’re the self-anointed best boxer of all time, when you’re not even afraid of going to jail next month? And anyway the boy looked like he was a little upset with the whole experiment. Like a sucker.

But it sort of worked, this mysterious plan…

Mike Tyson in a one man show. In Las Vegas. My review. In TIME. Here.

My piece, “The End of Tebow

: On the consequences of the Peyton Manning signing, the realities of the NFL, and a fan’s ulterior dream deferred”. In Esquire. Read it. Here. Read it. For yourself. Tweet it. If you want to share the love.

My profile of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in TIME.

When he was a young man Antonio Villaraigosa, dropped out of school, was in numerous street fights, and had a tattoo inked on his right arm that read: Born to Raise Hell. In 2005 he became the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872. It was practically scripted: the inspirational tale of a troubled boy from the gang-infested Boyle Heights neighborhood of East LA who makes good, goes to City Hall, and turns Los Angeles into a “city of purpose.”

But, until last week, the mayoral tale of Antonio Villaraigosa was starting to look like a box office bomb. In 2007 came revelations of an extramarital affair with a Telemundo newscaster, which seriously hurt his popularity, particularly in the Latino community. His ambitious but ultimately misguided plan for a school district takeover was defeated in court. A weakening economy and his unsystematic management style led to even more political stasis…

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My profile of Larry Ruvo and The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, in TIME. Click here.

I make an appearance in Episode 3 of “On Freddie Roach.” It’s a Peter Berg documentary about the great boxing trainer Freddie Roach. It’s on HBO. That’s me. The dude on the left. Kind of a badass, aren’t I? And I think Kevin Durant copied my backpack look.

My article, in TIME, about the fight of the century not happening. Again. Makes you wonder about these two guys, doesn’t it?

I was honored to be a part of this photo tribute + essays for Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday. Hit here for some incredible images and stories. In TIME.