Before he became a lovable pitchman, he was just plain mean. By Devin Gordon Before the hamburger grills, and the ABC sitcom (“George”) that lasted nine episodes, and the boisterous appearances on ...

The late George Foreman was a history maker and breaker during his illustrious heavyweight run amongst his fellow boxing icons. One of the most formidable punchers in the sport’s long history, George ...

George Foreman became Houston’s only heavyweight boxing champion, and just the second from Texas, with a brutal assault that put Joe Frazier on his back six times in the two rounds that their 1973 ...

Hundreds gathered Monday at Wortham Theater Center to honor two-time world heavyweight champion George Foreman, whom Mayor John Whitmire called “a hero to our city, our state, our nation and the world ...

HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced that a celebration of life will be held for former heavyweight boxer George Foreman on Monday, April 14, at the Wortham Theater Center. We will stream ...

Fearsome in the ring, George Foreman was so charming outside it he became America’s favorite pitchman. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time world heavyweight boxing champion fought the sport’s ...

Larry Merchant often described boxing as “the theater of the unexpected.” When he was center stage, working with Jim Lampley and George Foreman on HBO Sports’ World Championship Boxing, the three ...

Born on Jan. 10, 1949, in Marshall, Texas, and raised in Houston’s rough-and-tumble Fifth Ward, George Edward Foreman didn’t start life with a silver spoon — or even a spatula. One of seven children, ...

The world lost a true culinary pioneer, visionary and all-around good guy last week. George Foreman will be remembered by some as the two-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world who defeated ...

My dad loved football, and my mom boxing. I enjoyed neither, preferring a life devoted to X-Men comic books and Little Debbie snack cakes. But she convinced me to watch a match: Buster Douglas’ ...