The Red Wings just saw their 25-year playoff streak snapped, but it was still apparent in the final days of Joe Louis why it earned the moniker “the largest community rink in North America.” ...

In so doing, Joe Louis called a halt to a heavyweight reign that remains unequaled in its number of consecutive defenses: 25 (or 26 if one includes a quasi-exhibition in 1944), over a span of 11 ...

"There was never a Harlem like the Harlem of last night. Take a dozen Christmases ... of the most famous athlete of the day and a Harlem favorite, Joe Louis.

"Even white folks on the job that would say nigger 50 times a day, that would ... up when they talked about Joe," says civil rights activist Dick Gregory about Joe Louis on ESPN Classic's ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A project like the Joe Louis Greenway has been years in the making, and as work continues to connect Detroit with three other cities, organizers ...