And so, we begin a discussion of outside-the-box competitions with the aim of categorizing each one: Real sport or just a weird activity? In our first review, we will look at a competition that ...

Chess boxing, a sport testing both brains and brawn, has been steadily rising in popularity. It's been a big hit in Russia, ...

A chessboard awaits the next round just outside the ring during a chessboxing match in Berlin in 2012 AP Images There’s a boxing ring planted in the middle of a London nightclub. So far, nothing too ...

When Matt Thomas dropped out of law school, he devoted himself to a sport he initially thought was a joke: chess boxing. In 2018, he became the first American to compete for a world chess boxing title ...

They throw a mean “check” right hook. It’s April 18and Max Medley is having an amateur sparring session at the inaugural Interclub chess boxing event at the iconic Gleason’s boxing gym in Dumbo, ...

BERLIN — Nikolay Sazhin almost knocked out his opponent with a blow to the chin in the second round. But he had to take the queen to win the match. In front of 1,000 cheering fans one recent Saturday ...