Canastota News

GCC's Forum Players Theater Company presents "Charlotte's Web" this week, opening at 7 p.m., Friday, in the Stuart Steiner Theater.

An SUV drove into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into a pickup truck in the town of Manlius Monday afternoon, police said.

This weekend's Central New York running schedule features one event - the 34th annual Swamp Rat Runs Saturday at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton.

International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees, from left to right, Virgil Hill, Yuh Myung-woo, Jimmy Lennon, Jr., Colin Hart and Mills Lane pose with their induction rings after being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame at the annual induction ceremony in Canastota, N.Y. The God of war, Arturo Gatti, was also inducted when his ... (more)

The second-generation ring announcer is a member of the Class of 2013, entering as a non-participant.

Late substitute Nick Brunson was in the right place at the right time, scoring an upset unanimous decision over Jorge Melendez in their Showtime-televised main event Friday evening in Verona, New York.

"Live, from the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, it's showtime,' the Class of 2013 inductee announced to the boxing fans and legends who braved the rain to attend Thursday's opening ceremony.

"IT'S SHOWTIME" for Jimmy Lennon, Jr ., the world renowned and universally respected ring announcer who'll be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this Sunday, June 9, in Canastota, N.Y. Lennon, son of the late legendary ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Sr ., started as a back-up to his famous father at the Olympic Auditorium and Forum in ... (more)

For boxing enthusiasts, it doesn't get better than the International Boxing Hall Of Fame weekend that begins this Friday and runs through Sunday in the small town of Canastota in upstate New York.

Though good enough to be considered by some "The Greatest," Muhammad Ali absorbed too many blows during his long boxing career .