Many who knew Harry Reid well will describe him as a fighter. But did you know that before becoming a politician, Reid was an amateur boxer who became a lifelong fan and advocate for the sport?

The political landscape is littered with those who underestimated the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada. People forget that Reid was a boxer, a U.S. Capitol Police officer and ...

Harry Reid, once the second-most powerful man in the United States behind only President Barack Obama, has had a lifelong love affair with boxing. The former Senate Majority Leader from Nevada ...

For a time during his youth, Harry Reid was a middleweight amateur boxer. But last week, the Senate minority leader faced an unexpected bout with some exercise equipment. In a video released by ...

Sen. Harry Reid has forged some unorthodox alliances to better fight for his pet issues. But a new partnership with former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson is arguably his most unexpected coupling yet.

In the coming months, it will probably be useful to remember that as a young man, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) spent some time as an amateur middleweight boxer. Reid understands one reason his job ...

Harry Reid is going to retire. What a humbling ending for his career. Injured in a treadmill accident, tossed from his majority leader role, Reid will go back to Nevada. The former boxer is ...

Harry M. Reid, the amateur boxer from a tiny mining town who clawed his way to the top of the national political ladder in Washington, never showed any sign of fear. But Friday, as he announced ...

A former professional gambler, a taxi company magnate, a telecommunications lobbyist, and a giant tobacco company are among the top lifetime givers to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, 70, of Nevada, ...

He once called President George W. Bush a "liar" and a "loser." He suggested in public, based on rather obviously false rumors, that Mitt Romney paid no federal income taxes. He repeatedly used ...

File this one with Sen. Chuck Schumer's anti-Eduardo Saverin law under "potential legislation targeted at isolated events and people": Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the Senate floor today ...

Former Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, a "tough-as-nails" boxer both in the ring and the Senate Chamber, has died at the age of 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer ...