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Exactly five years ago, HBO pulled out of the boxing business, which was a shock to the sport. “I had heard about it before I read about it,” recalled Seth Abraham, the former head of HBO Sports on its demise. He was president of Madison Square Garden at the time. “It was very, very sad to see that brand sort of go away.” And away it did with all its great pugilistic memories. HBO’s first big fight was Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman for the heavyweight championship in 1974, followed by classics like Foreman-Muhammad Ali, Ali-Frazier III, Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns I and II, Mike Tyson-Buster Douglas, Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jr., and the Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward trilogy to name a few. Now Showtime Sports, HBO’s longtime rival in televising the sweet science, took a ten count...

A closeted gay man endures a chilling interrogation about his private life in the trailer for “Fellow Travelers,” Showtime’s hotly anticipated, queer-inclusive new series. Based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel, “Fellow Travelers” follows a decadeslong romance between a newly minted college graduate, Tim Laughlin (played by Jonathan Bailey), and a U.S. State Department official, Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer).The couple’s relationship begins in secret during the anti-LGBTQ “Lavender Scare” of the 1950s, during which thousands of U.S. government employees were fired or forced to resign because of their sexuality, and continues through the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the ’80s.“Fellow Travelers” hits Showtime Oct. 29. Watch the trailer below.The supporting cast of “Fellow Travelers” includes Allison Will...

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