He also covered tennis, boxing and several Olympic Games, including rowing events.
Bob Waters, who covered boxing for Newsday for almost 30 years, died of cancer Saturday night.
In addition to football and baseball, Riger's images cover boxing, horse racing, and all things Olympic.
He also continued to cover boxing for the Hearst newspapers.
He covered wrestling, boxing, hockey, horse racing and movie premieres.
He was best known for covering boxing and his column "From Pillar to Post."
Now he is working for HBO, covering boxing and Wimbledon.
Smith left his baseball beat and covered mostly boxing for the American.
He has also covered the Super Bowl, boxing and soccer for Spanish radio.
He also covered boxing at Chicago Stadium.