The focus is on Tyson’s passion for pigeon racing, but it also brings viewers to places such as Jersey City and people such as Costa, who have stayed beside him through life’s turmoil.

"The pigeons are man's first feathered friends, before chickens," Tyson said. "They were money in ancient times." Although he's a longtime pigeon fancier, Tyson is a novice at racing the birds.

“ One wonders whether Mike Tyson — as a self-appointed ambassador of and ‘rookie’ to pigeon racing — realizes that just as losing racehorses end up in the glue factory, these gentle ...

FOR THE BIRDS: Mike Tyson takes his pigeon racing hobby from the rooftops of New York City to television in the Animal Planet miniseries ‘Taking on Tyson.’ By Migration User | [email protected] ...

His new show on Animal Planet, “Taking on Tyson,” (10 p.m. Sunday), focuses on Tyson’s passion for pigeon racing, but it also brings viewers to places such as Jersey City and people such as ...

Racing pigeons can be valuable, as much as $1,000 each, and their owners take good care of them, Oliva said. In fact, many local racers give their retired birds to his pigeon sanctuary instead of ...

Image Credit: Eric Ogden/Animal PlanetIf you’ve always dreamed of a reality series involving Mike Tyson and pigeons, well…. you have weird dreams. But Animal Planet just might have a show for ...

Little known fact that Tyson has raised pigeons all his life. In fact his first-ever fight as a child was in defense of his birds. But this show will follow his first foray into racing them ...

(CBS) -Mike Tyson has ruffled a few feathers with an animal rights group for his new reality show, "Taking on Tyson," which showcases the boxing legend's passion for pigeon racing.

Premiering on March 6, the show will follow Tyson as he returns to his old Brooklyn neighborhood and trains pigeons for competition (hopefully by shouting inspirational maxims at them), but it’s ...

These are the racing pigeons, the focus of the show. Tyson acknowledges that he’s a novice in the sport, but that’s the reason Animal Planet has been following him.

PETA is not pleased with Mike Tyson 's new Animal Planet show about pigeon racing. The animal welfare group wants New York City prosecutors to investigate Tyson's Brooklyn-based reality show ...