Avon Barksdale, iconic strongman of the HBO series The Wire, once declared in no uncertain terms, “I want my corners!” or the street corners from which his “soldiers” could peddle illicit substances.

Any serious television junkie -- this side of The Hollywood Reporter-- will tell you that "The Wire" is in the conversation about the greatest TV series of all time. For those who haven't yet gotten ...

BALTIMORE - A few years back, Nathan "Bodie" Barksdale had a public spat with "The Wire" creator David Simon over just how much of his criminal past was the inspiration for television drug boss Avon ...

In March, just two years after The Wire went dead, the real Avon Barksdale will be brought to the screen in a new documentary, The Avon Barksdale Story—Legends Of The Unwired, which has already won ...