Asked to describe the man he trained for over 20 years, Angelo Dundee shook his head in wonder and replied, “Being with Muhammad was like riding a comet,” and a comet he was. First despised then ...
Before he was one of the greatest athletes of all time, Muhammad Ali was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a proud native of Louisville, Kentucky. Ali was born in Louisville on Jan. 17, 1942, and on Sunday, ...
Muhammad Ali redefined heavyweight boxing—he broke every rule about how big men should fight. Across 21 years as a professional, Ali won 56 fights (37 by knockout) and lost only 5. Ali turned fights ...
Muhammad Ali was arguably the most influential and revered figure in American sports history. Sure, Babe Ruth was great, Michael Jordan was amazing and Jim Brown was, too. But Ali was so much more.
Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, famed boxer and social activist Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, learned how to fight at an early age, when seeking vengeance for a stolen bicycle. From ...
Without Muhammad Ali's fourth wife, Lonnie, the legendary boxer's last 30 years likely would have been very different. "Ali would have been gone and forgotten 30 years ago, if not for Lonnie," said ...
It's hard to believe it's been a year since the passing of “The Greatest.” Muhammad Ali was 74 when he breathed his last on June 3rd, 2016, leaving behind an unparalleled legacy as one of the most ...
No one moved “like a butterfly” then stung “like a bee” better than Muhammad Ali. One element of his in-ring repertoire was the Ali Shuffle, when he did a little dance before landing an unexpected ...
Visit of Muhammad Ali to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, March 17, 1976. During his visit he donated a pair of gloves and a ...
It was a fitting end to this country’s most famous Muslim life: Family and friends gathered around the bed of Muhammad Ali, the boxer whose conversion to Islam decades ago sent countless seekers and ...
A high-speed crash on Interstate 81 southbound in East Pennsboro Township claimed the life of a 19-year-old Harrisburg man, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Sunday, Dec. 15. The fatal crash ...
Muhammad Ali took up boxing at the age of 12 after his bicycle was stolen, an incident that brought him to Louisville police officer Joe Martin, who went on to train the young fighter.