The sports headlines of 2021 have included stories of young athletes of color — most notably, Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles — taking stands for their personal rights and well-being in matters such as ...
Sucker Punch, written by Jack Cashill is not your normal Muhammad Ali story. It is less of a boxing story, and more of a cultural analysis of Ali’s impact upon America. There is Ali the legend and ...
On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali took on Sonny Liston in a rematch of their 1964 fight. Held in the unlikely town of Lewiston, Maine, the event was clouded by by an atmosphere of fear and suspicion. The ...
Sonny Liston probably wasn't expecting Muhammad Ali's knockout punch in 1965. It came from below and put the former heavyweight champion on the mat within a minute of the opening bell. Ali stood ...
It was a funeral for the ages as Muhammad Ali got a fitting tribute in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, in June. But now, seven months after the champ was laid to rest, new details of his estate ...
“In Washington, D.C., during the 1970s, a black man could get into the newspapers in one of two ways: crime—or boxing.” Such begins the synopsis for boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard’s 2012 ...
The play Fetch Clay, Make Man explores the sense of identity through the eyes of two significant figures in black history — Stepin Fetchit... 'Fetch Clay, Make Man': Ali, Fetchit And The 'Anchor Punch ...
The faded photo of Muhammad Ali holding 6-month-old Russ Linzner occupied a prominent place in the cabin, a vivid reminder of the day the boxing champ visited Summit Lake in 1978. The encounter came ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Authors James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are teaming up on a book for young people about Muhammad Ali. “Becoming Muhammad Ali” is being called a “biographical novel” by the rival ...
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