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Quoting Cassius Clay, LeBron Rings Hollow

On the morning after he stunned the sports world by emasculating Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight championship of the world, Cassius Clay sat in Malcolm X's Miami Beach hotel room eating ice cream with football star Jim Brown and fielding questions from inquisitive reporters, one of whom asked Clay about a rumor that he...

Muhammad Ali Letter Sells for Beyond 16K

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A handwritten letter from Muhammad Ali penned early in his boxing career has sold for more than $16,000 at an auction. The letter was written to a fan in Canada when Ali lived in Louisville and was still known as Cassius Clay. It includes a mailing envelope postmarked on Oct. 18, 1961. The...

Howard Cosell, Danny Lopez Among International Boxing Hall of Famers

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) -- Former broadcaster Howard Cosell has been elected posthumously to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota. Former featherweight champion Danny "Little Red" Lopez also was voted into the Hall. Among the other living inductees to be enshrined on June 13, 2010, are: Light flyweight champ...

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05/20/12 Sports News: THE legendary career of Muhammed Ali... Source: WalesOnline - UK But the moment that launched the career of the greatest known sports star the world has ever known very nearly didn't happen.
04/30/12 Ali's boyhood home on Grand Avenue getting historical... Source: The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY The Kentucky Historical Society will dedicate a historical marker to honor Muhammad Alis home site at 10 a.m.
04/28/12 Flash back to the most inspiring memories of Olympics... Source: FOX Sports What kind of amazing moments will come out of the venues of the 2012 Olympics?