Saturday, the Muhammad Ali Center will unveil a new, permanent exhibit called, The Greatest Remembered. Born Cassius Clay Jr. in Louisville on Jan. 17, 1942, the three-time heavyweight champ died on ...
The tale of Louisville native Muhammad Ali throwing an Olympic gold medal off the Second Street Bridge and into the Ohio River is a common legend in his hometown, but did it actually happen? In short, ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. “He boxed, he clowned, he lectured and he performed magic,” Gazette Sports Editor Mike Chapman wrote ...
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, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing to serve in the United States military at the height of the Vietnam War on ...