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Hear Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali's spoken word album from 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m2LbZIXia4 In August 1963, Cassius Clay released a spoken word/musical LP titled "I Am The Greatest." This was before he became the heavyweight champion of the world...
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Muhammad Ali had a personal magic trick teacher
I had no idea Muhammad Ali loved magic. This is a great story about a friendship between a young magician living with the aftereffects of polio, and the world's greatest athlete. From Vox: [Terry] La...
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Hear Muhammad Ali sing out against tooth decay
In 1976, Muhammad Ali collaborated with Howard Cosell, Frank Sinatra, Jayne Kennedy, Richie Havens, and others on an LP titled "Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay." Listen below! Apparently, there...
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What the Pentagon learned from Muhammad Ali
Matt Taibbi takes to Rolling Stone to tell us about the lessons that the US military learned from the powerful bruising it received from Muhummad Ali's refusal to fight in Vietnam: namely, that...
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Billy Crystal's eulogy for Muhammad Ali
Comedian Billy Crystal gave this lovely eulogy for his good friend Muhammad Ali.
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Immigration authorities detain Muhammad Ali, Jr. at Florida airport, demand...
The adult son of Muhammad Ali, the late Muslim-American boxing star and civil rights hero, was detained for hours at a Florida airport by U.S. immigration officials, the Courier-Journal reports. (more…)
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Watch this wonderful clip of Muhammad Ali learning about Mount Everest
"I'm gonna climb that mountain." In this fantastic clip below, Muhammad Ali's curiosity is sparked and his wonder is palpable. Support team to carry supplies? Nah, he's "taking astronaut food."
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On this day in 1967, Muhammad Ali was indicted
I will forever be enamored with Muhammad Ali. When I was a kid and didn't care about boxing, I loved Ali for the plethora of soundbites he produced while selling his bouts. Once I got a little older...
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Today is Muhammad Ali's birthday
Every once in a while, we're gifted a legendary human that shapes of perception of a profession or field of endeavor. In boxing, several modern-day gladiators- such as Jack Johnson and Jake LaMotta –...
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