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HBO's Thrilla in Manila Revisited
This is a must-see documentary. As its tagline promises: Time Tells A Different Story. Boxing serves as the vehicle for much deeper examinations of media manipulation, the nature of courage, racial identity, the power of symbolism, contest of will, the importance of forgiveness. When I wrote a...
False Icons In Sport
Sport has always served as a narrative into which one projects their individual hopes and fantasies - and often their prejudices and world view. However, for those who comment on athletics for a living the narrative around certain figures rarely evolves. Specifically with those figures...
Angelo Dundee, Trainer To Muhammad Ali And Sugar Ray Leonard, Dies At 90
Angelo Dundee, a legend of combat sports for his work training and cornering Muhammad Ali, has passed away at the age of 90 according to a report from the Associated Press. Dundee died surrounded by family a month after attending Ali's 70th birthday bash in Kentucky. In addition to Ali, whom Dundee...
Angelo Dundee, Legendary Trainer of Muhammad Ali, Passes Away at Age 90
Angelo Dundee, who became one of the the greatest and most legendary trainers in boxing history thanks to his tight connection to the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and many others, passed away on Wednesday. He was 90 years old. Along with his standing as one of the great trainers in...
Happy Birthday Muhammad Ali
"The Greatest of All Time," Muhammad Ali, turned 70-years-old today and we would be remiss not to make sure to mention him in this space. He was, after all, one of the greatest boxers who ever lived but he was also likely the most famous non-pro wrestler to admit to the fact that most of the skills...
Muhammad Ali at 70: Then and Now Interviews With David Frost (Video)
Here's a video that works in pieces of an interview from 1974 with Muhammad Ali and David Frost, and also gets Ali's thoughts much later in life on that same interview, which was pretty controversial to be sure. The things Muhammad Ali was saying and doing in 1974 -- it's so hard for me to really...
Muhammad Ali video tribute featuring Mark Munoz, Bas Rutten and Snoop Dogg
Vancouver, BC (January 17th, 2012) - Roots of Fight, a new lifestyle apparel brand focused on connecting the history and evolution of boxing and martial arts, pays tribute to Muhammad Ali on his 70th birthday, today, January 17, 2012. To grasp the true power of any cultural force, you have to know...
Muhammad Ali at 70: Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Ali (Video)
If you're like me, you love Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. So in honor of Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday, here's the Ali roast. And it has Gabe Kaplan!!! (To be fair to Mr. Kotter, he has a pretty good Floyd Patterson glass chin joke.) A pretty decent roast, and unlike modern roasts, you know, not...
Muhammad Ali at 70: NBC Sports Rumble in the Jungle Feature (Video)
Back in 1990, NBC had lost Major League Baseball and had some major holes to fill in their sports programming. One of the things they decided to do was look back at some of history's greatest fights, with feature programs covering classic bouts and showing the fights, with present day discussion to...
Muhammad Ali at 70: The Emotional End of His Boxing Career (Video)
This is a clip from one of the countless TV specials that have been dedicated to Muhammad Ali over the last 30 years. One of the brutal realities of boxing as a spectator sport, and for fans of the sport, is that eventually, you will watch your favorite fighters lose it. It's never pretty. This...
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