Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs); was born Cassius Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, and rightfully earned the nickname “The Greatest”. During his prestigious career, there were memorable ...

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, emerged from humble beginnings in Louisville, Kentucky, where he began boxing at the age of 12. His journey to greatness began when he won a gold medal in ...

Back in the day, he was Cassius Clay, a handsome and sharp young boxer with a smart mouth and a knack for showmanship. He had won the light-heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, but he ...

1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York Rangers battle the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square ...

*After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship defeating Sonny Liston in 1964, Cassius Clay – influenced by the Nation of Islam teachings – changed his name to Muhammad Ali (meaning “beloved ...

The play is a testament to what Cassius Clay endured and “his determination to be successful in and out of the ring, and his fighting for what is right,” Holmes said. “With the help of his family, ...

The premier New Jersey production of And in This Corner … Cassius Clay, Idris Goodwin's drama about the rise of the boxer who became Muhammad Ali, will mark the final round of The Theater Project's ...

MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Fifty years ago, an upstart American boxer who later became known as Muhammad Ali "shook the world" when he dethroned Sonny Liston to claim the heavyweight ...

In one of the most bizarre triumphs since P.T. Barnum had two of his midgets ceremonially married at Greenwich Village’s Grace Episcopal Church, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the fight game ...

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay, was a boxing legend and global icon. He won the heavyweight title at 22. Ali was known for ...

Nino Benvenuti, an Italian boxer who won the welterweight title at the 1960 Rome Olympics and was named the outstanding fighter of those Games over a certain teenage light-heavyweight named Cassius ...