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Stephen Frears Presents "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" at Cannes

Karin Badt | Posted 05.23.2013 | Entertainment
Karin Badt

I admit I only went to see the HBO movie Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight here at Cannes as a chance to speak afterwards to director Stephen Frears, who ...

Today In History: Muhammad Ali Refuses To Be Inducted Into The Army

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.28.2013 | Black Voices

-- Today is Sunday, April 28, the 118th day of 2013. There are 247 days left in the year. ...

The Sports Figure Who Became My Absolute Obsession

Tom Cramer | Posted 05.13.2013 | Fifty
Tom Cramer

The thing saw on Wide World of Sports became an absolute obsession: Evel Knievel. He made such a strong impact on me, that it would be an injustice to give him such brief attention. He will be the focus of an upcoming post. I can sum it up this way: some called him courageous, some called him an idiot; all questioned his sanity. I called him hero.

FLASHBACK: Clay Defeats Liston

Posted 02.26.2013 | Sports

Before the world agreed that Muhammad Ali was "the greatest," 22-year-old Cassius Clay was a challenger who needed to back up his braggadocious talk. ...

LOOK: Black History Photo Of The Day

Posted 02.13.2013 | Black Voices

A picture is certainly worth a thousand words. What better way to celebrate Black History Month than by taking a moment to acknowledge the snapshots o...

LOOK: Black History Photo Of The Day

Posted 02.10.2013 | Black Voices

A picture is certainly worth a thousand words. What better way to celebrate Black History Month than by taking a moment to acknowledge the snapshots o...

The Power of Love: A Mighty Weapon in Defeating Terrible Illness

Ellen Sterling | Posted 04.09.2013 | Impact
Ellen Sterling

There is a story hat when people in Las Vegas needed first-rate medical care, they began at McCarran Airport. There, they'd get on a plane and go where good medicine could be found. With the opening of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in 2009, that is no longer the case.

Muhammad Ali's Daughter Knocks Down Death Rumors

AP | By TIM DAHLBERG | Posted 04.05.2013 | Sports

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Muhammad Ali's daughter knocked down rumors of her father being near death Sunday, saying he was at home watching the Super Bowl....

Five Athletes Who Performed on Broadway

Danny Groner | Posted 04.05.2013 | Sports
Danny Groner

On Broadway, much like in the big game, you only get one shot at the glory. Here's a look at five athletes who have gone for it on The Great White Way and lived to tell the tale.

WATCH: Muhammad Ali Interviews Kids On Candid Camera

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 01.28.2013 | Sports

Insofar as pulling off a fearsome prank goes, few men rival the awesome potential of Muhammad Ali in his prime. And in a "Candid Camera" clip produced...

PHOTOS: Happy Birthday Champ!

Posted 01.17.2013 | Black Voices

Happy birthday to The Champ! Muhammad Ali celebrates his 71st birthday today, and although it's sure to be much quieter than his 70th birthday festivi...

My Afternoon With Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali and Sidney Poitier

Tavis Smiley | Posted 03.05.2013 | Media
Tavis Smiley

I don't even have a language to describe the chants, the dancing, the full-faced smiles, the love, the joy, the sheer ecstasy in that hallway as we walked toward Nelson and Winnie Mandela.

On the Topic of GREATNESS

Joshua Braff | Posted 01.16.2013 | Comedy
Joshua Braff

Muhammad Ali was the GREATEST of all time, at punching men into unconsciousness. Michael Jordan for human flight, Gretzky for hockey, The Babe for hitting, Julia Child for sautéing. Rampal for flute.

"The '80s Are Calling... "

Andy Ostroy | Posted 12.23.2012 | Politics
Andy Ostroy

It was interesting that virtually the entire foreign policy discussion focused on the Middle East, as if nothing else around the world matters. Not a peep about the European financial meltdown, for example, and how they'd help fix the collapsing economies of Spain, Greece and Italy. So who "won?"

Mitt Romney: Magic Man

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.08.2012 | Politics
Leo W. Gerard

Now you see severely conservative Romney, now you don't. The GOP nominee asks Americans to engage in magical thinking -- to believe his hocus-pocus is not just a stage show but will actually painlessly solve problems.

The Debate: What Would Ali and Frazier Do?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 12.03.2012 | Politics
Andy Ostroy

Only in the past week, instead of staring down and psyching out their opponents, as boxers usually do at weigh-ins and press conferences, these two politicians, and their surrogates, have so effusively praised the other guy to the point of it being more over-the-top than a Lady Gaga concert.

A Christian Who Loves A Muslim

Willie James Jennings | Posted 11.19.2012 | Religion
Willie James Jennings

How is it possible that one of the prized converts to the Nation of Islam, who emerged as a devout believer in Allah, a follower of the prophet Muhammad, a powerful voice for global Islam, could also be a catalyst for my Christian faith?

Ali Receives 'Overwhelming' Honor

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 11.13.2012 | Sports

PHILADELPHIA — Retired boxing champ Muhammad Ali was known as "The Greatest" inside the ring. But some say the moniker has been even more fittin...

Muhammad Ali To Receive Liberty Medal

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 11.13.2012 | Black Voices

PHILADELPHIA — Boxing great Muhammad Ali was honored Thursday with the Liberty Medal for his longtime role outside the ring as a fighter for hum...

Former Sports Writer Tom Kenville Dies

AP | Posted 11.05.2012 | Sports

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — Tom Kenville, the former Associated Press and New York Times sports writer who served as a publicist for Muhammad Ali, has d...

Boxing Legend's Childhood Home For Sale

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 10.27.2012 | Home

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A big piece of Louisville history is up for sale: the house where boxing great Muhammad Ali spent his boyhood. Owner Steve St...

I Love the Olympics

David Sable | Posted 10.03.2012 | Sports
David Sable

And so it goes -- weird science, artificial enhancement, politics, hatred -- all are present at the Olympics as they are in our lives. But I still watch it.

'The Greatest' Returns To Olympics

The Huffington Post | Michael Klopman | Posted 07.27.2012 | Sports

The Greatest returned for another round at the Olympics. At age 70 and stricken with Parkinson's disease, iconic boxer Muhammad Ali made a brief b...

Ali's Olympic Legacy Lives On

AP | JOHN LEICESTER | Posted 07.25.2012 | Sports

LONDON -- Muhammad Ali moving people to tears by starring again, however briefly, at the Olympic opening ceremony – this time in London? That re...

Ali's Latest Victory

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 09.04.2012 | Black Voices

PHILADELPHIA — Boxing great Muhammad Ali, known for his unabashed self-confidence inside and outside the ring as well as his outspokenness on so...