Newly-crowned heavyweight champion David Haye can be the new Muhammad Ali of world boxing according to leading promoter Richard Schaefer.
Wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan reveals in a new book that he would have committed suicide were it not for a surprise phone call, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
Things ain't what they used to be.
Cairo native and jewelry designer to the stars, Azza Fahmy, reveals her favorite sights, restaurants and activities in the Egyptian capital.
Legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali has visited the birthplace of his ancestors in Ireland, prompting thousands of well-wishers to line the streets of the town.
Muhammad Ali flew to England last week to make appearances in soccer stadiums. He said it would probably be his "last time" in the UK. He can barely move on his own now. One London newspaper called he, who was once a butterfly, "little more than a zombie," and a great many people find it as grotesque as it is sad that the old champ continues to make personal appearances.
From Woodstock and a man on the moon to the Manson murders and the Stonewall riots, the summer of 1969 was a tumultuous and eventful time. Listed below are a few of the historic and memorable moments from that summer.
It was still early enough in the evening that the main dinner crowd had not yet started to show up; the restaurant, east of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, was less than half-filled.
These lists are not mere compilations of all-time bests in their respective sports but all-time bests at quickening the pulse and evoking a visceral response from those fortunate enough to have witnessed their artistry.
It has been almost 30 years since Maggie Rajnic lost her leg in a motorcycle accident. Since that time, she's tried to stay competitive, not allowing her disability to alter her life.
Newly-crowned heavyweight champion David Haye can be the new Muhammad Ali of world boxing according to leading promoter Richard Schaefer.
Wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan reveals in a new book that he would have committed suicide were it not for a surprise phone call, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
Things ain't what they used to be.
Cairo native and jewelry designer to the stars, Azza Fahmy, reveals her favorite sights, restaurants and activities in the Egyptian capital.
Legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali has visited the birthplace of his ancestors in Ireland, prompting thousands of well-wishers to line the streets of the town.
Muhammad Ali flew to England last week to make appearances in soccer stadiums. He said it would probably be his "last time" in the UK. He can barely move on his own now. One London newspaper called he, who was once a butterfly, "little more than a zombie," and a great many people find it as grotesque as it is sad that the old champ continues to make personal appearances.
From Woodstock and a man on the moon to the Manson murders and the Stonewall riots, the summer of 1969 was a tumultuous and eventful time. Listed below are a few of the historic and memorable moments from that summer.
It was still early enough in the evening that the main dinner crowd had not yet started to show up; the restaurant, east of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, was less than half-filled.
These lists are not mere compilations of all-time bests in their respective sports but all-time bests at quickening the pulse and evoking a visceral response from those fortunate enough to have witnessed their artistry.
It has been almost 30 years since Maggie Rajnic lost her leg in a motorcycle accident. Since that time, she's tried to stay competitive, not allowing her disability to alter her life.
A few years ago, Muhammad Ali's wife, Lonnie, gave me her business card. And the name of her company was: GOAT, Inc.
Twenty well-behaved boys sit on the floor in two rows, quietly eating a humble lunch of flat bread, water and beans.
The United Nations' refugee agency warned Friday of a "massive displacement" of civilians as Pakistan's military broadens its offensive against Taliban militants in the country's troubled northwest.
Pakistan's military is pounding Taliban targets in the country's Swat Valley, trying to clear militants who control parts of the district's main city, military officials said.
About 80 boys and 20 staffers in an orphanage were trapped during intense fighting between the Pakistani military and the Taliban Wednesday, the orphanage director said.
The Washington Capitals signed a name free-agent goalie last summer, but will enter the second round of the 2009 playoffs on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins with the goalie that was named later.
I think everyone here knows how I feel about Mike Jacobs. It's fair to say that Jacobs not only has a few baseball traits that drive me mad, but he is that actual archetype of a player I cannot stand. He doesn't walk or get on base. He's utterly limited defensively. He doesn't help you on the bases when he actually gets there. He's next to worthless against lefties. He strikes out a lot. A lot. When the Kansas City Royals traded for him this offseason, well, that was my fourth-least favorite move by general manager Dayton Moore.*
Over the course of my 15-year career, I have lived the dream. My dream. I've covered all four major sports; attended multiple World Series and All-Star Games; surfed with Barry Zito, traveled in a pickup truck with Jet and Cord McCord; watched Ken Griffey Jr., Cal Ripken and Frank Thomas take BP; engaged in late-in-their-life interviews with Minnesota Fats and Walter Payton. Should I never leave my home again, I'll do so knowing I've experienced the ultimate pleasures of sportswriting.
Standing mere feet from where Barack Obama would soon be inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, Don King took off his oversized winter coat and beanie to reveal a red, white and blue painted jean jacket covered in political pins. Not even the 20-degree temperature could temper boxing's most infamous promoter.
The Premier League footballer sent off for slapping his captain across the face will not be sacked, his club chairman promised on Tuesday.
Excerpted from GEORGE, BEING GEORGE, edited by Nelson W. Aldrich. © 2008 by Sarah Dudley Plimpton. Reprinted by arrangement with the Random House Publishing Group.
Ironically, it was exactly 100 years ago this very month when the black athlete first became visibly controversial on the American scene. For then, on the day after Christmas, 1908, Jack Johnson battered Tommy Burns to become the heavyweight champion of the world, and thereby sent an alarmed cohort of good and true American white men off in their noble search for "the great white hope."
The American Gladiator host and husband Curtis Conway welcome Curtis Muhammad
Though rarely asked these days, the question "What is mixed martial arts?" was a common inquiry not too long ago. The best response came from Randy Couture: "Take elements of wrestling, boxing, judo and taekwondo, and you've got MMA."
"I learned a long time ago from this guy named Cyrano de Bergerac, 'Don't bring me no mortal men, bring me giants.'" --Don King
Greats like Ali and Foreman got their start with Olympic gold. Now US boxers are lucky to make the finals. What's wrong?
The rockers – shot by Annie Leibowitz – are latest stars in the print campaign for moo-juice
Obviously, there are so many factors that have been applied, incrementally, over a long time to bring us to a place where an African-American can be elected president. But I cannot help believing that the ubiquity and esteem of the black man in sport has played a significant part in this transformation of the body politic's thinking.
He was the hardest working man in show business, but judging from his possessions up for auction Thursday at Christie's in New York, James Brown also knew how to have a really good time.
The greatest in an illustrious lineage of Cuban fighters, Savon dominated the amateur heavyweight division between winning his first world championship in 1986 and claiming his third Olympic gold medal in 2000.
Growing up, my Sherman tank-like aunt constantly blamed her thyroid for inability to lose weight.
The singer was recording a new album when Bobby Brown's allegations hit
The actor shoots down recent reports claiming he's been converted by his good pal Tom Cruise
Pakistanis head to the polls Monday to cast their ballots in a pivotal election, one day after attackers lobbed hand grenades and opened fire on polling stations and party workers.
Last week, SI writer Richard Deitsch interviewed Lennox Lewis for the magazine's Q&A. The former heavyweight champ is a contestant on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice. Here are additional excerpts from their conversation:
Hulk Hogan has had a difficult few months, but remains hopeful that things will work themselves out when it comes to his son Nick and his wife Linda.
Last week SI writer Richard Deitsch interviewed Michael Imperioli for the magazine's Q&A. The 41-year-old actor plays a Mets catcher in Mitch Albom's For One More Day, which airs Dec. 9 on ABC.
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 3. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.
Laila Ali is going for a second helping of milk.
Last week I found myself overwhelmed by phone calls, text messages and e-mails, all asking me the same question: Is Etan going to be all right?
NEW YORK -- He is the British number one, a designation that carries little weight in New York but the weight of the world at Wimbledon.
In the coming years, it should be much easier for the nation to turn its lonely eyes to Joe DiMaggio, as the Yankee Clipper's name could be plastered on everything from casinos to pizzerias to - you guessed it - steaming hot cups of Joe.
In a Houston hotel lobby last weekend, Basheer Abdullah, coach of the U.S. boxing team, was telling people why he had it so easy. Abdullah couldn't say how many international medals he expected the boxers on this year's team to win, but at least curfews and appointments weren't a problem. "Don't have to wake anybody up," he said. "My man does that. He's early for everything."
It's not as though they married on the fly, but for newlyweds Laila Ali and retired NFL star Curtis Conway - who exchanged vows Sunday in the rose garden of the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey, Calif. - their honeymoon in Tahiti is still in the planning stage.
Laila Ali and retired NFL star Curtis Conway were married this weekend, her manager, Eric Kaufman, said Monday.
Boxing has long been regarded as, in the words of Jimmy Cannon, the red-light district of sports. In the popular imagination, the Sweet Science is anything but: it is widely viewed as a shady game run by mobsters and sharps, corrupt officials and snakelike managers, a morass of mismatches and fixed fights, in which the principles take more dives than Greg Louganis. Such Hollywood-fueled melodrama aside, however, boxing is a remarkably straightforward and transparent sport.
Boxing champ and Dancing with the Stars finalist Laila Ali wed retired NFL star Curtis Conway in L.A. on Sunday, Ali's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut unseated the six-time defending champion in Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest on Wednesday, eating 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes.
There's something interesting about watching crowds of African-Americans follow Tiger Woods around Augusta National on Easter weekend. When Woods, the son of a black father and Thai mother, arrived on Tour, many of us in black America believed that he was going to be our golfing messiah. When his father, Earl, told SI in 1996 that his son was "the chosen one," we thought Tiger had come to save us, to show the way toward more opportunities to play the game and succeed in the golf industry.
Last week SI writer Richard Deitsch interviewed Terrence Howard for the magazine's Q&A. The Academy Award-nominated actor (Hustle & Flow) plays swim coach Jim Ellis in Pride.
There's nothing about Stingaree, an upscale lounge in the heart of San Diego's Gaslamp District, that should elicit memories of the 901 Club, a dingy hole in the wall bar next to USC's campus, but on this night it's hard not to have flashbacks.
Nine hundred ninety-eight down. Just two to go.
Muhammad Ali once shilled potato chips, but now he wants to knock out obesity with a line of reduced-calorie snacks called G.O.A.T. - a nod to his self-chosen nickname as the "greatest of all time...
Some African Americans have had a profound impact on American society, changing many people's views on race, history and politics. The following is a sampling of African Americans who have shaped society and the world with their spirit and their ideals.
In 1992, Riddick Bowe decided to take a stand. Unhappy with the WBC's mandate that he fight No. 1 contender Lennox Lewis, Bowe decided that the belt was no longer worth the leather strap it came on. So in a glorious public-relations stunt, Bowe took the belt and unceremoniously dumped it into a London trash can.
Totally uninhibited, brashly outrageous, Muhammad Ali first burst onto our consciousness shouting, "Ain't never been nothing like me."
Happy birthday, Champ. You're still The Greatest, even if it's been a long time since you could float like a butterfly or sting like a bee. We don't expect that of you anymore, especially not now, as you turn 65 today and continue to wage a fight against Parkinson's disease, a far tougher opponent than Frazier or Foreman ever were.
Muhammad Ali, who turned 65 on Wednesday, is a man of superlatives. He is the greatest, vainest, loudest, most beloved (after having been the most reviled) and most admired athlete in history. The most quoted, photographed, written about and discussed. The most inspiring.
Ed Bradley, the longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent whose probing questions and deceptively relaxed interviewing manner graced some of that show's most notable reports, has died. He was 65.
ROBERT TRUJILLO, bassist, Metallica
Trevor Berbick, who lost his heavyweight title to Mike Tyson and was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, was found dead in a church courtyard in his hometown, police said. He was 52.
The chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial has said he will consider a request for the former Iraqi president and his half-brother to offer testimony on behalf of a co-defendant.
From Elvis to Ali
He may always be known as "The Greatest", but famed prizefighter Muhammad Ali will now have to share the rights to his name and likeness.
When designing "Fight Night Round 3," game maker EA Sports set out not only to create the best game in the popular series but also vowed to deliver the finest pro boxing simulation in video game history.
The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been placed on an FBI list of top terrorism suspects who haven't been charged with crimes in the United States but are wanted for questioning.
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On the eve of Saddam Hussein's trial, new footage has emerged of the fateful day in Dujail 23 years ago when the former dictator was the target of an assassination attempt.
I'm not sure what the statute of limitations on movie spoilers is, so if you're still not hip to the big twist in "Million Dollar Baby," you'd probably best skip this page and go read about "The Nanny" or something.
After a final, furious lobbying effort by an elite who's who of politicians and athletes, members of the International Olympic Committee are meeting in Singapore to decide which of five cities will host the 2012 Olympic Games.
How would you like to be present on the set of hit TV show "Lost"? Or take a limo ride with Morgan Freeman? I know many of you, given the opportunity, would dine with Halle Berry.
Not long ago, a publishing company put out an enormous, lovingly assembled book dedicated to the career of Muhammad Ali. The book, which weighs 75 pounds and costs $3,000, is titled "GOAT: Greatest of All Time."
Greek basketball legend Nikos Gallis is favorite to light the Olympic cauldron at the Athens opening ceremony in a week's time, according to reports in the Greek media.
Here is the list of the new interim Iraqi government, according to Iraqi officials.
So you want to be a contender, but don't like getting walloped by the real deal?
Former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier was arrested by police on Friday on charges of assault and domestic violence, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper reported.
Don't dismiss King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero (Random House, $25) as an ordinary piece of sports writing. Author David Remnick, a Pulitzer prize-winner who was rece...
From the early 1930s to the mid-1940s, Arthur Fellig was at every tenement house fire, gangland shooting, shipwreck, and major disaster--natural and otherwise--that took place in New York City, cap...
THE BIGGEST BRUISERS in sports manufacturing battled each other (and a backfield of peewee-size competitors) at last month's Super Show in Atlanta--the biggest sporting goods show in the world and ...
"I've disappointed a lot of people, mainly myself. I've destroyed my life." So ends the latest cautionary tale of charities with lax accounting practices, this time involving the American Parkinson...
The lights are hot, the TV cameras are turned on, but Leslie Frates, a college Spanish teacher from Hayward, Calif., is too excited to be nervous. Standing on a Hollywood soundstage, wearing pancak...
Larry J. Kolb knew he was on to something when 55% of the consumers he surveyed in Saudi Arabia said they would buy his Primo powdered milk. What explains his fighting chance? Muhammad Ali, whose p...
Americans find their Presidents endlessly fascinating, which is one reason presidential reputations are never entirely secure. Hedley Donovan's Roosevelt to Reagan (Harper & Row, $19.95) takes on o...
America's largest service companies seem to have adopted the credo of boxer Muhammad Ali: "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Through 1991 and 1992 they achieved quiet earnings gains. Then,...
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