Muhammad Ali, who died on Friday at the age of 74, was a legend inside the boxing ring (as you can see in this highlight reel of his career). But his clever, playful, and sometimes forceful ...

Whee! " Muhammad Ali -- still known as Cassius Clay at the time -- wowed the audience at "The Steve Allen Show" with that bit of rhyme back in 1963, ahead of his first bout with Sonny Liston.

The poetry of Muhammad Ali in his own voice (slideshow) Published: Jun. 04, 2016, 10:56 a.m. By Tim Warsinskey, The Plain Dealer ...

What cannot be argued, though, is that Muhammad Ali was the greatest poet and performance artist to ever grace the professional ring. He was a truth teller in every sense, an anti-war pot-stirrer ...

This article is more than 9 years old. This week we've been remembering Muhammad Ali – the boxer, Muslim convert, political activist, friend. Today, we remember Muhammad Ali the poet.

If you pick up a copy of today's Post-Standard and read my offering on the sports page, you'll see that I had the great good fortune to tour the recently-opened Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville ...

Taha Muhammad Ali was born in 1931 in the Galilee village of Saffuriya. After fleeing to Lebanon during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, Muhammad Ali and his family settled in Nazareth where they ...

No one would ever mistake Muhammad Ali for a butterfly or a honeybee. And yet poetry uses metaphor to show us how they are connected and what they have in common. Try it yourself.