Jonathan Eig, biography author of “Ali: A Life,” toured the former training camp of professional boxer and heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Julian, Fighter’s Heaven) ...

While Ali is held in history as almost a mythic figure, Eig wanted to show his human side, too. "You sometimes get the feeling that he's the Dalai Lama, the way the media treated him toward the end.

Muhammad Ali proclaimed himself “The Greatest,” which, when it comes to his boxing, is debatable, but not when it comes to his legacy as an athlete who spoke out on social issues. Jonathan Eig ...

For much of his career, boxing great Muhammad Ali was convinced that his brain wouldn’t be affected by the thousands of powerful, crippling blows he received from his opponents, says the author ...

Muhammad Ali was showing signs of brain damage when he was just 29, says author Jonathan Eig. While researching “Ali: A Life,” his meticulous and massive Ali bio, Eig discovered that on… ...

On Feb. 6, 1967, Muhammad Ali stepped into a boxing ring in the Houston Astrodome to take on then-heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell. Ali was nursing a serious grudge against Terrell, who kept ...

When Muhammad Ali died on June 3rd last year he was remembered not only as boxing’s most decorated and enthralling heavyweight, but also for his refusal to serve in the Vietnam war as a ...

New Muhammad Ali Biography Reveals A Flawed Rebel Who Loved Attention: "I don't think we do Ali any good by treating him as a saint," says biographer Jonathan Eig.

George Kalinsky, Muhammad Ali working out at the 5th St. Gym in Miami (1965). Courtesy George Kalinsky. According to Vogan, sportscaster Jack Drees introduced Neiman to Ali in May 1962.