Ali did his best to sell the fight. He arrived in London with his brother Rudy and, according to Remnick, readily posed for pictures with everyone while wearing a three-piece suit and bowler hat. He ...

Elvis Presley, the “king of rock and roll;” John Lennon, the founder, rhythm guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the Beatles; ...

On a March 6 radio broadcast from Chicago, Elijah Muhammad gave the young boxer his new name, Muhammad Ali. In fact, Elijah Muhammad used the name as bait to lure Cassius X away from his mentor ...

We were free-range roosters and not Riace bronzes,” once said Livio Berruti, who would become the eponymous athlete of those ...

Crusading journalist and an­ti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born in Holly Springs, Miss. Wells-Bar­nett was a ...

As Daniel Dubois looks to make history against Oleksandr Usyk in their undisputed heavyweight clash at Wembley Stadium, ESPN ...

This is where Terrell's timing couldn't have been better. Terrell benefited from the turbulence surrounding the first reign of Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali as heavyweight champ (1964-67).

Muhammad Ali claimed a victory over a boxer who’d apparently gotten the better of him in sparring. Under the lights, ‘The Greatest’ was nothing short of exceptional, delivering iconic performances ...

In addition, William Behrends, a sculptor known for his statues of athletes, has accepted an offer to create a statue of Moore at an estimated cost of $350,000, said Summers, who formed The Archie ...

Bruno had two more attempts at world title glory, losing to two greats - Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis. Now on his fourth attempt, 30,000 filled out Wembley to see Bruno take on Oliver McCall and ...

Riddick Bowe ended Evander Holyfield’s reign as heavyweight champion when he outpointed him in November 1992 in Las Vegas. It was a highly-competitive contest, leading to a rematch being arranged for ...

Maeve Kyle, Ireland's first female track and field Olympian at the 1956 Melbourne Games, has died at 96. Born in Kilkenny, ...