In 1964, Muhammad Ali was still known as Cassius Clay and was just 22 when he signed to fight Sonny Liston.

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

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

On this day in 1963, Sonny Liston took on Floyd Patterson at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the undisputed heavyweight ...

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

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 ...

An Olympic bronze medalist wrestler, his high school coach, a middle school coach and teacher, and an inventor joined the county sports hall of fame Saturday.

What was Angelo Dundee’s Net Worth? Angelo Dundee was an American boxing manager, trainer, promoter, and cornerman who had a ...

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 ...

Here are our African highlights -- and lowlights -- from a FIFA Club World Cup showcase which will be remembered very differently by the continent's key protagonists.

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 ...