Cassius Clay Sr’s older sister, Sonji, would have been named Cassius, but instead was named after Muhammad Ali’s first wife. Cassius Clay Sr. wanted to pass on the name in honor of her. ...

This was about three years ago, shortly after Cassius Clay had defeated Sonny Liston and become champion, Muslim and Muhammad Ali. “You’re an underrated fighter and you’ll be champion for a ...

ON BOXING | Remembering the dawn of a legend, when a 12-year-old boy wandered into a boxing gym for a meeting that changed history.

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs); was born Cassius Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, and rightfully earned the nickname “The Greatest”. During his prestigious career, there were ...

Cassius Clay won his Olympic gold medal in 1960 as a whip-thin light-heavyweight three months out of high school. The bravura, the quips, the manipulation of opponents and the media – in short ...

Twenty-two-year-old Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeated reigning world boxing champ Sonny Liston on this day in history, Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami, Florida.

So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and was appointed ...

One thing about Cassius Clay. He is a man of his word. “I’m gonna shake up this town,” said the world’s heavy weight champion last week — and he did. The town was New York. Announcing ...

The New York Times also predominantly used Cassius Clay until late in 1970. Sports Illustrated changed to Ali in 1967. We won’t even try to speculate what the motives of the editors in that era ...

Most people know the stories about Henry Clay and his cousin Cassius M. Clay of White Hall. But there were other Clays as well. Here are thumbnail sketches of some ...