In April 2024, a claim was shared on Reddit that Muhammad Ali's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located on a wall to prevent people from stepping on his name. The post, which received 33,000 ...

A records search by USA TODAY Sports indicates Muhammad Ali never legally changed his name from Cassius Clay — and lived in an era when he didn’t have to. Officials in Kentucky, where Ali was ...

Muhammad Ali was as gifted in communicating with his mouth as his fists, making him a prime candidate for an expansive documentary like “What’s My Name / Muhammad Ali,” HBO’s two-part ...

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay on Jan. 17, 1942, is regarded as one of the top professional boxers of all time. He was an activist who spent his life fighting for and enacting change. Ali went by ...

“This Clay name has no meaning,” he said in a radio address. “Muhammad Ali is what I will give him as long as he believes in Allah and follows me.” On March 24, the New York Times ...

Muhammad Ali is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers to have ever lived. However, this wasn't the name he was born with. Ali's birth name was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., but he changed ...

‘May I call myself Muhammad Ali, boss?’ On screen Lipsyte: He’s very sensitive about my rightful name. And in several very cruel fights, one with Floyd Patterson, one with Ernie ...

Concerned that Cassius would stray from the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad offers him a new name to secure his allegiance: Muhammad Ali.

His early embrace of the Nation of Islam and his insistence on being called Muhammad Ali instead of his "slave name," Cassius Clay, heralded a new era in black pride. His refusal to be inducted into ...