Fighter’s Heaven in West Brunswick Township recently welcomed the author of “Ali: A Life” to tour the former training camp of professional boxer and heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Author Jonathan ...

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 one of the ...

Cassius Clay exploded onto the scene in 1960 as the audacious boxer known as "The Louisville Lip." Clay would go on to change his name and the course of American history -- first as an Olympic and ...

One of the most iconic figures in sports history, the three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Olympic gold medalist was known around the world for his charisma, his confidence, and his ...

Decades before NFL player Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to protest police treatment of African-Americans, boxer Muhammad Ali roiled white America with his 1967 resistance to ...

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’s new ...

"I don't think we do Ali any good by treating him as a saint," says biographer Jonathan Eig. "He was a human being, and he was deeply flawed, but... New Muhammad Ali Biography Reveals A Flawed Rebel ...

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