The world of sports never stops jumping and running, shooting and hitting, winning and losing. Occasionally, this chaos of constant action brings a moment that lingers forever, like the taste of ...

In his hotel room the morning after, Muhammad Ali nursed a swollen jaw as the room service waiter arrived with breakfast and good wishes for the man he called champ. "I'm not the champ," Ali corrected ...

Frank Sinatra was working ringside, moonlighting as a photographer for Life magazine. Burt Lancaster, the Oscar-winning actor, was recast in the role of a color commentator. “I looked down from the ...

The legendary “Thrilla in Manilla” is like “The Bridge” by MC Shan – you love to hear the story again and again. The only thing is, the tale has mostly been told from the perspective of one ...

FILE — Heavyweight champ Joe Frazier poses by a poster advertising his “victory party” as he leaves his dressing room after a final public workout in Philadelphia ahead of his title defense fight ...

The “Thrilla in Manila” is not just about Muhammad Ali’s victory in his third and final fight with Joe Frazier, 50 years ago. In the months before the fight, Ali set a cruel agenda and, on the night, ...

The story of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s mixed martial arts career can never be told without Conor McGregor, without the explanation of McGregor’s attack on a bus on which Nurmagomedov was seated and ...

MY GRANDMOTHER'S small wood-framed house in Caloocan City in the Philippines had one television set, a black-and-white model so ancient that, when left on too long, emitted a heat rivaled only by the ...

On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali battled Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden (the current one) in one of the most highly anticipated showdowns in sports history. Billed as “The Fight of the Century,” ...

Charles Barkley has compared Michigan's Final Four clash with Arizona to one of boxing's greatest rivalries, Muhammad Ali vs ...

Editor's Note: This story, originally published in 2021, is being brought back to commemorate the anniversary of the "Fight of the Century." Frank Sinatra was working ringside, moonlighting as a ...