Inside Mahershala Ali's incredible journey from a difficult childhood to an Oscar nomination Despite over a decade of strong work under his belt, Mahershala Ali has finally ascended to mainstream ...

Author Jonathan Eig, who spent four years conducting nearly 500 interviews for Ali: A Life, tells PEOPLE the boxer was struck an estimated 200,000 times Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who ...

Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead. Ali died Friday at a ...

He epitomized the phrase "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." — -- Three-time heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali, who charmed millions with his wit and confidence in the ring and inspired many ...

A look some of the boxers Muhammad Ali fought throughout his career. — -- One of the greatest fighters in the history of boxing, Muhammad Ali retired in 1981 after losing to Trevor Berbick in his ...

Muhammad Ali was as skilled with words as he was in the ring. His poignant sayings about sports and life figure to remain iconic for generations to come alongside the lore of his historic fights.

It was 49 years ago Thursday when an Army officer in Houston summoned Muhammad Ali three times to step forward for induction into military service during the Vietnam War, and the heavyweight world ...

After defeating Sonny Liston in 1964, an ecstatic Muhammad Ali declared: "I shook up the world." Thrusting his arms into the air, he treated the victory as if it had been a knockout. Never mind that ...

Do not ever drop your hands. Do not hold your chin up, or lean straight back when trying to avoid a punch, or let your opponent pin you into a corner. They are among the basic tenets of boxing, ...

Muhammad Ali’s first sounds were “Gee-Gee, Gee-Gee.” His beautiful mother Odessa Clay called her son “G-G” for the rest of her life, and years later, Ali would say, “After I won the Golden Gloves, I ...

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 born, ...

The Greatest is gone. We might never see one like him again. Muhammad Ali, the lyrical heavyweight showman who thrilled the globe with his sublime boxing style, unpredictable wit, and gentle ...