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Why football won't go the way of boxing (YET)

...on prime-time Olympic exposure to introduce its future stars to the U.S. sports-viewing public. We first met Muhammad Ali as Cassius Clay ? the slender, charismatic 18-year-old light-heavyweight gold medalist in 1960 in Rome. Boxing...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-02-15/why-football-wont-g
Guest Columns

...Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Howard Cosell, Eddie Fisher, Joe DiMaggio, Walt Disney, Gene Autry and Muhammad Ali.It's a sunny spring day and Chance is asked about a picture hanging among maybe a hundred others in the ranch-style...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-05-23-0
Hamlin promises win at New Hampshire; others vow to make him eat his words

...going to do." Unlike other athletes who've called their shots, like Babe Ruth pointing to the outfield fence or Muhammad Ali predicting his winning round, Hamlin has to rely on others to make his bold prophecy come true. If not for mistakes...

http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/auto-racing/2012-09-22/hamlin-promises-win-ne
Auto Racing
Museum houses decades of sports memorabilia

...includes autographs and keepsakes from some of best-known American athletes in history - Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods, Willie Mays, Jim Brown, Ted Williams, Jack Nicklaus and others.A framed photo of...

http://brainerddispatch.com/sports/2011-08-07/museum-houses-decades-sports-memor
Sports
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2011

...April 30. MAY: Henry Cooper, 76. One of Britain's most popular sportsmen who was best known for knocking down Muhammad Ali when he was still known as Cassius Clay. May 1. Osama bin Laden, 54. Terrorist leader whose money and preaching...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-12-16/final-goodbye-roll-call-some-who-die
News

...and hopes to create some initiatives going forward.Ali, Jenner, Retton on retro Wheaties boxesLOS ANGELES (AP) - Muhammad Ali, Bruce Jenner and Mary Lou Retton are appearing on new Wheaties boxes featuring retro images of the Olympic champions...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-02-15-7
Muhammad Ali wraps up three-day goodwill visit to Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Muhammad Ali capped his three-day goodwill visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday with a ride through war-battered western Kabul and a visit to...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/111902/wne_1119020009.shtml
News
Open Forum

Boxer Muhammad Ali once said, "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." Minnesota's volunteers exemplify that philosophy...

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Opinion
Ali in Australia

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Muhammad Ali won the gold in Rome and lit the torch in Atlanta, and now he's in Australia for another Olympics. Ali shook hands, signed...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/091200/oly_0912000016.shtml
Olympics
Ali honored by magazine as Sportsman of the Century

NEW YORK (AP) -- Muhammad Ali was honored as the Sportsman of the Century during Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sports Awards at Madison Square Garden on...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/120399/spo_1203990006.shtml
Sports

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