My heroes are not necessarily people of great ability but ones who did what I think I could not. Two contemporary men fall into that category. The first is the late Muhammad Ali, maybe the greatest fighter of all time, and the second is John McCain. Now, from the grave, Ali reprimands McCain. Both Ali […]
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Muhammad Ali to be mourned with traditional Muslim prayer service
Muhammad Ali: The World’s Greatest | Graphiq UPDATE: There are still a few tickets left for Thursday’s Muslim prayer service to honor Muhammad Ali. But there are none left for the interfaith memorial on Friday. Muslims have traveled from all over the world to pay tribute to Muhammad Ali. A fellow Muslim who shares the same […]
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Muhammad Ali’s confidence, cockiness made him symbol of black pride
WASHINGTON — For Muhammad Ali, the idea of being a humble athlete — someone pre-packaged and palatable for white America — was never an option. Instead, he demanded respect not only as a boxer but as a brash, unbought and unbossed black man and endeared himself to African-Americans as a symbol of black pride. He […]
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Muhammad Ali, boxing champion and worldwide icon, dies at 74
Muhammad Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, has died. He was 74. Ali suffered for years from Parkinson’s disease, which ravaged his body but could never dim his larger-than-life presence. A towering figure in his prime, he still traveled and made appearances in his […]
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Muhammad Ali’s hospital stay could pose serious issues
Muhammad Ali is hospitalized in the Phoenix area with what two people familiar with his condition say may be more serious problems than his previous hospital stays. The 74-year-old boxing great is fighting respiratory issues that are complicated by the Parkinson’s that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s, the people told The Associated Press […]
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Clay stops Liston in one minute of first round
Clay Retains Heavyweight Title in Lewiston Arena Lewiston lived up to its reputation as a fast-knockout town last night at the Youth Center when heavyweight champion Cassius M. A. Clay put away Charles (Sonny) Liston in a minute of the first round. Ring record books list Lewiston City Hall as the site of the fastest […]
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SUN JOURNAL EXCLUSIVE: Never-before-seen photos from Ali, Liston training camps
LEWISTON — One of the defining moments of this project came late in the process, when Sun Journal Chief Photographer Russ Dillingham unearthed four tan, tattered, vertical envelopes, each with a typewritten date and description near the top crease. These never-before-printed photos from the recently uncovered negatives offer a rare glimpse into what training was like […]
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Ali-Liston: The ‘phantom punch’ turns 50
Everybody gets in line. An adult whispers a short, perhaps confusing message in the first person’s ear. He relays the information to the next person. She follows suit with her neighbor. By the time the tale reaches its ultimate destination, it has been twisted beyond all recognition. Such is the case with Ali-Liston II. All […]
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The Phantom Punch at 50: Commemorative issue to mark anniversary of Ali-Liston II
LEWISTON — The city of Lewiston wasn’t the original destination for the second meeting between Muhammad Ali (then known to many as Cassius Clay) and Sonny Liston, but as Paul Marcotte of the Lewiston Evening Journal wrote in a stop-the-presses, breaking news story on May 7, 1965, Lewiston would become “the fight capitol (sic) for […]
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Did you see the Ali-Liston fight?
Did you attend the 1965 fight in Lewiston between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston? Do you or your family have mementos from the event? The Sun Journal would like to tell your story as part of an upcoming 50th anniversary retrospective. Please contact staff writer Kalle Oakes at [email protected] or sports editor Justin Pelletier at […]