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*CORE Media Group is said to be testing the market to sell off rights to images of Muhammad Ali and Elvis Presley, as well as Presley’s Graceland mansion, reports Deadline.com. The Financial Times reports the assets could fetch more than $200M. Citing people familiar with the matter, the FT says CORE, which also co-produces “American [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “I didn’t have anybody, really, no foundation in [...]
*The family of Muhammad Ali is disputing a report that says the former heavyweight champion is near death. According to family spokesman Bob Gunnell, Ali was in his Phoenix area home watching the Super Bowl wearing Baltimore Ravens’ gear. Ali’s brother, Rahman, said that his brother’s death is imminent, reports UK based The Sun newspaper. [...]
*Jim Brown was larger than life on the gridiron and he became a heartthrob on the big screen, but one place he never got to show off was on the G.O.A.T.’s turf…the boxing ring. He would be the only one showing off there. A funny story was told by one of boxing’s leading promoters, Bob [...]
*Muhammad Ali was the guest of honor Thursday night at the 4th annual Norman Mailer Center benefit gala, which benefited the Norman Mailer Writers Colony, named for the late author. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] An old friend of Mailer, whose classic “The Fight” was an account of Ali’s stunning defeat of then-heavyweight champion George [...]
*A lost 1966 Muhammad Ali interview which featured him talking about someday fighting on Mars has been discovered as part of a new archive-searching venture. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Documentarian and journalist Michael Aisner was 17 when he got a chance to chat with the boxing icon for his Illinois high school radio station. [...]
*Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will visit Philadelphia today to receive the Liberty Medal, an award recognizing his longtime role as a fighter outside the ring for humanitarian causes, civil rights and religious freedom. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The honor will be presented during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center by the champ’s daughter [...]
*Nothing’s holding mother and wife Laila Ali back from living all her athletic dreams. The former boxer, who has two children at home, juggles a daily online talk show and other television projects, is happy to announce that she completed her first triathlon in NYC over the weekend. The race included a 1.5 kilometer swim, [...]
*Boxing icon Muhammad Ali has added fuel to rumors that he’s to take part in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics Friday after arriving in the U.K. capital this week. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The retired athlete, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, traveled to the city to attend the Beyond Sport award ceremony [...]
*Boxing legend and smack talking pioneer Muhammad Ali will be honored with the 2012 Liberty Medal for his relentless stance against injustice and persistent humanitarian efforts. At 70 years old, Ali will receive the medal at a special ceremony on Sept. 13 in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center on Independence Hall. “Ali embodies the [...]
*Muhammad Ali, at age 70, has become the new face of Louis Vuitton’s Core Values travel line. The three-time world heavyweight boxing champ appears alongside his grandson at his Arizona home in the campaign, which was shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz and will appear in the international press beginning Friday (June 15). Louis Vuitton [...]
*The surprise appearance of Muhammad Ali to throw out the Miami Marlins’ unannounced first pitch in their new Marlins Park has made headlines for the unintended, awkward hush that came over the crowd. Owner Jeffrey Loria’s superstar guest got a rousing cheer from the crowd, but it quickly turned to a heavy hush at the [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE I hated every minute of training, but I [...]
*(Via LA Times) – Angelo Dundee, who trained the two most celebrated fighters of his era, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, and 15 world champions in all in a Hall of Fame career that began in 1952, has died. He was 90. Dundee died Wednesday at a Clearwater, Fla., rehabilitation center, said his son, [...]
*There aren’t too many people in this world that get boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard tense or uneasy — be they inside or outside of the ring. But he opened up to us about three men who do. One is Muhammad Ali. Leonard said he was blessed enough to have dinner at the champ’s house [...]
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