COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The first Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award will recognize the late Muhammad Ali.
The Owens Award was started this year, the 80th anniversary of Owens' four-gold-medal performance at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, and is to be presented annually to recognize people who have served as an inspiration in society...
MIAMI (AP) — A boxing center at a Miami-Dade County park is being renamed for Muhammad Ali, whose championship professional career was launched in South Florida.
The center at Tropical Park will now be called the "Muhammad Ali Boxing Center" after its name was officially changed by the Miami-Dade County Commission...
NEW YORK (AP) — Laila Ali says she'll miss her legendary father deeply, but doesn't feel alone in her grief because "the whole world is sad."
The daughter of Muhammad Ali, who died Friday in Arizona at age 74 following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, tells NBC's "Today" show Monday that her father is "not suffering anymore...
The greatest legend in the boxing world, Cassius Clay Jr. -- or Muhammad Ali -- passed away in Arizona on June 3 from Parkinson's syndrome. When I was a kid, he was the guy. My brother and I watched the "Widel World of Sports" on Saturdays and they would always show old fights and clips from Ali. So, my brother taught me the coolest song ever! "The Black Superman, Muhammad Ali!"
He was fast of fist and foot — lip, too — a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punches had taken their toll and his voice barely rose above a whisper...