So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s.

*After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship defeating Sonny Liston in 1964, Cassius Clay – influenced by the Nation of Islam teachings – changed his name to Muhammad Ali (meaning “beloved ...

Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene 3 But there was. In Miami Beach last week, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. acted out a scene that was ...

Sonny Liston built himself up to be one of the most feared heavyweight champions in boxing history. He was considered invincible. That all came to a halt when he faced a 7-to-1 underdog, a brash ...

In one of the most bizarre triumphs since P.T. Barnum had two of his midgets ceremonially married at Greenwich Village’s Grace Episcopal Church, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the fight game ...

2018 — Norway’s Marit Bjoergen closes out a remarkable Olympic career, winning the gold medal in the women’s 30-kilometer mass start at the Pyeongchang Games. The 37-year-old Bjoergen is the only ...