Muhammad Ali Defied the Vietnam Draft 50 Years Ago Today If your idea of a politicized athlete is Colin Kaepernick, consider the stand taken by The Champ. By Joe Lapointe
Requiem for a Heavyweight: ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali When God—or Allah—created Cassius Clay he did some of his most interesting work. By Joe Lapointe
In 1964, Muhammad Ali Made Me a Better Man Ali may have been the first American black man to make the rest of us think about race in America in ways that didn’t frighten us, or anger us, or make us roll our eyes. By Gerald Eskenazi