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King Kaufman's Sports Daily
ESPN's terrific "Ali Rap" may overplay the champ's influence on hip-hop but gets everything else right by letting him speak.
Dec 7, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Triple overtime fun in the wee wee hours. Plus: A look at scab umps. And: Muhammad Ali.
May 11, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Two good reads: Compelling bios of boxer Jack Johnson and jockey Jimmy Winkfield bring two of America's early black sports heroes to life.
Jan 6, 2005
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Roger Clemens' All-Star start was supposed to be one for the ages, and six runs later, it was. Plus: Feller on Ali. And: 23 skiddoo, it's the Blues Brothers!
Jul 14, 2004
The tyrant of Cooperstown
The Republican hack who runs baseball's Hall of Fame censors "Bull Durham's" Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.
By King Kaufman Apr 11, 2003
Self-absorbed and silent
You'd think that a few thousand wealthy 20-somethings would have opinions on the looming war. Not in professional sports, though.
By King Kaufman Feb 28, 2003
The Mike Tyson carnival freak show
The Tempest in Memphis is on! No, it's off! On! Off! It doesn't matter except that, regrettably, Tonya Harding's pro boxing debut could be delayed.
By King Kaufman Feb 19, 2003
Why Lewis will demolish Tyson
As boxing slowly fades away, one of its most admirable champions will send one of its least into well-deserved oblivion.
By Allen Barra Jun 7, 2002
"Ali"
Will Smith flies like a butterfly, but what director Michael Mann does to the greatest fighter of all time just stings.
By Charles Taylor Dec 25, 2001
Lennox Lewis and the decline and fall of boxing
The heavyweight champ is no better than respectable, but in boxing's inflated record books, he'll look like Muhammad Ali.
By Allen Barra Nov 22, 2001
Death to hagiographers!
The new wave in sports biography, including the latest revisionist look at Muhammad Ali, is to trash the once-hallowed subject.
By Allen Barra Jun 27, 2001
The darker side of Muhammad Ali
A devastating book overturns the boxer's saintly image and redeems one victim of his racial stereotyping -- Joe Frazier.
By Larry Platt Jun 6, 2001
Insert beaver joke here
Angelina and Billy Bob want their own furry tree nibblers; the daughters of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier prepare for some punching of their own; and, oops, Britney's got her mom worried!
By Amy Reiter May 29, 2001
The battle behind Ali-Frazier I
HBO's new documentary does justice to "the greatest sporting event of the 20th century," and reveals a side of Muhammad Ali we haven't seen before.
By Allen Barra Aug 11, 2000
Short attention span
Relieved of talk show host responsibilities, Martin Short disses his boring guests; Robert Downey Jr. reenters society; David Hasselhoff discovers what's been missing. Plus: Was Helen Hunt's hubby horsing around with hussies?
By Amy Reiter Aug 7, 2000
Vicious in the ring, vicious on the page
In "The Devil and Sonny Liston," ace reporter Nick Tosches pumps dangerous levels of testosterone into his portrait of the fighter Muhammad Ali humiliated.
By Charles Taylor Apr 20, 2000
Egomania!
Lucianne Goldberg's is monumental; Judge Jerry's is bigger than Judge Judy's; Rick Rockwell's is black-and-blue; but Muhammad Ali's is definitely the greatest of all time.
By Amy Reiter Mar 10, 2000
"Main Event"
A retrospective of Howard Bingham's photography recalls the Ali-Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle."
By Stephen Lemons Feb 28, 2000
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Monday, Jan. 10, 2000
By Joyce Millman Jan 10, 2000
And now a word from our readers
Welcome to the First Annual Nothing Personal Readers' Choice Awards! Where you dish the gossip and I go on vacation!
By Amy Reiter Dec 24, 1999
Keith Richards: Like a thief in the night?
Evil Glimmer Twin makes off with fan's guitar; health poll: better to resemble Tina Turner than Calista Flockhart -- Doh! Plus: Joe Frazier's daughter to Muhammad Ali's daughter: Boom! boom! Out go the lights.
By Amy Reiter Dec 23, 1999
I'm dreaming of the white room
President Oprah? Godfather Trump? Noah Wyle will see you now? Starstock.com survey sez ... fans are nuts; after 33 years of throwing punches, William F. Buckley Jr. hangs it up. Plus: Jann Wenner jams, Yoko Ono swings ... it must be office-party season.
By Amy Reiter Dec 18, 1999
Megamorphosis
I now know what it feels like to be hated by every guy in a bar because the four hottest girls there are dancing intently around you. And yet, I am not all that distracted.
By David Goodman Dec 17, 1999
Retiring line
After 33 years of throwing punches, William F. Buckley Jr. hangs it up.
By Amy Reiter Dec 16, 1999
Celebs flock to Apple's digital hype fest
Douglas Adams, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Donald Glaser visit Cupertino to make digital movies.
By Janelle Brown Dec 2, 1999
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