Ashton Kutcher sells body but not soul in dark, sexy "Spread"; Ethan Hawke, Richard Gere and Don Cheadle play good-cop, bad-cop; Anna Wintour, human being!
By Andrew O'Hehir Jan 18, 2009
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I'm off to the mysteriously non-cold Utah slopes to see Jim Carrey go gay, Ashton Kutcher play a gigolo and Paul Giamatti sell his soul. Did somebody say recession?
By Andrew O'Hehir
January 15, 2009
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An interview with David Maraniss, whose new book argues that many current Olympic issues can trace their roots to Rome.
By King Kaufman
August 7, 2008
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ESPN's terrific "Ali Rap" may overplay the champ's influence on hip-hop but gets everything else right by letting him speak.
December 7, 2006
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Triple overtime fun in the wee wee hours. Plus: A look at scab umps. And: Muhammad Ali.
May 11, 2006
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Two good reads: Compelling bios of boxer Jack Johnson and jockey Jimmy Winkfield bring two of America's early black sports heroes to life.
January 6, 2005
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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!
July 14, 2004
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The Republican hack who runs baseball's Hall of Fame censors "Bull Durham's" Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.
By King Kaufman
April 11, 2003
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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
February 28, 2003
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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
February 19, 2003
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As boxing slowly fades away, one of its most admirable champions will send one of its least into well-deserved oblivion.
By Allen Barra
June 7, 2002
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Will Smith flies like a butterfly, but what director Michael Mann does to the greatest fighter of all time just stings.
By Charles Taylor
December 25, 2001
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The heavyweight champ is no better than respectable, but in boxing's inflated record books, he'll look like Muhammad Ali.
By Allen Barra
November 22, 2001
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The new wave in sports biography, including the latest revisionist look at Muhammad Ali, is to trash the once-hallowed subject.
By Allen Barra
June 27, 2001
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A devastating book overturns the boxer's saintly image and redeems one victim of his racial stereotyping -- Joe Frazier.
By Larry Platt
June 6, 2001
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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
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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
August 11, 2000
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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
August 7, 2000
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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
April 20, 2000
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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
March 10, 2000
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A retrospective of Howard Bingham's photography recalls the Ali-Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle."
By Stephen Lemons
February 28, 2000
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Salon's TV picks for Monday, Jan. 10, 2000
By Joyce Millman
January 10, 2000
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Welcome to the First Annual Nothing Personal Readers' Choice Awards! Where you dish the gossip and I go on vacation!
By Amy Reiter
December 24, 1999
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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
December 23, 1999
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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
December 18, 1999
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King Kaufman's Sports Daily
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The tyrant of Cooperstown
"Ali"
The darker side of Muhammad Ali
The battle behind Ali-Frazier I
War Room
Broadsheet
How the World Works