As he taunted Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, current champ, pointed at the custom black T-shirts he and his entourage sported as they crashed the Aug. 26, 1975, ...

Boxers live out the marshal creeds of their truths and lies, under the blinding limelight, at the knife edge of death’s tragic enfolding, without recourse martyrdom or public restitutions for the ...

Frank Sinatra was working ringside, moonlighting as a photographer for Life magazine. Burt Lancaster, the Oscar-winning actor, was recast in the role of a color commentator. “I looked down from the ...

The “Thrilla in Manila” is not just about Muhammad Ali’s victory in his third and final fight with Joe Frazier, 50 years ago. In the months before the fight, Ali set a cruel agenda and, on the night, ...

Frazier had not been down but was wobbling on unsteady legs in the 14th. The halt was called by trainer Eddie Futch at the end of the round. Frazier’s face bore the marks of Ali’s solid hitting, but ...

Ali still had the skills to beat almost every other fighter, but he couldn’t overcome Frazier’s sheer determination. “If Joe Frazier would have fought King Kong he would have knocked him out that ...

When fight night arrived back then, neither Muhammad Ali nor Joe Frazier was even on my radar. Cake and ice cream? Yes. Style nuances and competitive contrasts? Not so much. OK. Perhaps I should ...

Do you find the federal trial of disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich confusing? Time's Dawn Reiss is here to help with a handy metaphor to explain the case, in which Blagojevich, ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Muhammad Ali was among the nearly 4,000 people who packed the ...

Muhammad Ali is heading to Philadelphia for the funeral of Joe Frazier. A spokesperson, handling funeral details for the Frazier family, tells NBC10 that Ali will arrive in Philadelphia on Sunday, and ...

Speaking in a resurfaced interview, Frazier made no mistake in naming Joe Louis as the greatest heavyweight of all time in his opinion, overlooking former rival Ali who many actually consider to be ...