Former heavyweight boxing champion Jimmy Ellis, who trained with fellow Louisville fighter Muhammad Ali and squared off against some of his era's best fighters, has died in his hometown. He was 74.

It's too bad that the cruiserweight division was not around in the 60's and 70's. Many fine boxers scaled under 190 pounds and gave creditable performances against bigger men. Doug Jones is an example ...

“Ali” — Perhaps no movie could do Muhammad Ali justice, but this overlong, sketchy bio-pic seems more interested in being a period-perfect snapshot of a decade that coincides with the toughest fight ...