







October 26, 1970. Muhammad Ali returned to boxing after three and a half years in exile, banned for refusing to go to Vietnam. His opponent…

Los Angeles, California. Downtown Sports Arena. February 12, 1972. Saturday night, 8:30 p.m. The air inside the arena is thick, heavy with anticipation. Three hundred…

If you’ve seen the movie *American Gangster*, you know the scene. It’s cinematic history. It’s 1968. Harlem is ablaze with the heat of the civil…

Muhammad Ali pushes open the heavy glass door of Mickey’s Boxing Gym on Chicago’s South Side, carrying a worn leather gym bag over his shoulder.…

Eleven seconds. That’s all it took for Bruce Lee to shatter the ego of a 300-pound giant. Hollywood script. Size was everything. What happened in…

They looked him up and down, measured his body, smiled. It was a mistake. San Siro, a night of drinking. The tunnel smells of dampness…

The coldest night of the year fell on Chicago like a final judgment. The wind lashed through the alleyways, crashed against the brick walls and…

In the middle of the seventh round of a boxing match in 1973, Muhammad Ali’s opponent, Chuck Williams, received the most devastating news of his…

Flight 892 emergency: A girl takes control of a Boeing 777 using her deceased mother’s military tactics The girl had died at the age of…

Milan, 1989. Maradona arrived at a five-star hotel. The concierge looked him up and down and said: —This place is not for people like you.…











