(CNN) -- For nearly 40 years, some of America's most gifted writers have been drawn to examine a single subject. Joyce Carol Oates, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese and many ...

Alis greatest fights in full length with original microphone 1 I Shook Up the World Clay vs Liston 1964 2 Rumble in the Jungle Ali vs Foreman 1974 3 Thrilla in Manila ...

Laila Ali made the decision not to have her boxing debut televised in 1999. Ali, 21 at the time, was feeling an insurmountable amount of pressure and didn’t want to add to it. But being the daughter ...

Muhammad Ali redefined heavyweight boxing—he broke every rule about how big men should fight. Across 21 years as a professional, Ali won 56 fights (37 by knockout) and lost only 5. Ali turned fights ...

The highlight of Johnny Smith's personal sports history as a member of Libertyville High School's Class of 1999 might have been his final game as a varsity basketball player, when he dived across the ...