Muhammad Ali, one of the world's greatest boxers, died on Friday, June 3, at the age of 74. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, Ali started boxing at age 12 ...

Muhammad Ali transcended ... and outside the ring. Ali's wholehearted commitment to boxing was somehow matched by his humanitarian work and voice for the greater good of mankind.

Thanks to Will Smith and Michael Mann, Muhammad Ali is the talk of the town again ... "He gave us all such good copy," Lipsyte said. "In a way, it seemed to be the journalistic equivalent ...